Beauty is the greatest of human powers. Any power without counterbalance or control becomes autocratic and leads to abuse and to folly. Despotism in a government is insanity; in woman, fantasy.
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Sylvia Plath. Interesting poetess whose tragic suicide was misinterpreted as romantic by the college-girl mentality.
I think there was the studio mentality for a long time that women and girls can relate to a male hero, but boys and men can't relate to a female hero.
Jennifer Lawrence
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
Harriet Tubman
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
William Ellery Channing
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.
Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
