Gloria Feldt Quotes

Say the first word. Set the tone for the conversation. Be poised, prepared, and ready to say the first word in any debate or meeting.

Nobody loves you better because you have used yourself up for them.

Women must commit to use our power-to on our own behalf so we can translate it into the power to help others and ourselves.

Knowing your history can give you the tools to shape your future.

Your vision, ideas and plans have the power to shape the future, but not if you keep them to yourself.

If these restrictions were necessary, the FDA would have promulgated them in the first place, the FDA knows how to evaluate scientific information. Congress knows nothing about that.

The definition of promiscuity? One more partner than you've ever had.

The path to big, systemic change is collective action. That takes Sister Courage.

Today's challenge for women: to value ourselves and demand that others do, too.

We grow our courage muscles like we grow our physical muscles, by using them.

Women are well on the road to equality but we haven't arrived yet.

I truly believe that a woman who knows herself, and who thus knows her true value, can never be frightened into being co-opted.

Moments don't last unless we do something with them.

Power unused is power useless.

Be intentional about your life and what you want to accomplish, but understand there's no choice you make that you can't change.

With each door one women walks through it is incumbent to bring another woman through it with her.

Get ticked and get going.

Women are in the midst of an unfinished revolution.

Embrace controversy. It gives you a platform. It is a teacher, a clarifier, and your friend, especially if you are trying to make change.

A movement has to move. Constantly.

Use what you've got. What you need is usually there if you can see it and if you have the courage to use it.

Unlimit yourself: Stand in power, walk with intention.

Whatever aspect of life you apply it to, making change takes courage.

Every other group helps its own members. Women should, too. Be sisters.

What's your vision of what you think should happen? How can you make it happen? Go stand in your power and walk with intention to make it so.

This is women's moment to shift the tectonic plates of power on both the personal life and the leadership levels.

When women are economically empowered, the power balance changes in all areas of life.

What ticks you off enough to get involved in efforts to better the lot of women? What motivates you to action?

The most effective medium is yourself and the power you communicate by your intention and your story.

The more we practice risking to leap, the more proficient we become, the more our fears melt away, and we grow ever stronger in the doing.

This women's moment to embrace the power-to for good in life and leadership.

Embrace controversy. It gives you a platform. It nudges you to clarity.

Your personal choices matter. And you have the power. Use it.

Power-over is amoral. Power-to is responsibility.

There are no excuses this time. Now it's up to women to step up and lead ourselves and our sisters through the threshold.

I say, carpe the chaos, for in chaos is opportunity.

Share your stories of your worst moments as well as your best. Let your sisters know their problems are not unique and they are not alone.

Intention implies assuming you can and have every right to achieve your ambition and that you are powerful enough to make it happen.

Don't follow your dream - lead it!

There’s no excuse…for women today not to own their own power and lead an unlimited life.