Acting, Minor of Gifts, Shirley Temple, Katharine Hepburn

“Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.” - Katharine Hepburn

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 31.

Life, Too Short, Charlotte Bronte

“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrong.” - Charlotte Bronte

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 37.

Birth, Sex, Genius, Charlotte Bronte

“Neither birth nor sex forms a limit to genius.” - Charlotte Bronte

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 3.

Cautious, Careful People, Reform, Susan B. Anthony

“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations...can never effect a reform.” - Susan B. Anthony

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 11.

Life, Too Short, Charlotte Bronte

“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrong.” - Charlotte Bronte

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 37.

Intoleragnt of Ignorance, Understanding of Illiteracy, Maya Angelou

"[My mother] said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.” - Maya Angelou

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 3.

Reproduce Nature, Original, Why Paint, Georgia O'Keeffe

“If one could only reproduce nature, and always with less beauty that the original, why paint at all?” - Georgia O'Keeffe

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 32.

Intolerant of Ignorance, Illiteracy, Maya Angelou

"[My mother] said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.” - Maya Angelou

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 3.

Stand Before God, Used Everything, Erma Bombeck

“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, 'I used everything you gave me.'” - Erma Bombeck

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 3.

Hardest Years, Between Ten and Seventy, Helen Hayes

“The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.” - Helen Hayes

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 21.

Heresy of One Age, Orthodoxy, Next, Helen Keller

“The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.” - Helen Keller

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 48.

Acting, Minor of Gifts, Katharine Hepburn

“Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.” - Katharine Hepburn

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 31.

Involved in Any Art, Good, Lucky, Katharine Hepburn

“I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they are good – or there because they are lucky.” - Katharine Hepburn

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 5.

Cock, Sun Had Risen, Crow, George Eliot

“He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.” - George Eliot

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 38.

Acting, Most Minor of Gifts, Katharine Hepburn

“Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.” - Katharine Hepburn

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 31.

God, Ability, Inability, Availability, Mary Kay Ash

“God does not ask your ability or your inability. He asks only your availability.” - Mary Kay Ash

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 3.

Dance, Poem, Movement, Mata Hari

“The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.” - Mata Hari

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 31.

Work for Somebody Else, Show Up, Rita Warford

“It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up.” - Rita Warford

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 16.

Art, Physics, Martyl

“Art is hard; physics is easy.” - Martyl

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 31.

True Function of Age, Memory, Recording, Rita Mae Brown

“I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.” - Rita Mae Brown

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 20.