Women Quotes - Page 4

The naked female body is treated so weirdly in society. It's like people are constantly begging to see it, but once they do, someone's a hoe.

Let the generations know that women in uniform also guaranteed their freedom.

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same.

For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

Women will be no longer made the slaves of, or dependent upon men ... They will be equal in education, rights, privileges and personal liberty.

Real woman should be capricious.

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.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less

You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.

If society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled.

Don't settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that's in us.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

...there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.

There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.

The only place men want depth in a woman is in her décolletage.

We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls: 'You can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful. Otherwise, you will threaten the man.' Because I am female, I am expected to aspire to marriage. I am expected to make my life choices, always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important. Now, marriage can be a source of joy and love and mutual support, but why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage and we don't teach boys the same?

Decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.

The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

When you're a black woman, you seldom get to do what you just want to do; you always do what you have to do.

Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world.

I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch - what make you go beyond the norm.

When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.