IN PRAISE OF WOMEN

SAMPLE QUOTES

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