Quotes from Barbara Taylor Bradford

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

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

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

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.

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.

Successful women don't sleep until noon.

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

Even the most powerful woman needs a place to unwind.

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

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

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

What is done can never be undone.

Always present yourself as a woman who expects to succeed.

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

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

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

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...

I'm not ancient, darling. I'm only fifty. And when it comes to sex a woman of fifty can often outlast a man half her age.

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

Sleeping with a man half your age can be exhausting, but if it's too much for him you can always find a younger man.

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

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.

Yes, damn it, I love you! But the bedroom is not the boardroom, Robert. In the boardroom only one person can be in charge.

Elizabeth studied the blurry tabloid photo, which showed her cousin Mary Stuart leaving a Paris disco at dawn, drunkenly clinging to the arm of a French tennis pro. The message was very clear. Put passion first and you end up neither loved nor respected.