Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity.

Quote by Helen Hayes

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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,...

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.

Childhood is a short season.

Childhood is a short season.

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...

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

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....

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...

Childhood is a short season.

Childhood is a short season.

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...

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before...

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before...

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...

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...

Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine...

Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine...

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

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

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

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

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...

When I was younger I remember watching two drops of rain roll down window and...

When I was younger I remember watching two drops of rain roll down window and...

How late I learned the essential things in life! In my childhood, nailed to the...

How late I learned the essential things in life! In my childhood, nailed to the...