Country, Deep Trouble, Serving Others, Question the Powers, Cornel West

“The country is in deep trouble. We've forgotten that a rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it. We need the courage to question the powers that be, the courage to be impatient with evil and patient with people, the courage to fight for social justice. In many instances we will be stepping out on nothing, and just hoping to land on something. But that's the struggle. To live is to wrestle with despair, yet never allow despair to have the last word.” ― Cornel West

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.

Constitution, I the President, We the People, Gloria Steinem

“The Constitution does not begin with 'I, the president.' It begins with 'We, the people.'” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 144.

Any Woman, Intellectual, Discrimination, Self-Doubt, Bell Hooks

“Any woman who wishes to be an intellectual, to write non-fiction, to deal with theory, faces a lot of discrimination coming her way and perhaps even self-doubt because there aren't that many who've gone before you. And I think that the most powerful tool we can have is to be clear about our intent. To know what it is we want to do rather than going into institutions thinking that the institution is going to frame for us.” - Bell Hooks

Found on Inspiring Quotes at https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/1212-bell-hooks.

What Really Matters, Shirley Lord

“What really matters is what you do with what you have.” - Shirley Lord

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 5.

No Sin, Resistance to Change, Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“There is no sin punished more implacably by nature than the sin of resistance to change.” - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 48.

Stay Drunk on Writing, Destroy You, Ray Bradbury

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” ― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1630.Ray_Bradbury.

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.

Single Person, Missing for You, Joan Didion

“A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty.” ― Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/238.Joan_Didion.

Lead the People, Love the People, Cornel West

“You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.” ― Cornel West

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.

Only Thing Worse, Failing, Not Having Tried, What If, Gloria Steinem

“The only thing worse than failing is not having tried. You will walk around forever thinking, What if?” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 75.

Creative Minds, Survive, Bad Training, Anna Freud

“Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.” - Anna Freud

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 4.

What We Do, More Important, What We Say, Believe, Bell Hooks

“What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.” - Bell Hooks

Found on Inspiring Quotes at https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/1212-bell-hooks.

Leave Something Behind, Change Something, Ray Bradbury

“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you're there.

"It doesn't matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away. The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching, he said. The lawn-cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime.” ― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Found on Goodreads. Click here to see this and other Ray Bradbury quotes.

Be Sure, Like, Love, Gloria Steinem

“Be sure you like who you love.” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 30.

If You're Not Confused, Irene Peter

“Today, if you're not confused, you are not thinking clearly.” - Irene Peter

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 48.

Books, Important, Miracle, World After World After World, Anne Lamott

“For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.” ― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Found on GoodReads at Anne Lamott's quote page.

Biggest Disease, Feeling of Being Unwanted, Mother Teresa

“The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.” - Mother Teresa

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

True Democracy, Racism, Feminism, Gloria Steinem

“There can be no true democracy with racism or without feminism.” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 25.

Do Anything, Mom, Roseanne Barr Arnold

“I know how to do anything – I'm a mom.” - Roseanne Barr Arnold

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 3.

Challenges of Change, Important, Our Own Future, Hillary Rodham Clinton

“The challenges of change are always hard. It is important that we begin to unpack those challenges that confront this nation and realize that we each have a role that requires us to change and become more responsible for shaping our own future.” - Hillary Rodham Clinton

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 46.

I'm Single, Born That Way, Mae West

“I'm single because I was born that way.” - Mae West

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 115.

Perfectionism, Voice of the Oppressor, Anne Lamott

“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren't even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they're doing it.” ― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Found on GoodReads at Anne Lamott's quote page.

Change, Cracks Everything Open, Dorothy Allison

“Change, when it comes, cracks everything open.” ― Dorothy Allison

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/5599.Dorothy_Allison.

If You Don't Like, Change It, Marian Wright Edelman

“If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.” - Marian Wright Edelman

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 46.

If You Don't Vote, Gloria Steinem

“If you don't vote, you don't count.” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 24.

Keep a Diary, Keep You, Mae West

“Keep a diary and one day it'll keep you.” - Mae West

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 33.

Smart and Capable, Live in Community, 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.

Things Come Apart, Held Together with Lies, Dorothy Allison

“Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies.” ― Dorothy Allison, Bastard Out of Carolina

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/5599.Dorothy_Allison.

Normal, Amazing, Maya Angelou

“If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” - Maya Angelou

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 54.

Courage, Fear, Prayers, Dorothy Bernard

“Courage is fear that has said its prayers.” - Dorothy Bernard

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 75.

Democracy, Owning Our Bodies, Gloria Steinem

“Democracy begins with owning our bodies. By that measure, women have rarely lived in a democracy.” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 23.