“You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.”

“Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that?”

“Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.”

“You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.”

“You come to a point in your life when you really don't care what people think about you, you just care what you think about yourself.”

“People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend.”

“You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn't do for you. You're dealt the cards that you're dealt. I realised it was a waste of time to be angry at my parents and feel sorry for myself.”

“As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.”

“If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it's that I've never been a kept woman.”