Much is Given, Much is Expected, Mary Maxwell Gates

“From those whom much is given, much is expected.” - Mary Maxwell Gates, Bill Gates' mother, on board of regents for University of Washington, first female president of King's County United Way, first woman to chair national United Way executive committee

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 41.

Four Essential Human Freedoms, Speech and Expression, Worship God, Want, Fear, Franklin D. Roosevelt

“We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from want. The fourth is freedom from fear.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 72.

Educate Men to Goodness, One Another, Love of the Truth, Daniel Berrigan

"But how shall we educate men to goodness, to a sense of one another, to a love of the truth? And more urgently, how shall we do this in a bad time?" — Daniel Berrigan, quoted on the cover of TIME (Jan. 25, 1971)

In "The Nation: The Berrigans: Conspiracy and Conscience". Time. 97 (4): 18. January 25, 1971.

This Wall Will Fall, Belief, Unknown Graffiti Artist

“This wall will fall. Belief will become reality.” - unknown graffiti artist who painted the words on the Berlin Wall

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 77.

Peaceful Revolution, John F. Kennedy

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

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

Strive For the Best, Never Make It, Gerald Ford

“If you don't strive for the best, you will never make it.” - Gerald Ford

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 43.

Nostalgia, Simone Signoret

“Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.” - Simone Signoret

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 91.

Too Angry, Keep Your Mouth Shut, Nothing Will Ever Change, Michelle Obama

"Don't ever, ever let anyone tell you that you're too angry, or that you 'should keep your mourth shut.' There will always sbe those who want to keep you silent, to have yoube seen but not heard, or maybe they don't even want to see you at all. But those people don't know your story, and if you listen to them, then nothing will ever change." - Former First Lady Michelle Obama, speaking to the graduating class of 2020

Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2020, page 6.

Not in This World, Your Expectations, Bruce Lee

“I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.” - Bruce Lee, actor, martial arts instructor

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 89.

Being Powerful, Being a Lady, Margaret Thatcher

“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.” - Margaret Thatcher

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 76.

Life is What Happens, Other Plans, John Lennon

“Life is what happens to you while you are making other plans.” - John Lennon

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 29.

Biggest Disease Today, 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.

Some Men, Say Why, Dream Things, Why Not, Robert F. Kennedy

“Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not.” - Robert F. Kennedy

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 85.

Color and Shapes, Things I Had No Words For, Georgia O'Keeffe

“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way – things I had no words for.” - Georgia O'Keeffe

Found at Speaking of Art: Colorful Quotes by Famous Painters, edited by Bob Raczka, page 19.

Pray For the Dead, Fight Like Hell, Living, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones

"Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living." - Mary Harris "Mother" Jones. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/motherjone195568.html

Dissents, Future Age, Dominant View, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

On dissent and justice: "Dissents speak to a future age. It's not simply to say, 'My colleagues are wrong and I would do it this way.' But the greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time their views become the dominant view. So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are writing not for today, but for tomorrow." - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Found on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/best-ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-trnd/index.html.

Middle of DIfficulty, Opportunitiy, Albert Einstein

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” - Albert Einstein

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 88.

Comfort the Afflicted, Afflict the Comfortable, Finley Peter Dunne

"Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable." - Finley Peter Dunne.

Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/f/finley_peter_dunne.html

Failure, Stops You, Fear of Failure, Jack Lemmon

“Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.” - Jack Lemmon, actor

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 21.

Make Life a Little Better, Less Fortunate, Meaningful Life, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

"To make life a little better for people less fortunate than you, that's what I think a meaningful life is. One lives not just for oneself but for one's community." - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Found on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/best-ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-trnd/index.html.

Old Age, Plane, Storm, Golda Meir

“Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.” - Golda Meir

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 75.

Art, Soul, People, Romare Bearden

“Art is the soul of people.” - Romare Bearden

Found at Speaking of Art: Colorful Quotes by Famous Painters, edited by Bob Raczka, page 25,

Action, Antidote, Despair, Joan Baez

“Action is the antidote to despair.” - Joan Baez

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 20.

No Matter the Fight, Ladylike, Mary "Mother" Jones

"No matter the fight, don't be ladylike! God almighty made women and the Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies." - Militant labor organizer Mary "Mother" Jones, one mean maternal unit to mess with.

(Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, compiled by Autumn Stephens.)

Infinite, Universe, Human Stupidity, Albert Einstein

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein.

Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/albert_einstein.html

Art, Die of Reality, Friedrich Nietzsche

“We have art so that we do not die of reality. Reality is too much with us.” - Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 86.

Central to a Woman's Life, Dignity, Decision That She Must Make, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

"This is something central to a woman's life, to her dignity. It's a decision that she must make for herself. And when government controls that decision for her, she's being treated as less than a fully adult human responsible for her own choices." - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, on support for abortion rights

Found on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/best-ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-trnd/index.html.

Rage, Writers, Water, Fish, Nikki Giovanni

"Rage is to writers what water is to fish. A laid-back writer is like an orgasmic prostitute - an anomaly." - Nikki Giovanni, impassioned poet. (Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, compiled by Autumn Stephens.)

Women Couldn't Do, Blacks Couldn't Do, Defeat, Challenge, Marian Wright Edelman

“There were so many things they said women couldn't do and blacks couldn't do. Every defeat to me was a challenge.” - Marian Wright Edelman, president and founder of Children's Defense Fund

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 13.

Reached Middle Age, Slow Down, Doctor, Police, Henny Youngman

“A man has reached middle age when he is warned to slow down by his doctor instead of the police.” - Henny Youngman

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 3.

Real Change, One Step at a Time, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

"Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time." - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Found on The Today Show at https://www.today.com/news/ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-20-inspiring-ideas-rbg-t192057r.