While others may argue about whether the world ends with a bang or a whimper, I just want to make sure mine doesn’t end with a whine.

Barbara Gordon, b. 1935, American TV producer and writer

The thing women have got to learn is that nobody gives you power.  You just take it.

Roseanne Barr, b. 1952, American comedienne and actress

 Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

Aristotle

Time wounds all heels.

Jane Ace (1905 – 1974) American radio personality

So many of us define ourselves by what we have, what we wear, what kind of house we live in and what kind of car we drive …. If you think of yourself as the woman in the Cartier watch and the Hermes scarf, a house fire will destroy not only your possessions but your self.

Linda Henley, B. 1951, American Writer