Quotes

"I do not wish them to have power over men, but over themselves." ~ Mary Wollstonecraft

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." ~ Helen Keller

"I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

"Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around." ~ Katharine Hepburn

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass... It's about learning how to dance in the rain. ~ Vivian Greene

"It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... ~ Susan B. Anthony

"I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us." ~ Louisa May Alcott

"Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away." ~ Barbara De Angelis