Pleasure, Nothing-to-Lose, Take-No-Shit Older Woman, Gloria Steinem

“I'm beginning to realize the pleasure of being a nothing-to-lose, take-no-shit older woman.” - 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 49.

Reproduce Nature, Less Beauty, Why Paint, Georgia O'Keeffe

“If one could only reproduce nature, and always with less beauty that the original, why paint at all?” - Georgia O'Keeffe

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 32.

Listening, Not Imitation, Flattery, Dr. Joyce Brothers

“Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.” - Dr. Joyce Brothers

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 67.

Scariest Moment, Just Before You Start, Stephen King

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Found on Goodreads.

Talent, Never Enough, Hardest Workers, Earvin (Magic) Johnson, My Life

“Talent is never enough. With a few exceptions, the best players are the hardest workers.” - Earvin (Magic) Johnson, My Life (1992)

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 109.

Need, Passengers, Spaceship Earth, Gloria Steinem

“We need each other. We are all passengers on Spaceship Earth.” - 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 13.

Art, Social Responsibility, Show How Life Should Be, Harry Belafonte

“I deeply believe that art has a social responsibility – not only to show how life is, but to show how life should be.” - Harry Belafonte, in New York Daily News, Nov. 26, 1995

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 16.

Sobering Thought, Full Potential, Jane Wagner

“A sobering thought: What if, right at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?” - Jane Wagner

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 1.

One Thing, Majority Rule, Person's Conscience, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.” - Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 54.

Older Women, Inhibited, Afraid to Act, Waste of Human Potential, Frances Lear

“Many older women are inhibited and afraid to act. It is such a waste of human potential.” - Frances Lear

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 14.

Best Thing, Self-Defense, Self Worth Defending, Gloria Steinem

“The best thing about self-defense is knowing there is a self worth defending.” - 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 20.

Two Reasons Why People Fail, Irresponsibility, Fear, Wally Amos

“There are two reasons why people fail. One is irresponsibility. The second is fear.” - Wally Amos, founder of Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie Corp., and a new company, Uncle Noname, in Parade Magazine (May 22, 1994)

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 5.

Tell the Truth About Yourself, Virginia Woolf

“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.” - Virginia Woolf

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 56.

Life, Moves, Stop and Look Around, Matthew Broderick, Ferris Bueller's Day Off

“Life moves pretty fast; if you don't stop and look around every once in a while, you could miss it.” - Matthew Broderick, Ferris Bueller's Day Off

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

Creative Minds, Survive, Bad Training, Anna Freud

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

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 4.

Woman, Control Our Lives, Gloria Steinem

“If women can't control our lives from the skin in, we can't control our lives from the skin out.” - 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 36.

Agonize, Organize, Florynce Kennedy

“Don't agonize. Organize.” - Fleet-tongued Florynce Kennedy. Fortunately, the Ur-activist of the Sixties and Seventies seldom stayed down in the dumps for long.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 70.

Afraid of Faililng, Fall Down, Getting Up, Marian Wright Edelman

“Don't be afraid of failing. It doesn't matter how many times you fall down. All that matters is how many times you keep getting up.” - Marian Wright Edelman, Commencement Address, Howard University, May 12, 1990

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 60.

Sick and Tired, Fannie Lou Hamer

“I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.” - Fannie Lou Hamer

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 92.

Bitch, Thank You, Gloria Steinem

“If they call you a bitch, say 'Thank you!'” - 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 110.

Never Completely Escaped, Scars of My Childhood, Alvin Ailey

“I am a person who has never completely escaped from the scars of my childhood. Racism, which leaves a shadow on one's sense of accomplishment, can make one feel like a perpetual outsider.” - Alvin Ailey, Essence, November 1988

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 4.

Voting, Most We Can Do, It's the Least, Gloria Steinem

“Voting isn't the most we can do, but it's the least.” - 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 21.

Hardest Years, Ten and Seventy, Helen Hayes

“The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.” - Helen Hayes

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 21.

Win, Learn How to Lose, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“You won't win until you learn how to lose. I don't like to do it, but I can stand it. Along with everything else, you have to acquire the ability to accept defeat. No one makes it without stumbling.” - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Special Report: Sports (August-October 1990)

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 3.

Without Community, Liberation, Audre Lorde

“Without community, there is no liberation.” - Audre Lorde

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 43.

Intolerant of Ignorance, Educated, Maya Angelou

"[My mother] said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.” - Maya Angelou

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

Stand Before God, Single Bit of Talent Left, Used Everything, Erma Bombeck

“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, 'I used everything you gave me.'” - Erma Bombeck

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

Ignorance, No Excuse, Real Thing, Irene Peter

“Ignorance is no excuse – it's the real thing.” - Irene Peter

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 90.

People Involved in Any Art, They're Good, They're Lucky, Katharine Hepburn

“I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good – or because they're lucky.” - Katharine Hepburn

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 5.

Empathy, What Others are Going Through, Do Something About It, Cornel West

“Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.” ― Cornel West

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