Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and self-discipline.

Quote by Helen Hayes

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Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

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....

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

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

Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one...

Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one...

The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story...

The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story...

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

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.

Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture.

Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture.

I cry out for order and find it only in art.

I cry out for order and find it only in art.

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...

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

Childhood is a short season.

Childhood is a short season.

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.

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....

Childhood is a short season.

Childhood is a short season.

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...

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...

Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and...

Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and...

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the...

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the...

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the...

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the...