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“Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. ”

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States

“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.”

Rosa Parks (1913–2005) African-American civil rights activist

“Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.”

Audre Lorde (1934–1992) writer and activist

“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”

C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology

“Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work.”

Adrienne Rich (1929–2012) American poet, essayist and feminist

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

Jane Goodall (1934) British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist

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

Nora Ephron (1941–2012) Film director, author screenwriter

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.”

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was within me an invincible summer.”

Albert Camus (1913–1960) French author and journalist

“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”

Simone de Beauvoir book The Second Sex

“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.”

Dolly Parton (1946) American singer-songwriter and actress

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”

Robert A. Heinlein Time Enough for Love

“I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.”

Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica

“Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.”

Erica Jong (1942) Novelist, poet, memoirist, critic

“You can be in love and not be in a relationship.”

Gandolfo – (RJ Intindola)

“I remember thinking how often we look, but never see … we listen, but never hear … we exist, but never feel. We take our relationships for granted. A house is only a place. It has no life of its own. It needs human voices, activity and laughter to come alive.”

Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…

“A child needs your love most when he deserves it least”

Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…

“Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.”

Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…

“Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere”

Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…