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 STEINEMWe’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.
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Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father.
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You are the leader you’ve been waiting for.
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If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot?
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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.
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Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
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Helping begins with listening.
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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.
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Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
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Because when some people are invisible, everyone suffers.
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The art of being helpful is behaving as if everything we do matters – because we never know which things might.
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I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion.
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If what’s inside your dreams wasn’t already real inside you, you couldn’t even dream it.
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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.
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Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.
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