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> [With only one life to live we can't afford to live it only for itself. Somehow we must each for himself, find the way in which we can make our individual lives fit into the pattern of all the lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hortense-odlum/with-only-one-life-to-live-we-can-t-afford-to-live-it-only-for-itself/)

[Hortense Odlum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hortense-odlum/)

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## More by Hortense Odlum

> [This is the great truth life has to teach us ... that gratification of our individual desires and expression of our personal preferences without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hortense-odlum/this-is-the-great-truth-life-has-to-teach-us-that-gratification-of/)

[Hortense Odlum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hortense-odlum/)

> [It is not serving, but servility, that is menial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hortense-odlum/it-is-not-serving-but-servility-that-is-menial/)

[Hortense Odlum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hortense-odlum/)

> [A completely indifferent attitude toward clothes in women seems to me to be an admission of inferiority, of perverseness, or of alack of realization…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hortense-odlum/a-completely-indifferent-attitude-toward-clothes-in-women-seems-to-me/)

[Hortense Odlum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hortense-odlum/)

> [Oh, if I had only known, if I had only been ready, our lives can really be the great adventure we so passionately want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hortense-odlum/oh-if-i-had-only-known-if-i-had-only-been-ready-our-lives-can-really/)

[Hortense Odlum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hortense-odlum/)

> [... a business career for a woman and her need for a woman's life as wife and mother, are not enemies at all, unless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hortense-odlum/a-business-career-for-a-woman-and-her-need-for-a-woman-s-life-as-wife/)

[Hortense Odlum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hortense-odlum/)

> [The home is a woman's natural background… From the beginning I tried to have the policy of the store reflect as nearly as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hortense-odlum/the-home-is-a-woman-s-natural-background-from-the-beginning-i-tried/)

[Hortense Odlum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hortense-odlum/)

> [As unmarried business women we must constantly use our opportunities in business in such a way that we are prepared for the marriage which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hortense-odlum/as-unmarried-business-women-we-must-constantly-use-our-opportunities/)

[Hortense Odlum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hortense-odlum/)

> [Our chaotic economic situation has convinced so many of our young people that there is no room for them. They become uncertain andrestless and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hortense-odlum/our-chaotic-economic-situation-has-convinced-so-many-of-our-young/)

[Hortense Odlum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hortense-odlum/)

> [If a person goes to his job with a firm determination to give of himself the best of which he is capable, that job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hortense-odlum/if-a-person-goes-to-his-job-with-a-firm-determination-to-give-of/)

[Hortense Odlum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hortense-odlum/)

> [It seemed pathetic and terrible to me and it still does, that men and women work eight hours a day at jobs that bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hortense-odlum/it-seemed-pathetic-and-terrible-to-me-and-it-still-does-that-men-and/)

[Hortense Odlum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hortense-odlum/)

> [No life, if it is properly realized, is without cosmic importance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hortense-odlum/no-life-if-it-is-properly-realized-is-without-cosmic-importance/)

[Hortense Odlum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hortense-odlum/)

> [With only one life to live we can't afford to live it only for itself. Somehow we must each for himself, find the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hortense-odlum/with-only-one-life-to-live-we-can-t-afford-to-live-it-only-for-itself/)

[Hortense Odlum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hortense-odlum/)

> [No life if it is properly realized is without its cosmic importance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hortense-odlum/no-life-if-it-is-properly-realized-is-without-its-cosmic-importance/)

[Hortense Odlum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hortense-odlum/)

> [Not rarely, and this is especially true of wives and mothers, the motive behind assuming a disproportionate share of work and responsibility is completely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hortense-odlum/not-rarely-and-this-is-especially-true-of-wives-and-mothers-the/)

[Hortense Odlum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hortense-odlum/)

> [... business training in early life should not be regarded solely as insurance against destitution in the case of an emergency. For from business…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hortense-odlum/business-training-in-early-life-should-not-be-regarded-solely-as/)

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