That a woman claims not to be feminist does not diminish the necessity of feminism. If anything, it makes us see the extent of the problem, the successful reach of patriarchy.

We have a world full of women who are unable to exhale fully because they have for so long been conditioned to fold themselves into shapes to make themselves likeable.

If we don't place the straitjacket of gender roles on young children, we give them space to reach their full potential.

Because when there is true equality, resentment does not exist.

There must be more than male benevolence as the basis for a woman's well-being.

Teach her to question men who can have empathy for women only if they see them as relational rather than as individual equal humans.

Make dressing a question of taste and attractiveness instead of a question of morality.

Be a full person. Motherhood is a glorious gift, but do not define yourself solely by motherhood. Be a full person. Your child will benefit from that.

A father is as much a verb as a mother.

When something looks impossible, don’t give up without testing its impossibility

Allow yourself to be possessed by God by receiving Jesus, and you will never be possessed by anything else.

Where would I be had I not believed I was incompetent?

Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'... Rule 2 is: Do not go fighting with your land armies in China.

I'm quite comfortable now with being misunderstood. I don't really feel the need either to pander to it or to refute it. Just go on, and do what I've got to do.

By going along with feelings, you unify your emotional, mental and bodily states. When you try to fight or deny them, you divorce yourself from the reality of your being.

Success isn't what you've done compared to others. Success is what you've done compared to what you were made to do.

I remember even getting kicked out of a bar once because I was too loud and obnoxious.

Anyone with a show on T.V. will tell you it's backbreaking work. And if you have a big personality, which I have, and you're a perfectionist, there's going to be head-butting.

They can pump whatever they want into my arm but it takes more than that to keep a person going once she's lost the will to live.