Gloria Steinem

"Violence has been normalized; tenderness must be radicalized."

"Claiming reparations is not about revenge; it's about repair."

"I do not wish women to have power over men, but power over themselves."

"The definition of a hero is someone who is called on by their time."

"You can't make progress without making some people uncomfortable."

"Our bodies are not the problem. The problem is the way we've been taught to see them."

"A woman reading or hearing about exploits of women in the past suddenly knows why she herself exists."

"Emotions are just messages that tell us what we value."

"If I had to name one woman who changed my life, I couldn't, because they all did."

"We are becoming the men we wanted to marry."

"The greatest threat to patriarchy is not feminism but women's freedom."

"Every woman has a right to her own life; that's not rebellion, it's sanity."

"Consciousness is not just a state; it's a responsibility."

"The most revolutionary thing you can do is fully belong to yourself."

"Comparison is the death of contentment."

"We need to find time to sit and talk without technology between us."

"Reproductive freedom is the foundation of all other freedoms."

"Theater is the art form where you can speak to the moment you're living in."

"Getting older is like climbing a mountain; the view gets better with each step."

"Knowing how to live is more important than knowing how to earn."

"A girl child who is never told she's pretty will grow up to be a woman who is."

"The secret to eternal youth is a good tailor and an unreliable memory."

"No human being should have to justify their right to exist."

"Spiritual power resides in moving people and changing their minds."

"The best movements for social change don't start from the top."

"We've become so preoccupied with what we lack that we ignore what we have."

"Happiness is not a state; it's a practice and a choice we make daily."

"Grief is the price we pay for having loved deeply."

"The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference."

"If we can imagine it, we can become it."