Barbara Taylor Bradford Quotes

Even the most powerful woman needs a place to unwind.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Strong Women, Powerful, Needs

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We are each the authors of our own lives, Emma. We live in what we have created. There is no way to shift the blame and no one else to accept the accolades.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Way, Blame, Emma

FaceBook post by Barbara Taylor Bradford from Aug 24, 2014

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I will never stop writing. People often ask when I will retire, but I say it's none of their business. Writing defines who I am. I love the feeling of holding a finished book in my hands, and then I can't wait to start the great adventure of writing the next one.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Book, Writing, Adventure

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A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Taste, Simplest, Persons

FaceBook post by Barbara Taylor Bradford from Sep 21, 2014

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Priceless things matter not for their value, but because they offer us an enduring reminder of stability and permanence.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Matter, Priceless, Reminders

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Love is a handful of seeds, marriage the garden, and like your gardens, Paula, marriage requires total commitment, hard work, and a great deal of love and care. Be ruthless with the weeds. Pull them out before they take hold. Bring the same dedication to your marriage that you do to your gardens and everything will be all right. Remember that a marriage has to be constantly replenished too, if you want it to flourish.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Love, Weed, Hard Work

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The past was always there, lived inside of you, and it helped to make you who you were. But it had to be placed in perspective. The past could not dominate the future.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Letting Go, Past, Perspective

FaceBook post by Barbara Taylor Bradford from Sep 14, 2014

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Edwina always enjoyed a morning ride. Some mornings she rode the horse, and some mornings she rode the groom.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Morning, Horse, Enjoyed

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Life always gets harder towards the summit - the cold increases, responsibility increases

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Life, Responsibility, Cold

Barbara Taylor Bradford (1993). “A Woman of Substance: Act of Will”

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If anyone asks me whether I like being a popular writer, I ask them whether they think I'd rather be an unpopular writer.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Thinking, Ask Me, Asks

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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make to them; a man may live long, yet get little from life. Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will - Montaigne, Essays

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Life, Lying, Men

FaceBook post by Barbara Taylor Bradford from Sep 20, 2013

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In my opinion, moderation is a vastly overrated virtue, particularly when applied to work

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Opinion, Virtue, Moderation

Barbara Taylor Bradford (1987). “A Woman of Substance”, Bantam

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This parting cannot be for long; for those who love as we do cannot be parted. We shall always be united in thought, and thought is a great magnet. I have often spoken to thee of reason, now i speak to thee of faith

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Long, Speak, Reason

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Never let stress shape your strategy. Most women think better after a brisk walk, a light meal, a massage and a nap.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Stress, Thinking, Light

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Always present yourself as a woman who expects to succeed.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Succeed

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He who ascends to mountaintops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Hate, Clouds, Envy

FaceBook post by Barbara Taylor Bradford from Aug 06, 2014

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Life was life. It happened. You never knew what was going to come at you. Or how you could defend yourself.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Happened

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My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Girl, Giving, Taste

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It's different when the person you love dies. There's an awful finality to death. But it is final. The end. And there's the funeral, family gatherings, grieving, all of those necessary rituals. And they help, believe me. When the object of your love just disappears, there's no way to deal with the grief and pain.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Pain, Believe, Grief

Barbara Taylor Bradford, Sue Monk Kidd (2001). “Of love and life: three novels selected and condensed by Reader's Digest”

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When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Strong Women, Being A Strong Woman, Trouble

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I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Writing, Thinking, Eight

FaceBook post by Barbara Taylor Bradford from Aug 17, 2014

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What is done can never be undone.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Done, Undone

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She put her hand in his, and he clasped it firmly, knowing he had been waiting for her all his life.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Hands, Knowing, Waiting

BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD (1988). “TO BE THE BEST”

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Elizabeth lay face-down on the massage table, and allowed Marco to relieve the stress of the business day with firm and knowing fingers. Success, she decided, was often a matter of knowing when to relax.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Stress, Knowing, Relaxation

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Successful women don't sleep until noon.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Sleep, Successful, Noon

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Born: May 10, 1933
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