From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.

Quote by Helen Hayes

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The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am...

The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am...

The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life.

The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life.

If you rest, you rust.

If you rest, you rust.

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of...

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of...

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem...

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem...

I'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures...

I'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures...

Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines....

Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines....

Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment,...

Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment,...

There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each...

There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each...

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original...

Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original...

One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of...

One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of...

The story of a love is not important-what is important is that one is capable...

The story of a love is not important-what is important is that one is capable...

Childhood is a short season.

Childhood is a short season.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and...

Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and...

Let me say, at the risk of seeming ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided...

Let me say, at the risk of seeming ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided...

Love is a gift of one's inner most soul to another so both can be...

Love is a gift of one's inner most soul to another so both can be...