MOUTHING OFF  

WISE WOMEN

Some thought-provoking words on how to thrive in a challenging world.

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear. Knowing what must be done does away with fear.”

—Rosa Parks

“The secret ingredient that drives hard work and excellence is passion.”

—Kelly Ayotte

“It isn’t where you come from; it’s where you’re going that counts.”

—Ella Fitzgerald

“We are all born to die—the difference is the intensity with which we choose to live.”

—Gina Lollobrigida

“Always be more than you appear and never appear to be more than you are.”

—Angela Merkel

“I used to want the words ‘She tried’ on my tombstone. Now I want ‘She did it.’ ”

—Katherine Dunham

“I would always rather be happy than dignified.”

—Charlotte Brontë

“There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them”

—Clare Booth Luce

“A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.”

—Helen Rowland

“Big egos are shields for lots of empty space.”

—Diane Black