“Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth, we have spoken it.”
“Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.”
“Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
“Being human is difficult. Becoming human is a lifelong process. To be truly human is a gift.”
“Men rule because women let them. Male misogyny is real enough, and it has dreadful consequences, but female misogyny is what keeps women out of power.”
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
“The very essence of leadership is [ that] you have a vision. It’s got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.”
“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.”
“Anger closes the mind and cools the heart when both are need most”
“A snail could crawl the entire length of the Great Wall of China in 212 years, just slightly longer than the 200 years it will take for women to be equally represented in Parliament.”
