Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
GLORIA STEINEMWhat would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
-
-
There are two types of people in the world, those who say ‘there are two types of people in the world’ and those who don’t.
GLORIA STEINEM -
The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn’t exist in every culture.
GLORIA STEINEM -
Behave like everything you do matters.
GLORIA STEINEM -
No one can give us power. If we aren’t part of the process of taking it, we won’t be strong enough to use it.
GLORIA STEINEM -
If what’s inside your dreams wasn’t already real inside you, you couldn’t even dream it.
GLORIA STEINEM -
[on sexual politics] The Golden Rule works for men as written, but for women it should go the other way around. We need to do unto ourselves as we do unto others.
GLORIA STEINEM -
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
GLORIA STEINEM -
I want to say to you that there is life and dreams and surprises after 30-and 40, and 50, and 60, and 77! Believe me, life is one long surprise.
GLORIA STEINEM -
Battered women is a phrase that uncovered major, long-hidden violence. It helps us to face the fact that, statistically speaking, the most dangerous place for a woman is in her own home, not in the streets.
GLORIA STEINEM -
Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night
GLORIA STEINEM -
It’s not that women are less corruptible than men are, it’s that women have had less chance to become corrupt.
GLORIA STEINEM -
If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot?
GLORIA STEINEM -
Intelligence without character is a dangerous thing.
GLORIA STEINEM -
Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.
GLORIA STEINEM -
Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.
GLORIA STEINEM






