16 Quotes by women who
define and move us:
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be
defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply
strengthen your ability to overcome.” Maya Angelou
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” Oprah Winfrey
“Ability is of little account without opportunity.” Lucille
Ball
“There cannot be true democracy unless women’s voices are
heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to
take responsibility for their own lives.” Hillary Rodham Clinton
“I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of
how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not
been easy.” Marie Curie
“Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions
impossible.” Amelia Earhart
“My grandfather once told me that
there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the
credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less
competition.” Indira Gandhi
“Every individual matters. Every
individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.” JaneGoodall
“People, even more than things,
have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out
anyone.” Audrey Hepburn
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often
we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been
opened for us.” Helen Keller
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“The world of education is like an island where people, cut
off from the world, are prepared for life by exclusion from it.” MariaMontessori
“I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any
excuse.” Florence Nightingale
“Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant
it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at
the bottom.” Sandra Day O’Connor
“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be
free…so other people would be also free.” Rosa Parks
“We can do no great things, only small things with great
love.” Mother Teresa
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