I have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what, he wants us to be happy, not sad. birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?

I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.

It's our money, and we're free to spend it any way we please.

There can be no really pervasive system of oppression, such as that in the United States, without the consent of the oppressed.

I have had quite an interesting life. My husband was quite successful in the movies, and we went out frequently with Gloria Swanson and other stars.

In my life, I am often reminded that there is a destiny that rules over us, because no one whom I know about or whom I read about seems to be completely happy during a long time.

I've had an exciting time; I married for love and got a little money along with it.

If you can keep your head about you when all about you are losing theirs, its just possible you haven't grasped the situation.

My father was a great innovator in public life, but when it came to raising his daughters, no one could have been more conservative.

My father had extravagant notions of my beauty, grace, wit, and charm.

I am not going to be licked by tragedy, as life is a challenge, and we must carry on and work for the living as well as mourn for the dead.

Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety.

I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.

More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.

It is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.

In my relations with my husband, there was never any deceit... he never said he was going out on business; he would say he was going to a show, and I would say, 'Fine.'

Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.

I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was fully as interesting and challenging as any honorable profession in the world and one that demanded the best I could bring to it.

Sometimes I wonder if there is something about my family which invites violence. 'Is it envy,' you ask? I don't know... I've had so much, a son as president, two as senators, a son-in-law who's an ambassador... perhaps God doesn't permit that much.

I do not like candid pictures. They are so unattractive.