Shake Hands, Clenched Fist, Indira Gandhi

“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” - Indira Gandhi

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 39.

Take a Chance, Success Comes with Failure, Tyrone "Mugsy" Bogues

“Take a chance. If you fail that's alright. Success comes with failure...I have certainly had my failures, my disappointments. That's when you really appreciate success. You know what it takes to get there and to sustain it.” - Tyrone “Mugsy” Bogues, in In the Land of Giants, 1994

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 22.

If You Want, Listen, Gloria Steinem

“If you want people to listen to you, you have to listen to them.” - 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, page97.

Youth-Oriented Society, Joke, Dorothy Fuldheim

“This is a youth-oriented society, and the joke is on them because youth is a disease from which we all recover.” - Dorothy Fuldheim

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

Tendency, Obscure the Forest, Trees, Christiane Collange

“...we have a tendency to obscure the forest of simple joys with the trees of problems.” - Christiane Collange

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 38.

Can't Live Where I Want To, Paint As I Wanted To, Georgia O'Keeffe

“One day I found myself saying to myself, 'I can't live where I want to. I can't even say what I want to! I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to.'” - Georgia O'Keeffe

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 61.

Be Bold, Make an Error, Billie Jean King

“Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.” - Billie Jean King

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 14.