Sisterhood Quotes - Page 2

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Most of all, what I've learned is I need to share what it is that I know. And it's the whole reason I've done what I've done for as long as I've done it. It's that I'm able to use what I know in order to help someone else grow. And that's exactly what happened on Sisterhood of Hip Hop.

The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.

Participating in a sisterhood with other women is hugely important in my life and a source of joy.

When our burdens are grievous to be borne, when we face a world in which it seems that there is only struggle and no rest, I hope we can remember the immense strength of our sisterhood, the reservoirs that we have within us, and the unfailing wellspring of the Savior’s love for us, even in the midst of adversity.

Friendship is not possible between two women one of whom is very well dressed.

It turns out that a lot of women just have a problem with women in power. You know, this whole sisterhood, this whole let's go march for women's rights and, you know, just constantly talking about what women look like or what they wear, or making fun of their choices or presuming that they're not as powerful as the men around. This presumptive negativity about women in power I think is very unfortunate, because let's just try to access that and have a conversation about it, rather than a confrontation about it.

Italy is such a delightful place to live in if you happen to be a man. There one may enjoy that exquisite luxury of Socialism--that true Socialism which is based not on equality of income or character, but on the equality of manners. In the democracy of the caffè or the street the great question of our life has been solved, and the brotherhood of man is a reality. But it is accomplished at the expense of the sisterhood of women.

Once women find sisterhood, there's nothing stronger.

Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.

For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhood.

Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us.

Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits.

If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring.

Patti Callahan Henry’s THE STORIES WE TELL is a lyrical exploration of love and longing, secrets and suspicion, family and friendship, all told with the author’s trademark insights into the hollows and curves of the heart and mind of a working woman who must balance the demands of motherhood, wifedom, sisterhood, and yes, the deepest cravings for artistic expression. I always love the stories PCH tells!

So women are at the beginning of building a language, and not all women are conscious of it.

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

Women have a lot to say about how to advance women's rights, and governments need to learn from that, listen to the movement and respond.

Solidarity is not the same as support. To experience solidarity, we must have a community of interests, shared beliefs and goals around which to unite, to build Sisterhood. Support can be occasional. It can be given and just as easily withdrawn. Solidarity requires sustained, ongoing commitment.

The road to hell is paved with leeks and potatoes

Female bonobos form a strong sisterhood. They rule through female solidarity.

Love men and women not for their strength but their softness, not for their fullness but their hunger, not for their plenty but their need.

Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.