The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.

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

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Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.

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I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives. ― Jane Austen

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Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail. - Mary Astell

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You may hiss as much as you please, but women will get their rights anyway .― Sojourner Truth

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True beauty is not related to what color your hair is or what color your eyes are. True beauty is about who you are as a human being, your principles, your moral compass.

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I have an idea that the phrase weaker sex was coined by some woman to disarm some man she was preparing to overwhelm.

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All too often women believe it is a sign of commitment, an expression of love, to endure unkindness or cruelty, to forgive and forget. In actuality, when we love rightly we know that the healthy, loving response to cruelty and abuse is putting ourselves out of harm's way. ― Bell Hooks

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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it. - Sam Levenson

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