The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.
When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.
Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
Feminist politics aims to end domination, to free us to be who we are – to live lives where we love justice, where we can live in peace. Feminism is for everybody.
Tomorrow will be better.
Feminist: A person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes.
You deserve to take up space.
There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
Gender equality must become a lived reality.
Don’t settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that’s in us.
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.
Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing.
Be proud of your scars. They have everything to do with your strength, and what you’ve endured. They’re a treasure map to the deep self.
You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.
You can’t always control the circumstances – only how you react to those circumstances; you can always control your attitude and your effort.
Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.