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Helen Keller: My share of...

Helen Keller: My share of...

My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.

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Linda Ellerbee: I think laughter...

Linda Ellerbee: I think laughter...

I think laughter may be a form of courage. . . . As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh,...

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Marie de Sevigne: There is no...

Marie de Sevigne: There is no...

There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light in which we view...

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Marie de Sevigne: True friendship is...

Marie de Sevigne: True friendship is...

True friendship is never serene.

Source: 10 Sep 1671, Letters of Madame de Sevigne...

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Anne Frank: I don't think...

Anne Frank: I don't think...

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

Source: The...

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Robin Morgan: If I had...

Robin Morgan: If I had...

If I had to characterize one quality as the genius of feminist thought, culture, and action, it would be the...

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Barbara Smith: One of the...

Barbara Smith: One of the...

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and...

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Jean Kerr: Hope is the...

Jean Kerr: Hope is the...

Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't permanent.

Source:...

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Meg Greenfield: There is such...

Meg Greenfield: There is such...

There is such a thing as tempting the gods. TalkIng too much, too soon and with too much self-satisfaction has always...

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Janet Flanner: Isadore [Duncan], who...

Janet Flanner: Isadore [Duncan], who...

Isadore [Duncan], who had an un-American genius for art, for organizing love, maternity, politics and pedagogy on a...

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Erma Bombeck: I was thirty-seven...

Erma Bombeck: I was thirty-seven...

I was thirty-seven when I went to work writing the column. I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social...

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Joan Konner: Procrastination gives you...

Joan Konner: Procrastination gives you...

Procrastination gives you something to look forward to.

Source: In Webster's...

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Coretta Scott King: Mama and Daddy...

Coretta Scott King: Mama and Daddy...

Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are...

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Marge Piercy: Love as if...

Marge Piercy: Love as if...

Love as if you liked yourself, and it may happen.

Source:
-- Marge Piercy, (Mar...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: One can get...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: One can get...

One can get just as much exultation in losing oneself in a little thing as in a big thing. It is nice to think how...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: Given the cultural...

Barbara Ehrenreich: Given the cultural...

Given the cultural barriers to intersex conversation, the amazing thing is that we would even expect women and men to...

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Simone de Beauvoir: Change your life...

Simone de Beauvoir: Change your life...

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

Source:...

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Alice Embree: The message of...

Alice Embree: The message of...

The message of the media is the commercial.

Source: Media Images 1: Madison Avenue...

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher: A mother is...

Dorothy Canfield Fisher: A mother is...

A mother is not a person to lean on but person to make leaning unnecessary.

Source:...

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher: Father sticks to...

Dorothy Canfield Fisher: Father sticks to...

Father sticks to it that anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky.

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