antoinette’s most recent Quotables

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.

A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never truly trust anyone else.

A friend told me that each morning when we get up we have to decide whether we are going to save or savor the world. I don't think that is the decision. It's not an either-or, save or savor. We have to do both, save and savor the world.

You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everybody I've ever known.

If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.

It is only the first step that is difficult.

She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all women idolize and men never think about.

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there’s only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

Waiting is the rust of the soul.

The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.

Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.

The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.

You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.

You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.