Activism is something that no one can fake. You get angry. You cry. But you never throw in your towel, because that anger is what is propelling you to further action.

Don't wait for a Gandhi, don't wait for a King, don't wait for a Mandela. You are your own Mandela, you are your own Gandhi, you are your own King.

The world is upside down, it's going to take a lot of hands to turn it right side up.

We must continue to unite in sisterhood to turn our tears into triumph. There is no time to rest until our world achieves wholeness and balance, where all men and women are considered equal and free.

When women gather, great things will happen.

Leadership is standing with your people. People say you have to live to fight another day, but sometimes you have to show you are a true leader.

There is something in this world that every individual can do. God has created all of us with something unique to contribute.

I don't feel like I've done anything extraordinary but take my little light and shine it in darkness.

You can tell people of the need to struggle, but when the powerless start to see that they really can make a difference, nothing can quench the fire.

It’s time for women to stop being politely angry.

You cannot say you've achieved equality until EVERYONE is equal and has equal opportunities!

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

There is no good reason why we should not develop and change until the last day we live.

I am only one. The best person I can possibly be.

It's way too easy to get used to losing, it does something small to you.

Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin.

Obama has little or nothing to do with the civil-rights movement. His roots are in Kenya, and he is shaped far more by anti-colonialism than by anything that Martin Luther King said or did.

Versailles was a gulf into which the labor of France poured its earnings; and it was never full.

I find the evidence for the deity of Jesus and the reliability of the Bible to be powerful and persuasive, and that evidence has only gotten stronger over the years.

Trying to forget really doesn't work. In fact, it's pretty much the same as remembering. But I tried to forget anyway, and to ignore the fact that I was remembering you all the time.

You want the bad news, or the really bad news? (Eros) Oh, let’s see…how about we make my day special, and start with the worst, then work our way up? (Julian)