Women Quotes - Page 23

When you speak up about any sense of unfairness or injustice, you're told that you're overreacting, you're too angry, too silly-shut up already. It takes a tremendous amount of fortitude to be able to live in this world as a woman, let alone a woman who wants things to change.

The world is the book of women. Whatever knowledge they may possess is more commonly acquired by observation than by reading.

One thing that never ceases to delight me about us women, is the friendship and support that we give each other.

I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess.

It's your life... why not fill it with as much joy as possible?

When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a woman.

Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.

It was darn nigh impossible for women in rock in the 70s. There wasn't a mold if you were a woman and you were in the entertainment in the 70s. You were probably a disco diva or a folk singer, or simply ornamental. Radio would play only one woman per hour.

Full democracy requires the full participation of women. Your voices are vital. The word 'vital' means necessary for life. A democracy, to be fully alive, must include all its citizens.

When a woman is fit and healthy, everything else falls into place. We are conditioned to put others first, that 'burnt chop syndrome' we observed in our mothers. It takes discipline to pay attention to our diets, to exercise, to leave time for refreshment of mind, body and spirit.

Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked?

Though my natural instinct is to wish for a life free from pain, trouble, and adversity, I am learning to welcome anything that makes me conscious of my need for Him. If prayer is birthed out of desperation, then anything that makes me desperate for God is a blessing.

A kiss can be a comma, a question mark, or an exclamation point. Thats basic spelling that every woman ought to know.

You don't have to play masculine to be a strong woman.

The woman who needs to be liberated most is the woman in every man, and the man who needs to be liberated most is the man in every woman

I'll be honest with you. I'm a little bit of a loner. It's been a big part of my maturing process to learn to allow people to support me. I tend to be very self-reliant and private. And I have this history of wanting to work things out on my own and protect people from what's going on with me.

Just trying to do something - just being there, showing up - is how we get braver. Self-esteem is about doing.

Texas women have an amazing sense of purpose when they lose it. They're the best girls in the world - they're loyal and fun, but when they get mad, they'll try to kill you.

I was annoyed from the start by the attitude of doubt by the spectators that I would never really make the flight. This attitude made me more determined than ever to succeed.

Women keep a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed.

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl.

I think Hispanic women are beautiful with their curves. I'm not sure who feels that way in Hollywood. I was never told to lose 50 pounds. If they think that they just don't bother with you. You just don't get the role and you never know why. That's still better than physically harming yourself and becoming unhealthy just to star in a movie.

Women are always beautiful.

I just wanted to say things that women wanted to say, but were afraid to.