No Person, Your Friend, Demands Your Silence, Alice Walker

“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” - Alice Walker

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 89.

Loneliness, Being Unwanted, Most Terrible Poverty, Mother Teresa

“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” - Mother Teresa

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 97.

Being a Bitch, Dolores Claiborne, Stephen King

“Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman's got to hold on to.” ― Stephen King, Dolores Claiborne

Found on GoodReads. Read more here.

Smart and Capable, Live in Community Together, Anna Quindlen

“I learned that women were smart and capable, could live in community together without men, and in fact did not need men much.” - Anna Quindlen, nun-educated essayist, on the feminist fringe benefits of attending parochial school.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 109.

Virtues, Dangers, Shared Laughter, Francoise Sagan

“One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.” - Francoise Sagan

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 84.

Being a Woman, Dealing with Men, Joseph Conrad

"Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men." - Joseph Conrad

Found on Brainy Quote, at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/josephconr105151.html.

No Great Things, Small Things, Great Love, Mother Teresa

“We can do no great things – only small things with great love.” - Mother Teresa

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 96.

Something to Eat, Love in Your Life, How to Behave, Billie Holiday

“You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave.” - Billie Holiday

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 123.

Censorship, Thought Control, Pat Frank

“Censorship and thought control can exist only in secrecy and darkness.” ― Pat Frank, Alas, Babylon

Found on Goodreads. Read more here.

Don't Compromise Yourself, Janis Joplin

“Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.” - Janis Joplin

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 34.

Male Gynecologist, Auto Mechanic, Carrie Snow

"A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who has never owned a car." - Carrie Snow

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/carrie_snow_108544.

Shallow and Arrogant, Self-Made, Notable Achievements, Walt Disney

“It seems to me shallow and arrogant for any man in these times to claim he is completely self-made, that he owes all his success to his own unaided efforts. Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute to anyone's notable achievements.” - Walt Disney

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 63.

Guns, Constitutional Amendment, Women, Eleanor Smeal

“Just think – guns have a constitutional amendment protecting them and women don't.” - Hotshot Eleanor Smeal, president of NOW from 1977 to 1987.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 71.

Every Old Person, Younger Person, Cora Harvey Armstrong

"Inside every old person is a younger person wondering 'What the hell happened?'” - Cora Harvey Armstrong

Found on https://www.quotery.com/authors/ at https://www.quotery.com/authors/cora-harvey-armstrong.

Peaceful Revolution, John F. Kennedy

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible with make violent revolution inevitable.” - John F. Kennedy

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 84.

Not Despair, Overwhelmed, Fight, Sen. Kamala Harris

“We must not despair. We must not be overwhelmed or throw up our hands. It is time to roll up our sleeves and fight for who we are.” - Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.)

From Ms. Magazine special election issue, Fall, 2016 page 11.

Note: Sen. Kamal Harris was the Senator-Elect when the above quote was published in Ms. Magazine; she is now Senator from California.

Best Protection, Courage, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

"The best protection any woman can have...is courage." — Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American abolitionist

Found at Beliefnet. View this online at http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/2010/01/inspiring-quotes-from-great-women-in-history.aspx?p=17.

Glamour, Civilized, Dorothy Lamour

“Glamour is just sex that got civilized.” - Sarong-clad siren Dorothy Lamour. Fittingly, one of dishy Dottie's wrap-arounds wound up in the hoity-toity Smithsonian.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 38.

If Passion Drives You, Benjamin Franklin

“If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.” - Benjamin Franklin

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 49.

Sorrow's Kitchen, Wrapped in Rainbows, Zora Neale Hurston

"I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands." - Zora Neale Hurston

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_399481.

End of the Day, Endure, Frida Kahlo

“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” - Frida Kahlo

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 32.

Understand a Person, Point of View, Atticus Finch, Harper Lee

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” (Atticus Finch) ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Found on Goodreads, at https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3275794-to-kill-a-mockingbird.

The Weak, Never Forgive, Attribute, Mahatma Gandhi

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” - Mahatma Gandhi

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 80.

One Quality Worse, Hardness of Heart, Softness of Head, Theodore Roosevelt

“I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.” - Theodore Roosevelt

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 11.

Date Which Will Live in Infamy, Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt on the morning after the Pearl Harbor attack

I wanted to post this to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor, which "helped shape the course of World War II."

Found on Pearl Harbor Warbirds at https://pearlharborwarbirds.com/12-powerful-pearl-harbor-quotes/.

Idealists, Throw Caution to the Winds, Emma Goldman

“Idealists...foolish enough to throw caution to the winds...have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.” - Emma Goldman

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 24.

Lie Habitually, Way of Life, Lose Contact, Sleeping Pills, Truth, Adrienne Rich

“To lie habitually, as a way of life, is to lose contact with the unconscious. It is like taking sleeping pills, which confer sleep but blot out dreaming. The unconscious wants truth. It ceases to speak to those who want something else.” - Adrienne Rich

From The Sun, May 2017, pg.48, “Sunbeams”

Breast Cancer, Surgery, Golden Retriever, Linda Ellerbee

On her breast cancer: “A few weeks after my surgery, I went out to play catch with my golden retriever. When I bent over to pick up the ball, my prothesis fell out. The dog snatched it, and I found myself chasing him down the road yelling 'Hey, come back here with my breast!'” - Linda Ellerbee

Sometimes it helps if you can laugh at yourself during the rough times.

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 74.

Got What I Have, Knowing the Right Time, Leslie Caron

“I got what I have now through knowing the right time to tell terrible people when to go to hell.” - Leslie Caron.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page vii.

Strong Feelings, Lead Your Life, Never Look Back, Ann Richards

“I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.” - Ann Richards

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 41.

Tell a Lie, Believe It, Dick Gregory

“It is one thing to tell a lie and quite another thing to believe it.” - Dick Gregory

Found in The Sun, May 2017, pg.48, “Sunbeams”.