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Helen Rowland: When a man...

Helen Rowland: When a man...

When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his...

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Helen Rowland: There's so much...

Helen Rowland: There's so much...

There's so much saint in the worst of them, and so much devil in the best of them, that a woman who's married to one...

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Simone de Beauvoir: Let women be...

Simone de Beauvoir: Let women be...

Let women be provided with living strength of their own. Let them have the means to attack the world and wrest from...

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Susan Faludi: Feminism's agenda is...

Susan Faludi: Feminism's agenda is...

Feminism's agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to choose between public justice and private...

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Susan Sontag: The discovery of...

Susan Sontag: The discovery of...

The discovery of the good taste of bad taste can be very liberating. The man who insists on high and serious...

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Alice James: You must remember...

Alice James: You must remember...

You must remember that a woman, by nature, needs much less to feed upon than a man, a few emotions and she is...

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Jean Kerr: If you can...

Jean Kerr: If you can...

If you can keep your head about you when all about you are losing theirs, its just possible you haven't grasped the...

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Mignon McLaughlin: For the happiest...

Mignon McLaughlin: For the happiest...

For the happiest life, days should he rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.

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Renata Adler: Fear . ....

Renata Adler: Fear . ....

Fear . . . is forward. No one is afraid of yesterday.

Source: In The Wit & Wisdom...

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Rosa Luxemburg: Self-criticism, cruel, unsparing...

Rosa Luxemburg: Self-criticism, cruel, unsparing...

Self-criticism, cruel, unsparing criticism that goes to the very root of the evil, is life and breath for the...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Virtue, like a...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Virtue, like a...

Virtue, like a dowerless beauty, has more admirers than followers.

Source: In And I...

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Peace Pilgrim: The way of...

Peace Pilgrim: The way of...

The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all...

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Peace Pilgrim: The simplification of...

Peace Pilgrim: The simplification of...

The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. A persistent simplification will create an inner and...

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Helen Keller: Resolve to keep...

Helen Keller: Resolve to keep...

Resolve to keep happy, and your joy shall form an invincible host against difficulty.

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Helen Keller: Science may have...

Helen Keller: Science may have...

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of...

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Helen Keller: Unless we form...

Helen Keller: Unless we form...

Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble, we cannot fully respond to its...

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Helen Keller: Toleration is the...

Helen Keller: Toleration is the...

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself...

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Dorothy Parker: There is entirely...

Dorothy Parker: There is entirely...

There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.

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Dorothy Parker: Women and elephants...

Dorothy Parker: Women and elephants...

Women and elephants never forget.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success,...

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Dorothy Parker: I know that...

Dorothy Parker: I know that...

I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield,...

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