Quotes by Meryl Streep

“The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.”

“Expensive clothes are a waste of money”

“You cant get spoiled if you do your own ironing.”

“Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too.”

“Instant gratification is not soon enough.”

“The work will stand, no matter what.”

“Its bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my childrens health than the pediatrician.”

“I like who I am now. Other people may not. Im comfortable. I feel freer now. I dont want growing older to matter to me.”

“It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead.”

The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.

I have a theory that movies operate on the level of dreams, where you dream yourself.

I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world.

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.

I think you find your own way. You have your own rules. You have your own understanding of yourself, and thats what youre going to count on. In the end, its what feels right to you. Not what your mother told you. Not what some actress told you. Not what anybody else told you but the still, small voice.

The quote above about patience is NOT MERYL STREEPs-- this quote is actually from the pen of Portuguese self-help author/life coach José Micard Teixeira. PLEASE REMOVE IT!!!!!

I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I’ve become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me. I have no patience for cynicism, excessive criticism and demands of any nature. I lost the will to please those who do not like me, to love those who do not love me and to smile at those who do not want to smile at me.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

Grace, respect, reserve, and empathetic listening are qualities sorely missing from the public discourse now.

The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter.

Hillary Clinton has taken some fire over 40 years of her fight for families and children. How does she do it? Thats what I want to know. Where does she get her grit and her grace? Where do any of our female firsts, our pathbreakers, where do they find that strength?