Margaret Mead (1901–1978) American anthropologist
Source: Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657 note: 1940s, Male and Female (1949)
kimberly7
@kimberly7, member from March 9, 2022“You never lose by loving, you lose by holding back.”
Barbara De Angelis (1951) American psychologist
Variant: You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.
Source: Chicken Soup for the Couple's Soul
“my courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
Source: Pride and Prejudice
“You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer.”
Byron Katie (1942) American spiritual writer
Source: Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life (2002)
“The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
George Eliot (1819–1880) English novelist, journalist and translator
“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
Shared on her Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/MayaAngelou/posts/10150251846629796, July 4, 2011
The quote is mistakenly attributed to the author
“Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.”
Viktor E. Frankl book Man's Search for Meaning
Source: Quoted in Man's Search for Meaning and attributed to Friedrich Nietzsche.
“We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.”
Isabel Allende (1942) Chilean writer
Source: Island Beneath the Sea
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977) Nigerian writer
Source: https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/15-quotes-from-chimamanda-adichie-that-have-change/
“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) French fashion designer
As quoted in Believing in Ourselves (1992) by Armand Eisen, p. 39
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.”
Audre Lorde (1934–1992) writer and activist
(1981) Audre Lorde, “The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism”
Audre Lorde book The Cancer Journals
The Cancer Journals, Special Edition, Aunt Lute Books, San Francisco, CA, 1997, p. 13.
“No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
Red Symons (1949) Australian broadcaster and musician
Attributed quotes
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.”
Judy Garland (1922–1969) actress, singer and vaudevillian from the United States
As quoted in Business Etiquette for the Nineties : Your Ticket to Career Success (1992) by Lou Kennedy, p. 8
Variant: Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.
“Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.”
Joseph Conrad book Chance
Source: Chance (1913) part II, Ch. 5