“ Women who are confident of their abilities are more likely to succeed than those who lack confidence even though the latter may be much more competent and talented and industrious. Dr. Joyce Brothers
“ I felt a comedy ego beginning to grow which gave me the courage to begin tentatively looking into myself for material. Joan Rivers
“ Old age is that night of life as night is the old age of day. Still night is full of magnificence and for many it is more brilliant than the day. Anne-Sophie Swetchine
“ It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble but [we do know] it is our sacred duty. Florida Scott-Maxwell
“ We should try to bring to any power what we have as women. We will destroy it all if we try to imitate that absolutely unfeeling driving ambition that we have seen coming at us across the desk. Colleen Dewhurst
“ To succeed is nothing-it's an accident. But to feel no doubts about oneself is something very different: it is character. Marie Leneru
“ If one is cruel to himself how can we expect him to be compassionate with others? Hasdai Ibn Shaprut
“ What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you. Marcus Annaeus Seneca
“ The decision to speak out is the vocation and lifelong peril by which the intellectual must live. Kay Boyle
“ Every man stamps his value on himself ... man is made great or small by his own will. J. C. F. von Schiller
“ It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself but the most inconvenient one too. Josh Billings
