Take a Risk, Grow Old, Alice Walker

“Take a risk – grow old.” - Alice Walker

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 53.

Amateurs, Inspiration, Work, Stephen King

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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

Repair the Roof, Sun is Shining, John F. Kennedy

“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.” - John F. Kennedy

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 84.

Truth, Justice, For or Against, 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.

Any Female, Legitimate, Validate, Power, Bell Hooks

“If any female feels she needs anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power.” - Bell Hooks

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 156.

Dance, Nobody Watching, Love, Never Be Hurt, Sing, Nobody Listening, William W. Purkey

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.” ― William W. Purkey

Found in Goodreads; click here.

Imagination, Dreaming, Possibilities, Planning, Gloria Steinem

“Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning.” ― Gloria Steinem

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/57108.Gloria_Steinem.

Stupidity, Retrospect, Missed Chances, Stephen King

“...stupidity is one of the two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances.” - Stephen King

Found on https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/506731-stupidity-is-one-of-the-two-things-we-see-most.

Don't Be Reckless, Other People's Hearts, Jimi Hendrix

“Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.” ― Jimi Hendrix

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7268.Jimi_Hendrix.

Let-Them-Eat-Cake Obliviousness, Racial Disparity, Striving to Achieve True Equality, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

“With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces ‘colorblindness for all’ by legal fiat. But deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life. ...The only way out of this morass – for all of us – is to stare at racial disparity unblinkingly, and then do what evidence and experts tell us is required to level the playing field and march forward together, collectively striving to achieve true equality for all Americans.” - Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissenting to the Supreme Court’s majority ruling prohibiting the use of affirmative action in college admissions.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2023, page 6.

Fear the Opinions, Tell the Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.” ― Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/120585.Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton.

Artist, Imagination, More Important, Knowledge, Albert Einstein

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” ― Albert Einstein

Found on Goodreads; click here.

To Live, Rarest Thing, Most People Exist, Oscar Wilde

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” ― Oscar Wilde

Found in Goodreads; click here.

Women's Chains, Men, Anatomy, Estelle Ramey

"Women's chains have been forged by men, not by anatomy." - Estelle Ramey

Found on AZ Quotes at https://www.azquotes.com/quote/597490.

Women, Inherently Passive, Peaceful, Human, Robin Morgan

“Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. We're not inherently anything but human. ” ― Robin Morgan

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/27879.Robin_Morgan.

Knowledge Speaks, Wisdom Listens, Jimi Hendrix

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." - Jimi Hendrix

Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/jimi_hendrix_103615.

Civil Rights, Women's Rights, Public Life, Establislhments, Justice Sonia Sotomayor

“When the civil rights and women’s rights movements sought equality in public life, some public establishments refused. Some even claimed, based on sincere religious beliefs, constitutional rights to discriminate. The brave Justices who once sat on this Court decisively rejected those claims.” - Justice Sonia Sotomayor, dissenting to the Supreme Court’s decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, which held that business owners have the right under the First Amendment to refuse service to LGVTQ+ people

Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2023, page 6.

So Many Books, So Little Time, Frank Zappa

“So many books, so little time.” ― Frank Zappa

Found in Goodreads; click here.

Selfish, Impatient, A Little Insecure, Make Mistakes, Handle Me At My Worst, Don't Deserve Me At My Best, Marilyn Monroe

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” ― Marilyn Monroe

Found in Goodreads; click here.

Two Things are Infinite, The Universe, Human Stupidity, Albert Einstein

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” ― Albert Einstein

Found on Goodreads; click here.

Be Yourself; Already Taken, Oscar Wilde

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” ― Oscar Wilde

Found in Goodreads; click here.

Disallow, Medical Care That is Accepted, Medical Association, Meaningless, Conversion Therapy, Torture, Montana State Rep. Zooey Zephyr

“If you disallow the use of medical care that is accepted by every major medical association … the only therapy left is either A) meaningless or B) conversion therapy, which is torture. If you are forcing a trans child to go through puberty when they are trans, that is tantamount to torture. And this body should be ashamed.” - Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D), the first openly transgender woman elected to the Legislature; after her forceful remaks concernings a bill (now law) that prohibits gender-affirming care for minors, she was banned from the House floor by her colleagues for the remainder of the session.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Summer 2023, page 6.

Best Thing, Future, One Day at a Time, Abraham Lincoln

“The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.” - Abraham Lincoln

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 24.

Freedom of Expression, Offend, Salman Rushdie

“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.” ― Salman Rushdie

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3299.Salman_Rushdie.

Democracy, Choose Wisely, Education, Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/franklin_d_roosevelt_402955.

Reject, Race, Religion, Diversity, Barack Obama

"We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn't a matter of political correctness. It's a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith." - Barack Obama

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/barack_obama_733946.

Legitimate and Validate, Existence, Giving Away Her Power, Bell Hooks

“If any female feels she needs anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power.” - Bell Hooks

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 156.

Relationships, Commitment, Loyalty, Love, Patience, Persistence, Cornel West

“We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.” ― Cornel West, Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life

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

Vote, Powerful Nonviolent Change, Rep. John Lewis

“The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society.” - The late Rep. John Lewis

Found on page 1, Ms. Magazine, Fall 2020.

Stay True to Yourself, Goals, 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.