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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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Rosa Parks: Memories of our...

Rosa Parks: Memories of our...

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

Source:...

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Barbara Deming: Think first of...

Barbara Deming: Think first of...

Think first of the action that is right to take, think later about coping with one's...

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Barbara Deming: A great many...

Barbara Deming: A great many...

A great many of us [must] move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of...

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Barbara Deming: Vengeance is not...

Barbara Deming: Vengeance is not...

Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most [people's] minds the thought of victory and the...

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Mary Church Terrell: Lifting as they...

Mary Church Terrell: Lifting as they...

Lifting as they climb, onward and upward they go struggling and striving and hoping that the buds and blossoms of...

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Amelia Earhart: The more one...

Amelia Earhart: The more one...

The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of...

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Barbara McClintock: When you know...

Barbara McClintock: When you know...

When you know you're right, you don't care what others think. You know sooner or later it will come out in the...

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Anne Hutchinson: I feel that...

Anne Hutchinson: I feel that...

I feel that nothing important ever happens that is not revealed to me beforehand.

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Peace Pilgrim: A pilgrim is...

Peace Pilgrim: A pilgrim is...

A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Julia Ward Howe: He hath loosed...

Julia Ward Howe: He hath loosed...

He hath loosed the fateful Iightning of his terrible swift sword.
His truth is marching...

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Florida Scott-Maxwell: No matter how...

Florida Scott-Maxwell: No matter how...

No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of...

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: It's not just...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: It's not just...

It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and let 'er...

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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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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The one predominant...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The one predominant...

The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it.

Source: The Living of...

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Beverly Sills: My voice had...

Beverly Sills: My voice had...

My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Light tomorrow with...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Light tomorrow with...

Light tomorrow with today.

Source: From Kevin Harris' Quotation Collections found...

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Hannah Cowley: Every body about...

Hannah Cowley: Every body about...

Every body about me seem'd happy but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Earth's crammed with...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Earth's crammed with...

Earth's crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God;
But only he who sees, takes off his shoes...

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Mae West: It isn't what...

Mae West: It isn't what...

It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it. And how I look when I do it and say...

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