“Sometimes the poorest woman leaves her children the richest inheritance.”
“Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
“The day will come when men will recognise women as their peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.”
“Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves — to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.”
“I cannot condone the systematic destruction of the hope and spirit of people who have suffered hardship and pain to reach our shores. They are people who believe that they have been or are at risk of being persecuted in their own country.”
“It is what we make of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.”
“A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.”
“All people should strive to learn before they die: what they are running from, and to, and why.”
“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”
“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
