Maxine Douglas > Maxine's Quotes

“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future. ”
― John F. Kennedy

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
― Thomas Jefferson (Declaration), The Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution with Bill of Rights and all Amendments

“Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.”
― Amos Bronson Alcott, Tablets

“There is nothing impossible to him who will try.”
― Alexander the Great

“For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.”
― Judy Garland

“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.”
― Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

“It is the combination of thought and love which forms the irresistible force of the law of attraction.”
― Rhonda Byrne, The Secret