IN PRAISE OF WOMEN |
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Next to God, we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth having. C.Nestell Bovee Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within the reach of every hand. © Mother Teresa I used to wait for a sign, she said, before I did anything. Then one night I had a dream & an angel in black tights came to me & said, You can start any time now & then I asked is this a sign? & the angel started laughing & I woke up. Now, I think the whole world is filled with signs, but if there's no laughter, I know they're not for me. © Brian Andreas If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to ferment a rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation. Abigail Adams The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. Helen Keller For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; Edgar Allan Poe This thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down. You may have a fresh start at any moment you choose. Mary Pickford That man over there says that women need To be helped into carriages, and lifted Over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helped me into carriages, or over Mud puddles, or gives me the best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have plowed and planted, and gathered Into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much As a man...when I could get it! And bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen Them most all sold off to slavery; And when I cried out with my mother's grief, None but Jesus heard me. And ain't I a woman? Then that little man in black there, he says Women can't have as much rights as men, Because Christ wasn't a woman. Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with him! If the first woman God ever made was strong Enough to turn the world upside down all alone, Women together ought to be able to Turn it back, and get it right side up again! Sojourner Truth (1851) We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal... Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony Mathilda Gage Before you were conceived I wanted you Before you were born I loved you Before you were here an hour I would die for you This is the miracle of life. © Maureen Hawkins When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap. © Cynthia Heimel ...the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances. Martha Washington When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before. © Mae West I think that wherever your journey takes you there are new gods waiting there with divine patience--and laughter. © Susan Watkins |