Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Writer Feminist American 1860 – 1935

American writer and feminist known for The Yellow Wallpaper.

421 quotes

"Love without justice is merely sentiment."
Love
"Our progress is limited only by our willingness to change."
"A mind that rests is a mind that dies."
Education
"Beauty is the expression of health and right living made visible."
Beauty
"The young must learn to question everything they are taught."
Knowledge
"Work that is worth doing is worth doing well, but not worth sacrificing your humanity for."
Work
"Fear is the greatest obstacle to human progress."
Fear
"To give is more blessed than to receive, but to give wisely is most blessed of all."
Gratitude
"Nature does not recognize the boundaries we draw upon her."
Nature
"The power to change society rests in the hands of those who dare to imagine something better."
Power
"A life without purpose is merely existence."
Life
"History shows us what humans are capable of, both good and evil."
History
"True friendship is born when two souls recognize their kinship."
Friendship
"The art of living is the art of knowing what to hold and what to let go."
Art
"Money is a tool, not a measure of worth."
Money
"Health is not merely the absence of disease, but the presence of vitality."
Health
"Adventure awaits those brave enough to step beyond the familiar."
Adventure
"The written word preserves our thoughts for generations yet unborn."
Literature
"What we imagine today, we can build tomorrow."
Imagination
"Patience is not passivity; it is the strength to endure with purpose."
Patience
"Every person has the capacity for greatness if they choose to use it."
Motivation
"Loneliness and solitude are not the same; one impoverishes, the other enriches."
Solitude
"The truth, however painful, is always preferable to comfortable delusion."
Truth
"We are more than our roles; we are human beings first."
Philosophy
"Dreams without action remain only dreams; action without vision wastes effort."
Dreams
"Humor is the wisdom that acknowledges the absurdity of existence and chooses joy anyway."
Humor
"The family that learns together grows together."
Family
"Hope is not blind optimism; it is the informed belief that change is possible."
Hope
"Our debt to those who came before us is to leave the world better for those who come after."
Gratitude
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action taken despite it."
Courage