Jhumpa Lahiri Quote

A good character is not only about the good person people know you to be. Your ability to tell the truth about how bad you had been is also a good character.

The choices that women make sometimes seems provoking and at the same time amusing. I once met a lady who said she liked my amusing facial expression.

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

I raised you so high that every other man on earth is now doomed to live in your shadow.

Ninety-five per cent of your success or failure will come from your daily habits.

I became an artist because I wanted to be an active participant in the conversation about art.

Positive thinking is powerful thinking. If you want happiness, fulfillment, success and inner peace, start thinking you have the power to achieve those things. Focus on the bright side of life and exp...

Young women today feel vulnerable to judgment; if a harsh sentence is passed (or even suspected or projected), it is not her reputation that suffers so much as the stability of her moral universe. The...

My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...

Formal education and current position can define your worthiness. What makes you extraordinary is defined by your attitude towards others.