Footprints That Last, Walking on Tiptoe, Leymah Gbowee

“You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe.” - Leymah Gbowee

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 20.

Women, Rights, Just Take Them, Sojourner Truth

“If women want any rights more than they have, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it.” - Abolitionist orator Sojourner Truth. Seize the day, ladies – or shut the hell up!

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 72.

Conditions of Tyranny, Easier to Act Than to Think, Hannah Arendt

“Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.” - Hannah Arendt, left-wing philosopher who promoted the radical notion that morality might have a place in politics.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 63.

Blind with Patriotism, Face Reality, Wrong is Wrong, Malcolm X

"You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it." - Malcolm X

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/malcolm_x_390503.

Thing Under My Bed, Isn't Real, Grab My Ankle, Stephen King

“The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.” ― Stephen King, Night Shift

Found on Goodreads. Read more at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/search?utf8=✓&q=Stephen+King&commit=Search

The Moment Anyone Tries, How Great You Are, Threat, Cicely Tyson

“The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat.” - Cicely Tyson

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 70.

Repent of Love, Love, Muriel Spark

“It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.” - Muriel Spark. The author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie converted to Catholicism, but refused to censor her heart.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 121.

You Can, You Should, You Will, Stephen King

“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Found on Goodreads. Read more at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/search?utf8=✓&q=Stephen+King&commit=Search

Truth, Justice, Malcolm X

"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against." - Malcolm X

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/malcolm_x_385966.

Cub, Roaring Like a Lion, Carry Nation

“You have put me in here a cub, but I will come out roaring like a lion, and I will make all hell howl!” - Temperamental temperance crusader Carry Nation, utterly unsubdued by her stint in the slammer.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 59.

Social Change, Dare and Act, Think Unconventionally, Indira Gandhi

“Social change is brought about by those who dare and act, who can think unconventionally, and who can court unpopularity.” - Indira Gandhi

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 17.

Seize the Moment, Titanic, Dessert Cart, Erma Bombeck

“Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart.” - Erma Bombeck

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 42.

Being a Bitch, Hold On To, Delores 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.

Strength, Courage, Confidence, Eleanor Roosevelt

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'” - Eleanor Roosevelt

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 63.

Lessons, Stay True to Yourself, Michelle Obama

“One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.” - Michelle Obama

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, pages 22 – 23.

Really in Earnest, Anything or Nothing, Susan B. Anthony

“Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation.” - Susan B. Anthony, the formidable founding mother of 19th-century American feminism.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 66.

Consent to Creep, Impulse to Soar, Helen Keller

“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.” - Helen Keller

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 26.

Willingness, Responsibility, One's Own Life, Joan Didion

“The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.” - Joan Didion

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 21.

Old Age, Sissies, Bette Davis

“Old age ain't no place for sissies.” - Bette Davis

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

Sufferings of Others, Do Not Actually See Them, Albion Fellows Bacon

“We can bear with great philosophy the sufferings of others, especially if we do not actually see them.” - Albion Fellows Bacon, a rather cynical turn-of-the-century social worker.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 61.

Fiction, Truth, Lie, Stephen King

“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.” ― Stephen King

Found on GoodReads. Read more here.

Every Word, Story of the World, Carolyn See

“Every word a woman writes changes the story of the world, revises the official version.” - Carolyn See

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 2.

Scared, Fight, Hope, Gabrielle Union

“I am scared. I will fight. Trump will not crush my spirit. Hope fuels the fire in my belly to seek the change I want to see in this country.” - Gabrielle Union

Ms. Magazine's Special 2016 Election Issue, page 11.

Everything, Tell Your Stories, Behaved Better, Anne Lamott

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.” ― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Found on GoodReads. Read more at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7113.Anne_Lamott.

Develop Courage, Being Happy, Surviving Difficult Times, Barbara De Angelis

“We don't develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.” - Barbara De Angelis

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 28.

Good Communication, Black Coffee, Anne Morrow Lindberg

“Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.” - Anne Morrow Lindberg

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 82.

Real Courage, You Know You're Licked, Begin Anyway, Atticus Finch, Harper Lee

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what." - (Atticus Finch) ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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

Marched, Thousands of Miles, We Must Do This, Si se puede, Dolores Huerta

"We've already marched many thousands of miles in our struggle for human rights and social justice, and tomorrow we march again. We must do this. We can do this. Si se puede!" - Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder, United Farm Workers, in the Special Elections 2016 issue of Ms. Magazine.

Sustained Outrage, Unthinking Respect, Authority, Molly Ivins

“What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.” - Molly Ivins

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 50.

Theory, Difference, Practice, Manfred Eigen

"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is." - Manfred Eigen

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/manfredeig211444.html.

Lighthouses, Shining, Anne Lamott

“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.” ― Anne Lamott

Found on GoodReads. Read more at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7113.Anne_Lamott.