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“The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.”

Ruby Dee (1922–2014) American actress

“You never lose by loving, you lose by holding back.”

Barbara De Angelis (1951) American psychologist

“my courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.”

Jane Austen book 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

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

“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”

Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906) American women's rights activist

“We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.”

Isabel Allende (1942) Chilean writer

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”

Coco Chanel (1883–1971) French fashion designer

“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

“I hope the fathers and mothers of little girls will look at them and say "yes women can".”

Dilma Rousseff (1947) 36th President of Brazil

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

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

“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

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

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

“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…

“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…

“There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.”

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…

“Never miss a good chance to shut up.”

Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer