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Great Quotes
from Great Women
By
Peggy Anderson
People love quotes! Why? Because with a quote, just a few words
can capture the essence of a great idea. When you read it you think
"wow"...that's exactly how I feel; an "a-ha" moment has
arrived.
This beautiful book is filled with "a-ha" moments from great
women throughout history. Let's just call it timeless wisdom that
has the potential to inspire, to comfort, to persuade, to
motivate...or change the way you think about life.
Included within are women from all walks of life. Their passion
and persistence have advanced womanhood and the world. These are
lives and words worth remembering. This wonderful book will make a
treasured gift for any occasion.
A few quotes from the book:
We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that
correspond with them.
-Abigail Adams
(1744 - 1818)
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in
which you stop to look fear in the face...you must do the thing you
think you cannot do.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
(1884 - 1962)
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the
shadows.
-Helen Keller
(1880 - 1968)
Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue
in others.
-Rosa Parks
(1913 - 2005)
Men their rights and nothing more; women their rights and
nothing less.
-Susan B. Anthony
(1820 - 1906)
Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his
or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not only will you
succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.
-Mary Kay Ash
(1918 - 2001)
We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and
not just complain about them.
-Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
(1929 - 1994)
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
-Margaret Thatcher
(1925 - )
I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending
a love letter to the world.
-Mother Teresa
(1910 - 1997)
The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's
all we'll need.
-Ann Richards
(1933 - 2006)
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens
can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever
has.
-Margaret Mead
(1901 - 1978)
The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.
-Audrey Hepburn
(1929 - 1993)
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