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Florence Nightingale: I think one's...

Florence Nightingale: I think one's...

I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring...

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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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Peace Pilgrim: I pray without...

Peace Pilgrim: I pray without...

I pray without ceasing now. My personal prayer is: Make me an instrument which only truth can...

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Antoinette Brown Blackwell: A woman finds...

Antoinette Brown Blackwell: A woman finds...

A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and...

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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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Clare Boothe Luce: I don't have...

Clare Boothe Luce: I don't have...

I don't have a warm personal enemy left. They've all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define...

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Mary Astell: If all men...

Mary Astell: If all men...

If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?

Source: In...

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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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Ethel Percy Andrus: The human contribution...

Ethel Percy Andrus: The human contribution...

The human contribution is the essential ingredient.

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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Jane Addams: Civilization is a...

Jane Addams: Civilization is a...

Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.

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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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Beryl Markham: In Africa people...

Beryl Markham: In Africa people...

In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one...

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Diane Sawyer: It's in the...

Diane Sawyer: It's in the...

It's in the preparation -- in those dreary pedestrian virtues they taught you in seventh grade and you didn't believe....

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Dianne Feinstein: Ninety percent of...

Dianne Feinstein: Ninety percent of...

Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.

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Hannah Arendt: Poets. . ....

Hannah Arendt: Poets. . ....

Poets. . . are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles...

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Hannah Arendt: Only the mob...

Hannah Arendt: Only the mob...

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Search for the...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Search for the...

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The human mind...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The human mind...

The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.

Source: In...

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Edith Hamilton: Theories that go...

Edith Hamilton: Theories that go...

Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.

Source: The...

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Meridel Le Sueur: Each generation must...

Meridel Le Sueur: Each generation must...

Each generation must go further than the last or what's the use in it?

Source:...

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