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Martha Carey Thomas: . . ....

Martha Carey Thomas: . . ....

. . . a woman can be a woman and a true one without having all her time engrossed by dress and...

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Jill Ruckelshaus: We are in...

Jill Ruckelshaus: We are in...

We are in for a very, very long haul. . . . I am asking for everything you have to give. We will never give up. ....

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Geraldine Ferraro: You people married...

Geraldine Ferraro: You people married...

You people married to Italian men, you know what it's like.

Source: On her...

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Queen Victoria: I would venture...

Queen Victoria: I would venture...

I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little...

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Queen Mother Elizabeth: I'm glad we've...

Queen Mother Elizabeth: I'm glad we've...

I'm glad we've been bombed. It makes me feel I can look the East End in the face.

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St Teresa of Avila: . . ....

St Teresa of Avila: . . ....

. . . about the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don't go by one text...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: There is a...

Mary McLeod Bethune: There is a...

There is a place in God's sun for the youth farthest down who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to...

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Tammy Faye Bakker: You don't have...

Tammy Faye Bakker: You don't have...

You don't have to be dowdy to be a Christian.

Source: In Newsweek, 8 Jun...

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Alice Paul: It is better,...

Alice Paul: It is better,...

It is better, as far as getting the vote is concerned I believe, to have a small, united group than an immense...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit lies in...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit lies in...

Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: One must choose...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: One must choose...

One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: What one has...

Eleanor Roosevelt: What one has...

What one has to do usually can be done.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Princess Anne: When I appear...

Princess Anne: When I appear...

When I appear in public people expect me to neigh, grind my teeth, paw the ground and swish my tail - none of which is...

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Queen Victoria: The Queen is...

Queen Victoria: The Queen is...

The Queen is most anxious to enlist every one who can speak or write to join in checking this mad, wicked folly of...

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Annie Elizabeth Delany: Turning one hundred...

Annie Elizabeth Delany: Turning one hundred...

Turning one hundred was the worst birthday of my life. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Turning 101 was not so...

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Anne Sullivan: Obedience is the...

Anne Sullivan: Obedience is the...

Obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the...

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Marjorie Rosen: Studios, purporting to...

Marjorie Rosen: Studios, purporting to...

Studios, purporting to ease the anguish of Depression reality, transformed movies into the poIitics of fantasy, the...

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Katherine Dunham: We weren't pushing...

Katherine Dunham: We weren't pushing...

We weren't pushing Black is beautiful. We just showed it.

Source: In American...

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Grace Speare: Only one thing...

Grace Speare: Only one thing...

Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application -- practice. What you practice is what you...

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Mignon McLaughlin: Most of us...

Mignon McLaughlin: Most of us...

Most of us would rather risk catastrophe than read the directions.

Source: In...

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