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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Nothing contributes so...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Nothing contributes so...

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its...

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Karen Horney: There is no...

Karen Horney: There is no...

There is no good reason why we should not develop and change until the last day we live.

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Jane Harrison: To be meek,...

Jane Harrison: To be meek,...

To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be...

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Johnnetta Betsch Cole: The woman who...

Johnnetta Betsch Cole: The woman who...

The woman who bore me is no longer alive, but I seem to be her daughter in increasingly profound...

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Freda Adler: That man is...

Freda Adler: That man is...

That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws...

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Gail Godwin: The best antidote...

Gail Godwin: The best antidote...

The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can't congeal: there is a forward...

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Grace Murray Hopper: Leadership is a...

Grace Murray Hopper: Leadership is a...

Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's...

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Carolyn Wells: The books we...

Carolyn Wells: The books we...

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry;
The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: You must do...

Eleanor Roosevelt: You must do...

You must do the thing that you think you cannot do.

Source: In The Book of Success,...

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Queen Victoria: Do not to...

Queen Victoria: Do not to...

Do not to let your feelings (very natural and usual ones) of momentary irritation and discomfort be seen by others;...

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Elizabeth II: Let us not...

Elizabeth II: Let us not...

Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.

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Jennie Jerome Churchill: Treat your friends...

Jennie Jerome Churchill: Treat your friends...

Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.

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Nancy Astor: Pioneers may be...

Nancy Astor: Pioneers may be...

Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.

Source:...

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Nancy Astor: I used to...

Nancy Astor: I used to...

I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that...

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Toni Morrison: I wrote my...

Toni Morrison: I wrote my...

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

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-- Toni Morrison,...

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George Eliot: We hand folks...

George Eliot: We hand folks...

We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.

Source: Adam Bede, ch....

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May Sarton: The creative person,...

May Sarton: The creative person,...

The creative person, the person who moves from an irrational source of power, has to face the fact that this power...

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Zora Neale Hurston: There is no...

Zora Neale Hurston: There is no...

There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you.

Source: In Words of...

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Louise A Bogan: I hope that...

Louise A Bogan: I hope that...

I hope that one or two immortal lyrics will come out of all this tumbling about.

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