I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.

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.

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.

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.

He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.

The wind picks up, but instead of putting his sweatshirt back on, he just fits the hood over his head. As he walks forward, it billows behind him like a cape.

Do not let your fire go out.

I majored in Psychology in college. I was going to be a child psychologist.

It doesn't matter if you're religious or not. Does anything make you feel more uncomfortable than some stranger going, I'd like to talk to you about Jesus?

When you're in love with the work, the energy comes more naturally. You want to wake up in the morning to write more material, or to go on stage and give every shred of emotion you have.

We each have a story to tell, I know; so let each one take his turn.

The best way to avoid responsibility is to say, 'I've got responsibilities.

I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.