#owe

It's not just about the money. It's about fairness, and equality, and how profoundly our political culture is infused with the imperatives to keep us divided on the most fundamental bases ↗

— Ellen Shaffer

#freedom #inspirational #life #politics #power

If women had power, what would men be but women who can't bear children? And what would women be but men who can?...I mean, men give her [a queen] power. They let her use their power. But it isn't hers, is it? It isn't because she's a woman that she's powerful, but despite it. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#equality #feminism #men #power #queen

I value my own independence so highly that I can fancy no degradation greater than that of having another man perpetually directing and advising and lecturing me, or even planning too closely in any way about my actions. He might be the wisest of men, or the most powerful--I should equally rebel and resent his interference... ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#power #rebel #self #equality

Money equals power; power makes the law; and law makes government. ↗

— Kim Stanley Robinson

#law #money #power #equality

The only power she wanted over him was the power to make him happy. . . . She wanted them to be equal in their loving, not master and slave. ↗

— Mary Jo Putney

#love #power #equality

In order to rise from its own ashes, a Phoenix first must burn. ↗

— Octavia E. Butler

#experience #massochism #memory #pain #wisdom

Start shaping your own day. Start walking your own walk. This journey is yours, take charge of it. Stop giving other people the power to shape your life. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#inspirational #life #motivational #power #success

You’re frustrated because you keep waiting for the blooming of flowers of which you have yet to sow the seeds. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#flowers #frustration #life #seeds #success

Harness the power of today. Seize the blessings of today! Make something happen, enhance your life, make someone laugh, help a friend, love, love, love! ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#harness #help #inspirational #laugh #living-in-the-present

Only insecure boys will belittle a woman. The greatest way to "man-up" is to empower women. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#empower #insecure #man-up #woman #women