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Angela Davis: [H]uman beings cannot...

Angela Davis: [H]uman beings cannot...

[H]uman beings cannot be willed and molded into nonexistence.

Source: In Words of...

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Elizabeth Fry: I wish the...

Elizabeth Fry: I wish the...

I wish the state of enthusiasm I am now in may last, for today I FELT there is a God. I have been devotional and my...

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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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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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Lucy Stone: I know not...

Lucy Stone: I know not...

I know not what you believe of God, but I believe He gave yearnings and longings to be filled, and that He did not...

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Sally Kempton: I became a...

Sally Kempton: I became a...

I became a feminist as an alternative to becoming a masochist.

Source: Cutting...

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Anne Frank: And finally I...

Anne Frank: And finally I...

And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on...

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Queen Victoria: We are not...

Queen Victoria: We are not...

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.

Source:...

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Christina of Sweden: Dignity is like...

Christina of Sweden: Dignity is like...

Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.

Source:...

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Elizabeth Blackwell: Methods and conclusions...

Elizabeth Blackwell: Methods and conclusions...

Methods and conclusions formed by half the race only, must necessarily require revision as the other half of humanity...

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Joan L Curcio: Violence in the...

Joan L Curcio: Violence in the...

Violence in the schools: How to proactively prevent and defuse it.

Source: Book...

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: Love has the...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: Love has the...

Love has the quality of informing almost everything -- even one's work.

Source:...

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Jane Austen: Why not seize...

Jane Austen: Why not seize...

Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish...

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Naomi Weisstein: Why have they...

Naomi Weisstein: Why have they...

Why have they been telling us women lately that we have no sense of humor -- when we are always laughing? . . . and...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Politeness is the...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Politeness is the...

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Vicki Baum: A woman who...

Vicki Baum: A woman who...

A woman who is loved always has success.

Source: Grand Hotel, 1929.
-- Vicki...

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Corrie Ten Boom: The first step...

Corrie Ten Boom: The first step...

The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.

Source: In Draper's...

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Fanny Crosby: When I get...

Fanny Crosby: When I get...

When I get to heaven, the first face that shall ever gladden my sight will be that of my...

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St Teresa of Avila: I only wish...

St Teresa of Avila: I only wish...

I only wish I could write with both hands, so as not to forget one thing while I am saying...

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Katharine Hepburn: If you always...

Katharine Hepburn: If you always...

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

Source: In The...

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