Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.Our minds never seem to stop.
- Madame de Staël (1766-1817)
I belong to no race nor time.
I am the eternal feminine with its string of beads.
- Zora Neale Hurston (1903-1960)
...un templo del arte...temple of art
- Hope Portocarrero Debayle de Somoza (1929 –1991)
Some praise me because I am a colored girl, and I don't want that kind of praise. I had rather you would point out my defects, for that will teach me something.Who do you praise?
- Edmonia Lewis (around 1843-1911)
O Lord, Thy loving mercy
Is high as the heavens;
It tells us of Thy truth
And 'tis filled with holiness.
Whilst humbly meditating
Within these walls imprisoned,
Thou art my light, my haven
Thy glory my support.
Oh, look not on our failing,
Nor on the sins of men.
Forgive with loving kindness
That we might be made pure.
For Thy grace I beseech Thee;
Bring us 'neath Thy protection
And peace will be our portion,
Now and forevermore. Amen.
- Queen Lili'uokalani (1838-1917)
And if any person will meddle of my cause, I require them to judge the best.How do we meddle?
- Anne Boleyn (1500 – 1536)
A closed mind is a dying mind.
- Edna Ferber (1885–1968)
I dedicated all my life to music.To what do we dedicate our lives?
- Renata Tebaldi (1922-2004)
Proud Beauty will not own thee! Her loud boastAre you proud?
Is VlRTUE--while thy chilling breath alone
Blows o'er her soul. bidding her passions sleep.
- Ann Yearsley (1753-1808)
No, I don't understand my husband's theory of relativity, but I know my husband and I know he can be trusted.What do we TRUST even when we do not understand?
- Elsa Einstein (1876-1936)
It is our duty to make this world a better place for women.What does duty mean to you?
- Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958)
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.Are you seeking for happiness?
- Agnes Repplier (1855-1950)
In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do.What needs to be done?
- Dorothea Dix (1802-1887)
Sexism is the foundation on which all tyranny is built. Every social form of hierarchy and abuse is modeled on male-over-female domination.
- Andrea Dworkin (1946 - 2005)
It's hard to argue against cynics -- they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side.
- Molly Ivins (1944-2007)
Just as women’s bodies are softer than men’s, so their understanding is sharper.
- Christine de Pizan (1363 - 1434)
I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say.
- Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982)
Alas! a woman that attempts the pen,
Such an intruder on the rights of men,
Such a presumptuous Creature, is esteem'd,
The fault, can by no virtue be redeem'd.
- Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661-1720)
Strange, when you ask anyone's advice you see yourself what is right.
- Selma Lagerlof (1858-1940)
Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist.
- Paula Gunn Allen (1939-2008)
Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.
- Marian Anderson (1902-1993)
Invest in the human soul.How do we invest in our human souls?
Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.
- Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955)
When you find a burden in belief or apparel, cast it off.What burdens must we cast off?
- Amelia Jenks Bloomer (1818 - 1894)
My doctors told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.Who do we believe?
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion. The potential for greatness lives within each of us.
- Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994)
The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.
- Jean Ingelow (1820-1897)
You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.Are you a cheerful person?
- Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880)
