Sustained Outrage, Unthinking Respect, 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.

Censorship, Thought Control, Secrecy, Darkness, Pat Frank, Alas Babylon

“Censorship and thought control can exist only in secrecy and darkness.” ― Pat Frank, Alas, Babylon

Found on Goodreads. Read more here.

Strength, Physical Capacity, Indomitable Will, Mahatma Gandhi

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." - Mahatma Gandhi

Found in Country Living at https://www.countryliving.com/life/g5054/quotes-about-strength/?slide=14.

Things Come Apart, Held Together, 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.

Landscape Photography, Supreme Test, Ansel Adams

"Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment." - Ansel Adams

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ansel_adams_141286.

Our Dreams, Courage, Walt Disney

"All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney

Found in Country Living at https://www.countryliving.com/life/g5054/quotes-about-strength/?slide=20.

Slavery and Colonialism, Women's Inequality, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

“Just as slavery and colonialism were a stain on previous centuries, women’s inequality should shame us all in the 21st. Because it is not only unacceptable; it is stupid.” - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, condemning the patriarchy in a speech on women and power.

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

Books, Perfect Entertainment, Stephen King

“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.” ― Stephen King

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King.

No One, Born Hating, Taught to Love, Nelson Mandela

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” - Nelson Mandela

Found in The Sun, June 2018, pg.48, “Sunbeams”.

Life, Easier, More Forgiving, Stronger, More Resilient, Steve Maraboli

"Life doesn't get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient." - Steve Maraboli

Found in Country Living at https://www.countryliving.com/life/g5054/quotes-about-strength/?slide=10.

Never an Insult, Bad Name, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1825.Harper_Lee.

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.

Empathy, Predicated Upon Hope, 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.

No Control, Adult Bodies, Supreme Court, Bureaucrats, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar

“As their dad, I have no control over their adult bodies. As their sheriff, it is absolutely none of my business. ...Shame on the Supreme Court and the bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., and Austin who are attempting to impose their own supposed morals on others. They will not use my badge or the color of my office to do so. My job is chasing predators, rapists, and human traffickers, not someone exercising a right.” - Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, the father of two daughters, in a Facebook post declaring his opposition to arresting Texas women for having abortions.Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2022, page 4.

Right on, Sheriff Salazar!

Hate, Love, Robin Morgan

“Hate generalizes, love specifies.” - Robin Morgan

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 120.

Write Every Single Day, Lurk in Libraries, Ray Bradbury

“You must write every single day of your life... You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads... may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world.” ― Ray Bradbury

From Goodreads. Read more Ray Bradbury quotes here.

Never Normalize the Ending of Democracy, Tyranny, White Supremacy, Patriarchy, Color of Our Skin, Tennessee State Reps., Justin Pearson, Justin Jones, Gloria Johnson

“We can never normalize the ending of democracy. We can never normalize the tyranny of the way that these people in positions of power are operating due to white supremacy and … the patriarchy. That is what we’re up against.” - Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson (D), On being expelled from the Legislature by the House’s Republican supermajority for joining a chant with gun violence protesters in the capitol in late March, following a mass shooting at a Nashville School three days prior. Found in Ms. Magazine page 6, Summer 2023.

“It might have to do with the color of our skin.” - Tennessee state Rep. Gloria Johnson (d), answering why she was spared from expulsion from the Legislature while Reps. Pearson and Justin Jones (D) were not. Found in Ms. Magazine page 6, Summer 2023.

Photography, Instant Out of Time, Altering Life, Dorothea Lange

"Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still." - Dorothea Lange

Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/dorothea_lange_141163.

Right Minds, Pride in Their Talents, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1825.Harper_Lee.

Hero, Ordinary Individual, Strength, Overwhelming Obstacles, Christopher Reeve

"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles." - Christopher Reeve

Found in Country Living at https://www.countryliving.com/life/g5054/quotes-about-strength/?slide=1.

Melting Pot, Beautiful Mosaic, Jimmy Carter

"We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams." - Jimmy Carter

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/jimmy_carter_158449.

Feet, Right Place, Stand Firm, Abraham Lincoln

"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm." - Abraham Lincoln

Found in Country Living at https://www.countryliving.com/life/g5054/quotes-about-strength/?slide=4.

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

“Don't ever, ever let anyone tell you that you're too angry, or that you 'should keep your mouth shut.' There will always be those who want to keep you silent, to have you be 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 issue, page 6.

Courage, Not the Absence of Fear, Triumph Over It, Nelson Mandela

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” - Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa, activist

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by by F+W Media, Inc., page 9.

Never Too Late, Want to Be, Strength to Start Over, F. Scott Fitzgerald

"For what it’s worth: It’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over again." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Found in Country Living at https://www.countryliving.com/life/g5054/quotes-about-strength/?slide=3.

The Bible, One Man, Whisky Bottle, Never Learned to Live, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)... There are just some kind of men who - who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1825.Harper_Lee.

Writing, Making Money, Getting Famous, Enriching the Lives, Stephen King

“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Found in Goodreads' Stephen King quotes section.

Measure of a Society, How They Treat, Weakest, Most Helpless Citizens, Jimmy Carter

"The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens." - Jimmy Carter

Found on A-Z Quotes at http://www.azquotes.com/quote/557101.

Twelve Significant Photographs, Good Crop, Ansel Adams

"Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop." - Ansel Adams

Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ansel_adams_141288.

Research, Formalized Curiosity, Zora Neale Hurston

“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.” ― Zora Neale Hurston

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15151.Zora_Neale_Hurston.