Monday, May 4, 2026

Find Yourself, Face the Truth, Pearl Bailey

“You never find yourself until you face the truth.” - Pearl Bailey

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 37.

Sunday, May 3, 2026

Don't Give Up, Love, Inspiration, Wrong, Ella Fitgerald

"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." — Ella Fitzgerald, African-American Jazz singer

Found on Beliefnet.com at http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/2010/01/inspiring-quotes-from-great-women-in-history.aspx?p=12.

Saturday, May 2, 2026

Not Feel Hopeless, Do Something, Barack Obama

“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.” ― Barack Obama

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6356.Barack_Obama.

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Secret, Success, Give Up, Wilma Mankiller

“The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.” – Wilma Mankiller (1945-2010) was a Native American activist, community organizer, and social worker. She was the first woman elected as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation

Found at "15 Inspiring Quotes from Indigenous Peoples" at https://www.humanrightscareers.com/issues/inspiring-quotes-from-indigenous-peoples/.