“If school results were the key to power, girls would be running the world” Sarah Boseley

“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but ought to be.” Rosalynn Carter

“Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead

“If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.” Marian Wright Edelman

“When we talk about equal pay for equal work, women in the workplace are beginning to catch up. If we keep going at this current rate, we will achieve full equality in about 475 years. I don't know about you, but I can't wait that long.” Lya Sorano

“I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of the men who are already there.” Maureen Reagan

“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.” Maya Angelou

“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” Amelia Earhart

“It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on Earth and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had.” Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” Katherine Hepburn

“When you forgive, you heal your own anger and hurt and are able to let love lead again. It’s like spring cleaning for your heart.” Marci Shimoff

“Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion.” Oprah Winfrey

“Your own words are the bricks and mortar of the dreams you want to realize. Your words are the greatest power you have. The words you choose and their use establish the life you experience.” Sonia Choquette

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” Maya Angelou

“Everyone has inside of her a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!” Anne Frank

“I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.” Diane Ackerman

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself.” Ethel Barrymore

“Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to require the most from you.” Caroline Myss

“Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid.” Caroline Myss

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

“A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” Marianne Williamson

“Never be a second rate version of someone else. Be a first rate version of yourself.” Judy Garland

“Leadership is a series of behaviours rather than a role for heroes.” Margaret Wheatley

“Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we’re scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don’t have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own “to do” list.” Michelle Obama

“It is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates of peoples, where their children’s and grandchildren’s fates, are decided.” Hillary Clinton

“When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.” Helen Keller

“Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” Janis Joplin

“Whatever you do, be different – that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can’t think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you’re different, you will stand out.” Anita Roddick

“I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.” Oprah Winfrey

“A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.” Diane Mariechild

“We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.” Marie Curie

“Success breeds confidence.” Beryl Markham

“The way in which we think of ourselves has everything to do with how our world see us and how we see ourselves successfully acknowledged by the world.” Arlene Rankin

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

“If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.” Oprah Winfrey

“When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.” Steffi Graf

“Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.” Ruth Gordon

“One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in and where you want to go.” Sheila Murray Bethel

“A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.” Melinda Gates

”Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.” Mae Jemison

“Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” Eleanor Roosevelt

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

”I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship.” Louise May Alcott

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” George Eliot

“Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.” Emily P. Bissell

“Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.” Mary Kay Ash

“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

”If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not making decisions.” Catherine Cook

“We realize the importance of our voice when we are silenced.” Malala Yousafzai

"There was a time when women asked men to stand up for womens' rights. This time we will do it for ourselves.“ Malala Yousafzai

“After all those years as a woman hearing 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough,' almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, 'I'm enough.” Anna Quindlen

“I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever, but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement.” Angela Davis

“ No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” Alice Walker

“ If I can inspire someone to go in a positive way and pursue a dream, it can only be good.” Parminder Nagra

“Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.” Germaine Greer

“Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.” Aung San Suu Kyi

“For me, ‘revolution’ simply means radical change.” Aung San Suu Kyi

“If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.” Marian Wright Edelman