“Don't let what he wants eclipse what you need. He's very dreamy but he's not the sun, you are.”— Shonda Rhimes, Dr. Cristina Yang, Sandra Oh, imdb.com
“'This man has conquered the world! What have you accomplished?' 'I have conquered the need to conquer the world.'”— Alexander the Great, amazon.com
“Leos consider themselves indispensable and the center of the universe, and those who would tell them otherwise had better look out! Lions are outgoing, self-assured and have a tremendous zest for life. So what if the world revolves around them? There are worse role models, for sure. The Lion's enthu…”— Unknown, astrology.com
“Warmth and enthusiasm seems to seep from every Leo pore, making these folks a pleasure to be around. They do love pleasure! It's the Lion that symbolizes Leos, and the king (or queen) of the jungle is a most appropriate mascot, since they consider themselves the rulers of their universe (and the zod…”— Unknown, astrology.com
“If he is a Leo male, he is bold, confident, is exceptionally generous, kind hearted, very creative and loves children. He is turned on by women who are strong and own their power.”— Leigh Goldberg, thoughtcatalog.com
“Every American is eaten up with longing to rise, but hardly any of them seem to entertain very great hopes or aim very high. All are constantly bent on gaining property, reputation and power, but few conceive of such thing on a grand scale...They are much more in love with success than with glory.”— Alexis de Tocqueville, amazon.com
“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.”— Washington Irving, thoughtcatalog.com
“The rest of us have never embraced your victim mentality; we are not victims. We are people, the same way that men are. We are equal, yet different. We, unlike you, realize that is not mutually exclusive.”— Lori Ziganto, thoughtcatalog.com
“But whatever, we descendants of the Girl Line may not have wealth and proper windows in our drafty homes but at least we have rage and we will build empires with that, gentlemen.”— Miriam Toews, thoughtcatalog.com
“When men imagine a female uprising, they imagine a world in which women rule men as men have ruled women.”— Sally Klempton, thoughtcatalog.com
“I am a warrior in the time of women warriors; the longing for justice is the sword I carry.”— Sonia Johnson, thoughtcatalog.com
“I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes.”— Toni Morrison, thoughtcatalog.com
“How could I choose someone who would force me to give up my own small reach for meaning? I chose myself, and without consolation.”— Sue Monk Kidd, thoughtcatalog.com
“The heart of a woman will never be found in the arms of a man.”— Vanessa Carlton, thoughtcatalog.com
“There shall never be another season of silence until women have the same rights men have on this green earth.”— Susan B Anthony, thoughtcatalog.com
“I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.”— Elizabeth Cady Stanton, thoughtcatalog.com
“For too many centuries women have been being muses to artists. I wanted to be the muse, I wanted to be the wife of the artist, but I was really trying to avoid the final issue—that I had to do the job myself.”— Anaïs Nin, thoughtcatalog.com
“I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else.”— Dolly Parton, thoughtcatalog.com