WORDS OF WISE WOMEN

1. No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful. – Eleanor Roosevelt
2. Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. – Eleanor Roosevelt
3. My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent. – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
4. Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation. – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
5. Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country. – Margaret Thatcher
6. Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. – Margaret Thatcher
7. Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the high road to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. – Margaret Thatcher
8. We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. – Maya Angelou
9. My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. – Maya Angelou
10. Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own. – Michelle Obama
11. If there's one thing I've learned in life, it's the power of using your voice. – Michelle Obama
12. There's power in allowing yourself to be known and heard, in owning your unique story, in using your authentic voice. And there's grace in being willing to know and hear others. – Michelle Obama
13. I have learned that as long as I hold fast to my beliefs and values. and follow my own moral compass, then the only expectations I need to live up to are my own. – Michelle Obama
14. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you – always. – Oprah Winfrey
15. Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. – Oprah Winfrey
16. Women should do for themselves what men have already done—occasionally what men have not done—thereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action. – Amelia Earhart
17. I raise up my voice—not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard… We cannot succeed when half of us are held back. – Malala Yousafzai
18. At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can. – Frida Kahlo
19. Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. – Frida Kahlo
20. Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right. – Jane Goodall