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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: The world cannot...

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: The world cannot...

The world cannot afford the loss of the talents of half its people if we are to solve the many problems that beset...

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Barbara McClintock: If you know...

Barbara McClintock: If you know...

If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off. . . no matter...

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Ann Plato: [O]ne science, however,...

Ann Plato: [O]ne science, however,...

[O]ne science, however, there is, worth more than all the rest, and that is the science of living well -- which shall...

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Corrie Ten Boom: Faith is like...

Corrie Ten Boom: Faith is like...

Faith is like radar that sees through the fog -- the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot...

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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: [W]e must believe...

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: [W]e must believe...

[W]e must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us; we must match our aspirations with the competence,...

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Barbara McClintock: I know [my...

Barbara McClintock: I know [my...

I know [my corn plants] intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Experience, like a...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Experience, like a...

Experience, like a pale musician, holds
A dulcimer of patience in his hand.


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Amelia Earhart: Flying might not...

Amelia Earhart: Flying might not...

Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.

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Ella Baker: Because [our children]...

Ella Baker: Because [our children]...

Because [our children] had had the privilege of growing up where they'd raised a lot of food. They were never hungry....

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Alice Paul: When you put...

Alice Paul: When you put...

When you put your hand to the plow, you can't put it down until you get to the end of the...

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Marianne Williamson: If you give...

Marianne Williamson: If you give...

If you give your life as a wholehearted response to love, then love will wholeheartedly respond to...

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Corazon Aquino: It is not...

Corazon Aquino: It is not...

It is not I who have been consigned to the bedroom of history.

Source: Alluding to...

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Suzanne K Langer: Art is the...

Suzanne K Langer: Art is the...

Art is the objectification of feeling.

Source: Mind, An Essay on Human Feeling,...

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Andrea Dworkin: Only when manhood...

Andrea Dworkin: Only when manhood...

Only when manhood is dead --and it will perish when ravaged femininity no longer sustains it --only then will we know...

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Maria Mitchell: When we are...

Maria Mitchell: When we are...

When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own...

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Zora Neale Hurston: Happiness is nothing...

Zora Neale Hurston: Happiness is nothing...

Happiness is nothing but everyday living seen through a veil.

Source: Moses: Man of...

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Isabelle Eberhardt: I am full...

Isabelle Eberhardt: I am full...

I am full of the sorrow that goes with changes in surroundings, those successive stages of annihilation that slowly...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: There is nothing...

Mary Wortley Montagu: There is nothing...

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless...

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Peg Bracken: It's easier to...

Peg Bracken: It's easier to...

It's easier to find a traveling companion than to get rid of one.

Source: But I...

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St Teresa of Avila: Remember that you...

St Teresa of Avila: Remember that you...

Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you...

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