The sheer improbability of your existence took my breath away.
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...
Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.
Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.
Gratitude turns disappointment into lessons learned, discoveries made, alternatives explored, and new plans set in motion.
Formal education and current position can define your worthiness. What makes you extraordinary is defined by your attitude towards others.
To say nothing is saying something. You must denounce things you are against or one might believe that you support things you really do not.
How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.
Instead of being regarded as intelligent or knowledgeable, many a woman would rather be regarded as beautiful or good in the kitchen; many a man, as handsome or good in bed.
And when the earth began to rumble and quake, as fear and frantic set in, he ran back inside the house past his wife and children, gathering all the valuables and things he thought of importance, and...
Once you embrace your value, talents and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.