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Michelle Obama: Your story is...

Michelle Obama: Your story is...

Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own.

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Maria Montessori: If we can,...

Maria Montessori: If we can,...

If we can, when we have established individual discipline, arrange the children, sending each one to his own place, in...

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Peace Pilgrim: Many people profess...

Peace Pilgrim: Many people profess...

Many people profess Christianity. Very few live it-almost none. And when you live it people may think you're crazy. It...

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Starhawk: Each being is...

Starhawk: Each being is...

Each being is sacred -- meaning that each has inherent value that cannot be ranked in a hierarchy or compared to the...

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Lucretia Mott: The world has...

Lucretia Mott: The world has...

The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains...

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Bonnie Blair: I'm definitely going...

Bonnie Blair: I'm definitely going...

I'm definitely going to miss hearing the sound of that gun.

Source: On her...

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Maria Mitchell: The world of...

Maria Mitchell: The world of...

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve,...

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Amelia Earhart: It seems to...

Amelia Earhart: It seems to...

It seems to me that the effect of having other interests beyond those exclusively domestic works well. The more one...

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Susanna Moodie: When things come...

Susanna Moodie: When things come...

When things come to the worse, they generally mend.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ingrid Bergman: It's not whether...

Ingrid Bergman: It's not whether...

It's not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.

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Barbara Bush: Bias has to...

Barbara Bush: Bias has to...

Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are...

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Joanna Field: I came...

Joanna Field: I came...

I came to the conclusion then that continual mindfulness. . . must mean, not a sergeantmajor-like drilling of...

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Joyce Brothers: Before your dreams...

Joyce Brothers: Before your dreams...

Before your dreams can come true, you have to have those dreams.

Source: In The...

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Sarah Louise Delany: . ....

Sarah Louise Delany: . ....

. . . we never worked for white people in their homes. No, sir, not even once! That is one of the accomplishments in...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: One must choose...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: One must choose...

One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Shirley Hufstedler: The rhythm of...

Shirley Hufstedler: The rhythm of...

The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to...

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: There is no...

Eleanor Holmes Norton: There is no...

There is no reason to repeat bad history.

Source: For Sadie and Maude, In...

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Susanna Moodie: Large parties given...

Susanna Moodie: Large parties given...

Large parties given to very young children . . . foster the passions of vanity and envy, and produce a love of dress...

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Georgie Anne Geyer: It was when...

Georgie Anne Geyer: It was when...

It was when 'reporters' became 'journalists' and when 'objectivity' gave way to 'searching for the truth,' that an...

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Martina Navratilova: Being blunt with...

Martina Navratilova: Being blunt with...

Being blunt with your feelings is very American. In this big country, I can be as brash as New York, as hedonistic as...

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