Quotes by Beverly Sills


There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
– Beverly Sills
I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin, I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn't matter.
– Beverly Sills
I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up.
– Beverly Sills
There is a growing strength in women but it's in the forehead, not the forearm.
– Beverly Sills
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.
– Beverly Sills
In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
– Beverly Sills
Art is the signature of civilizations.
– Beverly Sills
Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
– Beverly Sills
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.
– Beverly Sills