More from Gloria Steinem
I have me brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and with a courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words.
Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.
Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem At my graduation, I thought we had to marry what we wished to become. Now you are becoming the men you once would have wished to marry.
Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem Imagining anything is the first step toward creating it. Believing in a true self is what allows a true self to be born.
Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem We choose to be writers because we don’t want to talk.
Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem Women must have seats at the table because peace is too crucial to be left only to the politicians or only to the male half of our world.
Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem Marriage works best for men than women. The two happiest groups are married men and unmarried women.
Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem A lot of my generation are living out the un-lived lives of our mothers.
Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem Housewives are dependent creatures who are still children, parasites.
Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem The voting booth is the only place that a pauper equals a billionaire, and any woman equals any man.
Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem I believe a unique core self is born into every human being; the result of millennia of environment and heredity combined in an unpredictable way that could never happen before or again.
Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem A movement is only composed of people moving. To feel its warmth and motion around us is the end as well as the means.
Gloria SteinemGloria 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 SteinemGloria Steinem Whenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same.
Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem Hope is a very unruly emotion.
Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem
Original quotes
From our community writers
We were dirt poor but we had each other. We didn’t need much to have a lot.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov One quick sip of your memory I let it slip, and I go on without you.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
Ginnie BaleGinnie Bale
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More on love
As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places.
George TakeiGeorge Takei Dare to love and to be a real friend. The love you give and receive is a reality that will lead you closer and closer to God as well as those whom God has given you to love.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen I thought the friendship was all about love, but it turned out she poisoned my soul.
Lara-LeanLara-Lean True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one’s companion.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen Just because someone does not love you as you want, it does not mean that you do not love with all his being.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez Like the leaves and trees beyond repair we let go, But don’t forget love.
OvyukiOvyuki I hope something magical happens to you today.
Amy Turn SharpAmy Turn Sharp
