Women In History Quotes

I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.

Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.

Now is the time to understand more, so we fear less.

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that…women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves.

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!

Toughness doesn’t have to come in a pinstripe suit.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.

Our society is so caught up in winning, we forget that most of the great men and women in history have, at one time or another, failed at something. Often repeatedly, and discouragingly. But each failure is nothing more than a brick in the wall that forms the foundation of our success. We can’t forget that.

I didn’t see many female politicians on TV. I didn’t see women in history textbooks, so I did geography, and art and English literature. But I know I must have been affected by not seeing women represented.

For women, history does not exist. Murasaki, Sappho, and Madame Lafayette might be their own contemporaries.

There is no life that does not contribute to history.

People just want to hear some common sense… and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and national government – I was the first woman in history on the Senate Finance Committee – not to mention the diplomatic international experience.

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

We ask only for justice and equal rights-the right to vote, the right to our own earnings, equality before the law.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

If society will not admit of woman’s free development, then society must be remodeled.

Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.

Failure is impossible.

Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.

Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.

Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.

The truth has never been told about women in history: that everywhere man has gone woman has gone too, and what he has done she has done also. Women are ignorant of their own past and ignorant of their own importance in that past.

I’m inspired by failure. The process of defeat – picking yourself back up again is the hardest thing in the world.

What we are is God’s gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.

Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.

A charming woman… doesn’t follow the crowd. She is herself.

Your playing small does not serve the world. Who are you not to be great?

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union…. Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less

If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.

I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

The best protection any woman can have… is courage.

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

I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard…we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.

I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.

Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.

I may be the first woman member of Congress, but I won’t be the last.

The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.

There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.

There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.

A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.