Beverly Sills

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going”

“In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.”

“My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.”

“Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.”

“A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment.”

“There is a growing strength in women but it's in the forehead, not the forearm.”