"You really can change the world if you care enough."
~ Marian Wright Edelman ~ Author, Lecturer and Creator of the Children's Defense Fund ~
"Children are our most valuable natural resource."
~ Herbert Hoover ~
"You must do the things you think you cannot do."
~ Eleanor Roosevelt ~ First Lady/Activist ~
"There is no occassion for women to consider themselves subordinate or inferior to men."
~ Mohandas K. Ghandi ~
"I am a woman above anything else."
~ Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis ~
"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit."
~ Helen Keller ~
"She flys by her own wings."
~ Latin Proverb ~
"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent."
~ Eleanor Roosevelt ~ First Lady/Activist ~
"I am always going to be true to myself."
~ Princess Diana of Wales ~
"I don't ride to beat the boys, I just ride to win."
~ Denise Boudrot ~ Jockey ~
"Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be."
~ Clementine Paddleford ~ Writer ~
"If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment."
~ Chris Evert ~ Tennis Star ~
"Taking joy in life is a woman's best cosmetic."
~ Rosalind Russell ~
"The thing women have got to learn is that nobody gives you power, you just take it."
~ Rosanne ~ Actress/Comedian ~
"Think wrongly if you please, but in all cases, think for yourself."
~ Doris Lessing ~
"I'm not afraid of the storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship."
~ Lousia May Alcott ~ Writer ~
"All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary."
~ Sally Ride ~ Astronaut ~
"Whatever you want in life, other people will want, too. Believe in yourself enough to accept that you have an equal right to it."
~ Diane Sawyer ~ Journalist ~
"If all you're ever told is to be a good girl, how do you ever grow up to be a good woman?"
~ Ms. Foundation Slogan ~ Feminist Organizaton ~
"How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something, but to be someone."
~ Coco Chanel ~ Fashion Designer ~
"One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man."
~ Marlo Thomas ~ Actress/Activist ~