quotes for women

In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them. ~J.K. Rowling, "The Man with Two Faces," Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 1997, spoken by the character Albus Dumbledore



There are no traffic jams when you go the extra mile. ~Attributed to both Zig Ziglar and Dr. Kenneth McFarland



Fathers and sons are much more considerate of one another than mothers and daughters. ~Friedrich Nietzsche



When at night you cannot sleep, talk to the Shepherd and stop counting sheep. ~Author Unknown



The past remains integral to us all, individually and collectively. We must concede the ancients their place, as I have argued. But their place is not simply back there in a separate and foreign country; it is assimilated in ourselves, and resurrected into an ever-changing present. ~David Lowenthal, The Past Is a Foreign Country



The Glaswegian definition of an atheist: a bloke who goes to a Rangers-Celtic match to watch the football. ~Sandy Strang



If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one. ~Mother Teresa



There is no hope for a civilization which starts each day to the sound of an alarm clock. ~Author Unknown



Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what you need to furnish it - memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey. ~Tad Williams



Thrift is not an affair of the pocket, but an affair of character. ~S.W. Straus



A boy who hears a lesson in history ended by the beauty of peace, and how Napoleon brought ruin upon the world and that he should be forever cursed, will not long have much confidence in his teacher. He wants to hear more about the fighting and less about the peace negotiations. ~William Lee Howard, Peace, Dolls and Pugnacity



We run away all the time to avoid coming face to face with ourselves. ~Author Unknown



A hug is a great gift - one size fits all, and it's easy to exchange. ~Author Unknown



Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ~Malachy McCourt



I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command. ~Francesco Petrarch



There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket. ~Abe Lemons



A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. ~Luke 12:15



I talk to God but the sky is empty. ~Sylvia Plath



Good things, when short, are twice as good. ~Baltasar Gracian, The Art of Worldly Wisdom