- “The darkness is a space of letting go, of unraveling, of allowing destruction. From these painful transitions we emerge with even stronger wings made of grit and grace.” ― Carrie Schmitt, The Story of Every Flower
- “What I hate with women generally is the intimacy, the invasion of my innermost space, the slow strangulation of my art.” ― Sebastian Horsley
- “We should have a State in which we could live and breathe as free men and which we could develop according to our own lights and culture and where principles of Islamic social justice could find free play.” ― Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- “I like females who can express themselves through grimaces ― as in animated faces. It shows they are comfortable in their own skin and confident about who they are.” ― Omar Cherif
- “Women only wear beautiful clothes so that men will want to remove them.” ― Hanif Kureishi, The Last Word
- “We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
- “You’re only a man! You’ve not our gifts! I can tell you! Why, a woman can think of a hundred different things at once, all them contradictory!” ― Georgette Heyer, Powder and Patch
- “And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.” ― Alberto Moravia, The Woman of Rome
- “A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.” ― Charles Dickens
- “Poor means when we lack things in our lives. There are two types of poverty. …those that need food and shelter and those that need God in their lives. We are called to service to help both group of people as much as we can.” ― Patience Johnson, Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder
- “Never judge someone’s character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment. An honest woman can sell tangerines all day and remain a good person until she dies, but there will always be naysayers who will try to convince you otherwise. Perhaps this woman did not give them something for free, or at a discount. Perhaps too, that she refused to stand with them when they were wrong — or just stood up for something she felt was right. And also, it could be that some bitter women are envious of her, or that she rejected the advances of some very proud men. Always trust your heart. If the Creator stood before a million men with the light of a million lamps, only a few would truly see him because truth is already alive in their hearts. Truth can only be seen by those with truth in them. He who does not have Truth in his heart, will always be blind to her.” ― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
- “Don’t let anyone make you feel like you are not enough. You are worth being loved, worth feeling loved. You are enough, more than enough and for some, even too much.” ― Ventum
- “That you are a born again Christian does not mean you will automatically succeed except you follow God’s principles. Never forget faith without good work is dead.” ― Patience Johnson, Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder
- “I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which had not something to say upon woman’s inconstancy. Songs and proverbs, all talk of woman’s fickleness. But perhaps you will say, these were all written by men.””Perhaps I shall. Yes, yes, if you please, no reference to examples in books. Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.” ― Jane Austen, Persuasion
- “…naar jeg er hiemme, er jeg idelig udi et Slags Arbeyd, som foraarsager Hovedbryden, saa at jeg gaaer ud alleene for at lade Hiernen have fornøden Hvile. Saadan Hvile faaes fornemmeligen udi Fruer-Stuer, hvor der forefalder gemeenligen ikke uden jævn Snak, som ingen Meditation behøver. Og er det derfore, at, naar jeg haver studeret mig en Hovedpine til, jeg ingen heller besøger, end Madame N. N., hvilken fortæller mig intet uden hvad Mad hun haver spiset den Dag, eller hvor mange Ægg hendes Høns have udlagt den Uge, eller andre saadanne Materier, hvorved Hiernen ikke brydes eller Hovedets Seener strekkes.” ― Ludvig Holberg, Epistler
- “I don’t like it when I outweigh my men.” ― Patricia Briggs, Moon Called
- “in lifeyou’ll surround yourself withgood companysometimes,however,the best company will be yourself.we might as well learnto accept the quiet,acknowledge the stillness, shake hands with the discomfort and declare it safe.because truth be told,if we aren’t safealone with ourselves,we probably won’t bewith anyone else.” ― Samantha Pickron
- “A society without the authentic and vibrant influence of women is a society that is not fully alive. A culture lacking the vital creativity of women is disadvantaged. Without the bearing of women on world affairs, humanity’s already tenuous grip on peace is made even less sure. When women are barred, whether by law, cultural prejudice, or political ideology, from developing their full potential and offering their unique gifts, it is an injustice to women themselves and to humanity as a whole.” ― Stephen Catanzarite, Achtung Baby
- “A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.” ― Gloria Steinem
- “Used to be hewas my heart’s desire.His forthright gaze,his expert hands:I’d lie on the couch with my eyesclosed just thinking about it.Never about the factthat everything changes,that even this,my best passion,would not be immune.No, I would bask on in aneternal daydream of the handsfinding me, the gaze like a windingstair coaxing me down. . . .Until I caught a glimpseof something in the mirror:silly girl in her lingerie,dancing with the furniture–a hot little bundle, flush withcliches. Into that pairof too-bright eyes I lookedand saw myself. And something else:he would never look that way.” ― Deborah Garrison, A Working Girl Can’t Win
- “He said that woman is like the ivy-vine,Which, clinging to its oak, grows lush and tall,But, lacking that support, can’t thrive at all.” ― Molière, The Imaginary Cuckold.
- “my heart is too fragile,just a bit of love,just a bit of shake,is what it takes,to make it break,and break, and break.” ― Ventum
- “This is not a feel-good book. (But I am confident you will feel good after reading it.) It is not a motivational book. (But I promise you will be motivated once you are done.)” ― Chin-Ning Chu, The Art of War for Women: Sun Tzu’s Ancient Strategies and Wisdom for Winning at Work
- “To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man’s injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man’s superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman?”[To the Women of India (Young India, Oct. 4, 1930)]” ― Mahatma Gandhi
- “They lay silently. She was staring at something across the room. She was making him feel uncomfortable. ‘It wouldn’t work. It’s the attraction of opposites,’ he said.We’re not opposites.’I don’t mean just you and me. Women fall in love when they get to know you. Men are just the opposite. When they finally know you they’re ready to leave.” ― James Salter
- “We are women, and my plea is Let me be a woman, holy through and through, asking for nothing but what God wants to give me, receiving with both hands and with all my heart whatever that is.” ― Elisabeth Elliot
- “Gender equality is not a belief, it is not an idea – it is a key element of the society that will define whether we the humans shall march ahead towards glory and advancement, or sink into the abyss of an existential doom.” ― Abhijit Naskar, The Bengal Tigress: A Treatise on Gender Equality
- “She was the third beer. Not the first one, which the throat receives with almost tearful gratitude; nor the second, that confirms and extends the pleasure of the first. But the third, the one you drink because it’s there, because it can’t hurt, and because what difference does it make?” ― Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
- “…she doesn’t have to choose between being gentle or being fierce. Both exist in nature and both exist in her. That’s ok. She’ll know to nourish them both and when applicable, use each unapologetically.” ― Steve Maraboli
- “I can’t decide whether I’m a good girl wrapped up in a bad girl, or if I’m a bad girl wrapped up in a good girl. And that’s how I know I’m a woman!” ― C. JoyBell C.