Inspirational Quotes by Women 1

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. Ambrose Redmoon

It doesn’t happen all at once…You become. It takes a long time. Margery Williams

The only journey is the one within. Rainer Maria Rilke

Live the questions now. Rainer Maria Rilke

Moral courage and character go hand in hand….a (wo)man of real character is consistently courageous, being imbued with a basic integrity and a form sense of principle. Martha Boaz

That action is best which provides the greatest happiness for the greatest number. Francis Hutcheson

1)Be discoverers 2) Be ready helpers 3) Be friend makers The Brownie ‘B’s, Girl Scouts

We never know how high we are, til we are called to rise. And then, if we are true to plan, our stature touches the skies. Emily Dickinson

You are what you do. Anonymous

We are free up to the point of choice. Then the choice controls the chooser. Mary Crowley

People waste more time waiting for someone to take charge of their lives than they do in any other pursuit. Gloria Steinham

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. Ellen Parr

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do. Sarah Caldwell

Jesus, please teach me to appreciate what I have before time forces me to appreciate what I had. Susan L. Lenzkes

Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth, we have spoken it. Whitney Griswold

Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. We’re not inherently anything but human. Robin Morgan

Because women's liberation is a movement of the powerless for the powerless, its attraction is not immediately clear to the powerless, who feel they need alliance with the powerful to survive. Rosemary O'Grady

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us. Virginia Woolf

Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that truth sometimes comes to the top. Virginia Woolf

Surviving means being born over and over. Erica Jong

Integrity is honesty carried through the fibres of the being and the whole mind, into thought as well as action so that the person is complete in honesty. That kind of integrity I put above all else as an essential to leadership. Pearl S. Buck

The most exhausting thing in my life is being insincere. Ann Morrow Lindbergh

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. Gertrude Stein

Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. Abigail Adams

No person is your enemy, no person is your friend, every person is your teacher. Florence Scovel Shinn

They sicken of the calm, those who know the storm. Dorothy Parker

The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you. Bette Midler

Imagination has always had powers of resurrection that science can’t match. Ingrid Bengis

If success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all. Anna Quindlen

Failure follows the person whose wishbone is where their backbone is. Anon.