Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives. The struggle for equality continues unabated, and the woman warrior who is armed with wit and courage will be among the first to celebrate victory.
I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.
If you are going down a road and don’t like what’s in front of you, and look behind you and don’t like what you see, get off the road. Create a new path!
A person is the product of their dreams. So make sure to dream great dreams. And then try to live your dream.
Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.
I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.
I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.
Troubles are a blessing that force you to change, to believe.
We can be better, we can be wiser, we can be more kind. Yes we have to change. We have to grow up and stop acting like 10 years old. Yes there is much to do, much to see, much to go into.
This is what I am learning, at 82 years old: the main thing is to be in love with the search for truth.
Intelligence always had a pornographic influence on me.
You may be pretty or plain, heavy or thin, gay or straight, poor or rich. But remember this: In an election, every voice is equally powerful – don’t underestimate your vote. Voting is the great equalizer.
Laugh as often as possible. You must. Because the world will offer you every reason to weep. So as often as possible, you laugh. That, I think, is part of the Great Love.
No one comes from the earth like grass. We come like trees. We all have roots.
There is a spirit in all music, the spirit has the ability to conjure up thoughts even pictures of something that happened or you wished would happen or you anticipate happening. Music has the ability to create ideas in you and me. It has the ability to encourage us to be creative.
You have to have courage to love somebody. Because you risk everything. Everything.
No sun outlasts its sunset, but will rise again and bring the dawn.
I agreed a long time ago, I would not live at any cost. If I am moved or forced away from what I think is the right thing, I will not do it.
We are more alike than unalike.
Try to be all you can be to be the best human being you can be. Try to be that in your church, in your temple. Try to be that in your classroom. Do it because it is right to do.