#wome

In the book Soldiers on the Home Front, I was greatly struck by the fact that in childbirth alone, women commonly suffer more pain, illness and misery than any war hero ever does. An what's her reward for enduring all that pain? She gets pushed aside when she's disfigured by birth, her children soon leave, hear beauty is gone. Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courageous soldiers than all those big-mouthed freedom-fighting heroes put together. ↗

— Anne Frank

#women-s-strength #beauty

I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#empowerment #equality #experience #freedom #gender

Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft

#any #arbitrarily #being #deliberations #direct

If you truly expect to realize your dreams, abandon the need for blanket approval. If conforming to everyone’s expectations is the number one goal, you have sacrificed your uniqueness, and therefore your excellence. ↗

— Hope Solo

#excellence #football #inspirational #soccer #unique

Women only cut their hair in times of crisis... It's somethin' a woman always has the power to do, even when she loses control over everything else. Cuttin' hair is a cry for help. ↗

— Bella Pollen

#life #women-s-strength #life

Yes, we praise women over 40 for a multitude of reasons. Unfortunately, it's not reciprocal. For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed, hot woman over 40, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 22-year old waitress. Ladies, I apologize. For all those men who say, "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?", here's an update for you. Nowadays 80%of women are against marriage. Why? Because women realize it's not worth buying an entire pig just to get a little sausage! ↗

— Andy Rooney

#cows #marriage #men #pigs #sausage

I do note with interest that old women in my books become young women on the covers... this is discrimination against the chronologically gifted. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#age

Indeed, no woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#age #women #age

When she was younger, she felt that he wanted to know everything about her, but she was sometimes afraid to tell too much. She was afraid he would know her too well, that he would find some weakness in her, some element that would turn him away, maybe even a quality she didn't even realize she possessed. ↗

— Michael Stein

#relationships #self-reflection #women #age

If all women revealed their age, men would have nothing to hide from each other. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #women #age