Gloria Feldt Quotes

Say the first word. Set the tone for the conversation. Be poised, prepared, and ready to say the first word in any debate or meeting.

Nobody loves you better because you have used yourself up for them.

Women must commit to use our power-to on our own behalf so we can translate it into the power to help others and ourselves.

Knowing your history can give you the tools to shape your future.

Your vision, ideas and plans have the power to shape the future, but not if you keep them to yourself.

If these restrictions were necessary, the FDA would have promulgated them in the first place, the FDA knows how to evaluate scientific information. Congress knows nothing about that.

The definition of promiscuity? One more partner than you've ever had.

The path to big, systemic change is collective action. That takes Sister Courage.

Today's challenge for women: to value ourselves and demand that others do, too.

When you peel back the layers of the anti-choice motivation, it always comes back to two things: What is the nature and purpose of human sexuality? And second, what is the role of women in the world? Sex and the role of women are inextricably linked, because if you can separate sex from procreation, you have given women the ability to participate in society on an equal basis with men.

We grow our courage muscles like we grow our physical muscles, by using them.

Moments don't last unless we do something with them.

With each door one women walks through it is incumbent to bring another woman through it with her.

Women are in the midst of an unfinished revolution.

Women are well on the road to equality but we haven't arrived yet.

Get ticked and get going.

What's your vision of what you think should happen? How can you make it happen? Go stand in your power and walk with intention to make it so.

Use what you've got. What you need is usually there if you can see it and if you have the courage to use it.

The most effective medium is yourself and the power you communicate by your intention and your story.

Unlimit yourself: Stand in power, walk with intention.

Whatever aspect of life you apply it to, making change takes courage.

Every other group helps its own members. Women should, too. Be sisters.

When women are economically empowered, the power balance changes in all areas of life.

What ticks you off enough to get involved in efforts to better the lot of women? What motivates you to action?

A movement has to move. Constantly.

There’s no excuse…for women today not to own their own power and lead an unlimited life.

Don't follow your dream - lead it!

Intention implies assuming you can and have every right to achieve your ambition and that you are powerful enough to make it happen.

Share your stories of your worst moments as well as your best. Let your sisters know their problems are not unique and they are not alone.

I say, carpe the chaos, for in chaos is opportunity.

There are no excuses this time. Now it's up to women to step up and lead ourselves and our sisters through the threshold.

Power-over is amoral. Power-to is responsibility.

Your personal choices matter. And you have the power. Use it.

Embrace controversy. It gives you a platform. It nudges you to clarity.

This women's moment to embrace the power-to for good in life and leadership.

The more we practice risking to leap, the more proficient we become, the more our fears melt away, and we grow ever stronger in the doing.

This is women's moment to shift the tectonic plates of power on both the personal life and the leadership levels.

I truly believe that a woman who knows herself, and who thus knows her true value, can never be frightened into being co-opted.

Embrace controversy. It gives you a platform. It is a teacher, a clarifier, and your friend, especially if you are trying to make change.

Be intentional about your life and what you want to accomplish, but understand there's no choice you make that you can't change.

Power unused is power useless.