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Helena Petrova Blavatsky: The more thou...

Helena Petrova Blavatsky: The more thou...

The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire --...

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: Practice, which some...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: Practice, which some...

Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever...

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Althea Gibson: In the field...

Althea Gibson: In the field...

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you...

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Martina Navratilova: The image of...

Martina Navratilova: The image of...

The image of women is changing now. You don't have to be pretty for people to come and see you play. At the same...

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Billie Jean King: I think self-awareness...

Billie Jean King: I think self-awareness...

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

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Wilma Rudolph: When I was...

Wilma Rudolph: When I was...

When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God why was I here? what was my purpose?...

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Florence Griffith Joyner: I don't look...

Florence Griffith Joyner: I don't look...

I don't look at myself as being famous. I look at myself as an athlete. If the money is there, I'd be happy, but I...

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Sonia Johnson: I am a...

Sonia Johnson: I am a...

I am a warrior in the time of women warriors; the longing for justice is the sword I carry,...

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Sonia Johnson: As we do...

Sonia Johnson: As we do...

As we do at such times, I turned on my automatic pilot and went through the motions of normalcy on the outside, so...

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Barbara Deming: I think the...

Barbara Deming: I think the...

I think the only choice that will enable us to hold to our vision. . . is one that abandons the concept of naming...

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Barbara Deming: Nonviolent actions does...

Barbara Deming: Nonviolent actions does...

Nonviolent actions does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their...

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Susanna Moodie: Ah, Hope! what...

Susanna Moodie: Ah, Hope! what...

Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of...

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Kate Chopin: The years that...

Kate Chopin: The years that...

The years that are gone seem like dreams -- if one might go on sleeping and dreaming -- but to wake up and find -- oh!...

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Peace Pilgrim: I don't eat...

Peace Pilgrim: I don't eat...

I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Emma Goldman: No one has...

Emma Goldman: No one has...

No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The...

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Clare Boothe Luce: Technological man can't...

Clare Boothe Luce: Technological man can't...

Technological man can't believe in anything that can't be measured, taped, or put into a...

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Andrea Dworkin: Men have defined...

Andrea Dworkin: Men have defined...

Men have defined the parameters of every subject. All feminist arguments, however radical in intent or consequence,...

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Rachel Carson: Under the philosophy...

Rachel Carson: Under the philosophy...

Under the philosophy that now seems to guide our destinies, nothing must get in the way of the man with the spray...

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Corazon Aquino: The media's power...

Corazon Aquino: The media's power...

The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light...

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Bernadette Devlin: I went to...

Bernadette Devlin: I went to...

I went to a very militantly Republican grammar school and, under its influence, began to revolt against the...

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