You can tell people of the need to struggle, but when the powerless start to see that they really can make a difference, nothing can quench the fire.

Don't wait for a Gandhi, don't wait for a King, don't wait for a Mandela. You are your own Mandela, you are your own Gandhi, you are your own King.

The world is upside down, it's going to take a lot of hands to turn it right side up.

We must continue to unite in sisterhood to turn our tears into triumph. There is no time to rest until our world achieves wholeness and balance, where all men and women are considered equal and free.

When women gather, great things will happen.

Leadership is standing with your people. People say you have to live to fight another day, but sometimes you have to show you are a true leader.

Activism is something that no one can fake. You get angry. You cry. But you never throw in your towel, because that anger is what is propelling you to further action.

There is something in this world that every individual can do. God has created all of us with something unique to contribute.

I don't feel like I've done anything extraordinary but take my little light and shine it in darkness.

It’s time for women to stop being politely angry.

You cannot say you've achieved equality until EVERYONE is equal and has equal opportunities!

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

All the broken hearts in the world still beat

Lincoln was less well-read than many a professor or journalist, but what he read, he read deeply.

Teachers assess to test; educators assess to assist learning.

Writing to me is a voyage, an odyssey, a discovery, because I'm never certain of precisely what I will find.

The Most Blessed Sacrament is Christ made visible. The poor sick person is Christ again made visible.

The time is coming when man will be able to determine the length of his lifespan by controlling his diet.

Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies.

Consciousness, fully awake to itself, is the Light of God.

God so loved the world that he made up his mind to damn a large majority of the human race.