Food for thought... for Women

In light of the upcoming celebration of International Women's Day here are some inspiring and interesting quotes about women....


“Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.” 
― Joseph Conrad

“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.” 
― Brigham Young

“The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. ” 
― Roseanne Barr

“If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.” 
― Plato, The Republic

“No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.”
― Margaret Sanger

“As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.” 
― Virginia Woolf

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.” 
― Alice Walker

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” 
― Eleanor Roosvelt

“I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.” 
― Mary Wollstonecraft

“There is a growing strength in women but it's in the forehead, not the forearm.” 
― Beverly Sills

“You don´t have to be an anti-man to be a pro-woman.” 
― Jane Galvin Lewis

“Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.” 
― Lois Wyse