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Bayard

(22,149 posts)
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 04:23 PM Mar 8

Happy International Women's Day!


1 "Here's to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them." - Unknown

2 "The future is female." - Unknown

3 "Well-behaved women seldom make history." - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

4 "A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water." - Eleanor Roosevelt

5 "Feminism is the radical notion that women are people." - Marie Shear

6 "Women are the real architects of society." - Harriet Beecher Stowe

7 "Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness." - Oprah Winfrey

8 "I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own." - Audre Lorde

9 "A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman." - Melinda Gates

10 "The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence." - Beyoncé

11 "Every woman's success should be an inspiration to another. We're strongest when we cheer each other on." - Serena Williams

12 "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt

13 "A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture, and transform." - Diane Mariechild

14"You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are." - Melissa Etheridge

15 "I am a woman with thoughts and questions and shit to say. I say if I'm beautiful. I say if I'm strong. You will not determine my story – I will." - Amy Schumer

16 "Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world." - Hillary Clinton

17 "I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard... we cannot succeed when half of us are held back." - Malala Yousafzai

18 "Well-behaved women seldom make history." - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

19 "The empowered woman is powerful beyond measure and beautiful beyond description." - Steve Maraboli

20 "Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others." - Amelia Earhart

21 "Empowered women empower women." - Unknown

22 "Behind every successful woman is herself." - Unknown
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Happy International Women's Day! (Original Post) Bayard Mar 8 OP
Thanks for this. I'll be passing it on Deuxcents Mar 8 #1
Thank you for this! Happy International Women's Day to you, as well. niyad Mar 8 #2
Anne Frank, RBG and Deborah E. Lipstadt Behind the Aegis Mar 8 #3
Thanks for posting these Bayard Mar 8 #6
TY! Happy International Women's Day. Yay, us! electric_blue68 Mar 8 #4
Happy International Women's Day to my DU sisters from another mister! demmiblue Mar 8 #5
LOVE THESE QUOTES!!!! Duppers Mar 8 #7

Behind the Aegis

(53,987 posts)
3. Anne Frank, RBG and Deborah E. Lipstadt
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 04:43 PM
Mar 8
Anne Frank
"Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. ..."

"I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains. ..."

"Whoever is happy will make others happy too."

Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“I am a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.”

“Fight for the things that you care about. But do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”

“Whatever you choose to do, leave tracks. That means don’t do it just for yourself. You will want to leave the world a little better for your having lived.”

Deborah E. Lipstadt
“To try to defeat an irrational supposition—especially when it is firmly held by its proponents—with a rational explanation is virtually impossible.”

“The clueless antisemite is an otherwise nice and well-meaning person who is completely unaware that she has internalized antisemitic stereotypes and is perpetuating them. The only proper response, however hard it may be for you, is to politely tell this person that what she said comes under the category of an insidious and insulting ethnic stereotype.”

electric_blue68

(14,933 posts)
4. TY! Happy International Women's Day. Yay, us!
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 05:51 PM
Mar 8

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