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.

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.

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 arrived in California with no job, no car, and no money, but, like millions of other girls, a dream.

Music has been my playmate, my lover, and my crying towel.

A book is a book only when it is read; otherwise it is a bundle of gathered sheets of soiled paper.

I cannot help but think that great results would have been obtained had my views been thought better of; yet I am much inclined to accept the present condition as for the best.

I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American.

You live your life today, Not tommorow, and certainly not yesterday.

Indeed — why should I not admit it? — in that moment, my heart was breaking.

I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward.

Among the map makers of each generation are the risk takers, those who see the opportunities, seize the moment and expand man's vision of the future

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.