I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.

Wherever women gather together failure is impossible.

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.

Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry.

Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the work for women! There is so much yet to be done.

I look for the day...when the only criterion of excellence or position shall be the ability and character of the individual; and this time will come.

I do not assume that woman is better than man. I do assume that she has a different way of looking at things.

Liberty, Humanity, Justice, Equality

Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform.

Independence is happiness.

Nah, " I said. "But if it does, just tell him I said to get back on the bike.""What?""He'll understand.

Fear is the worst kind of grave, because it buries one alive.

If we don't be going strong, we're going weak, and we can't afford to go weak. We've got too many problems to do that.

It so often happens that others are measuring us by our past self while we are looking back on that self with a mixture of disgust and sorrow.

I assume there must be some kind of genetic thrust. My two grandmothers were very different, but both of them were frustrated musicians.

A face painted in a picture gives a pitiful parody of life. . . but a painted surface lives.

Extremism is the pursuit of the presidency is an unpardonable vice. Moderation in the affairs of the nation is the highest virtue.

It's not like once you achieve success, you're done, you know. It's like, still enjoy doing what you're doing, that's the key for me.

If my results are not good I will lose my job.

Where love and wisdom drink out of the same cup, in this everyday world, it is the exception.