Alice Hegan Rice

All the higher forms of life have evolved from some one's ideal of justice, liberty or beauty; and the belief that nothing…

— Alice Hegan Rice

The arbitrary division of one's life into weeks and days and hours seemed, on the whole, useless. There was but one day…

— Alice Hegan Rice

There is an invariable law that the only way to keep the real things of life is by sharing them or giving…

— Alice Hegan Rice

The discovery that it is in our power to change our lives by the thoughts we think is the first step toward…

— Alice Hegan Rice

Half of our sorrows come from setting exalted standards for people and then breaking our hearts when they fail to live up…

— Alice Hegan Rice

Some people act as if there were a penalty for carrying concealed troubles. They exhibit them at every opportunity, begging for sympathy,…

— Alice Hegan Rice

there ain't no use in dyin' 'fore yer time. Lots of folks is walkin' 'round jes' as dead as they'll ever be.

— Alice Hegan Rice

There is no doubt about it that it is more difficult for a woman to follow a career than for a man.…

— Alice Hegan Rice

Mrs. Wiggs was a philosopher, and the sum and substance of her philosophy lay in keeping the dust off her rose-colored spectacles.

— Alice Hegan Rice

Yer feelin's is like ras'berry vinegar: if you're skeered to use 'em an' keep on savin' 'em, first thing you know they've…

— Alice Hegan Rice