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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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.

If you rest, you rust.

If you rest, you rust.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

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

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

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 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...

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.

Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

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...

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

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...

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 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...

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...

Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

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,...

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.

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...