Maude Adams Quotes

"Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success."
-Maude Adams

"I've changed my mind about the interview. I shall never give interviews."
-Maude Adams

"Life is so fresh, life is every day so new if we are fighting, only for the best. Sometimes I think the only real satisfaction in life is failure, failure in your endeavor to do your best."
-Maude Adams

"Sometimes it seems that we are successful only because we have not tried hard enough for our best. We do the hard thing, and one day we succeed, and many things are made plain to us."
-Maude Adams

"I had not finished the first act before the quaint character of Peter Pan had charmed me. I could feel the presence of the Fairies and the Indians and the Pirates and the lost boys of Never-Never-Never Land."
-Maude Adams

"I love Salt Lake City, but I love you and the life of work before me still better."
-Maude Adams

"If I have smashed the traditions, it was because I knew no traditions."
-Maude Adams

"I had very little confidence in myself as an actress."
-Maude Adams