Abundance Quote by John Milton

She who only finds her self-esteem In others' admiration, begs an alms; Depends on others for her daily food, And is the very servant…

— Joanna Baillie

Her impulse, her need, to be the corrector of injustices, warden of the downtrodden flock. And

— Khaled Hosseini

A woman is sometimes fugitive, irrational, indeterminable, illogical and contradictory. A great deal of forbearance ought to be shown her, and a good deal…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

A sensible human once said, "If people knew how much ill-feeling unselfishness occasions, it would not be so often recommended from the pulpit"; and…

— C. S. Lewis

She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody calls good, and who are very severe on those…

— Gilbert Parker

Every woman whether rich or poor, married or single, has a circle of influence within which, according to her character, she is exerting a…

— John Angell James

Virtue is the daughter of Religion; Repentance, her adopted child,--a poor orphan who, without the asylum which she offers, would not know where to…

— Sophie Swetchine

The mother is only really the mistress of her daughter upon the condition of continually representing herself to her as a model of wisdom…

— Anonymous

“If a woman is fair and amiable, she is praised for both qualities, but especially the former, by the bulk of mankind: if, on…

— Anne Brontë

“Harness the imagination: Sometimes curbing her, sometimes giving her rein, for she is the whole of happiness. She sets to rights even the understanding.…

— Baltasar Gracián

Virtue herself is her own fairest reward.

— Silius Italicus

“…In the very simplicity of her desire to punish herself appeared egoism in its purest form. Never before had this woman who seemed to…

— Yukio Mishima