This song became an “anthem” for women of my generation. It is just as powerful today. And so is Helen Reddy. Thank you Helen!
Saving the Soul of the Nation
“Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved I believe that you must become it’s soul.” — Coretta Scott King, Author, Activist, Civil Rights Leader.
You Cannot Soar
“As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.” — Marian Anderson, African-American contralto
To That You Were Called
“If we do anything to further the kingdom of God, we may expect to find what Christ found on that road – abuse, indifference, injustice, misunderstanding, trouble of some kind. Take it. Why not? To that you were called.” — Elisabeth Elliot
Demon of Destruction
Copyright 2015 by R.A. Robbins
“Women more than men can strip war of its glamour and its out-of-date heroisms and patriotisms, and see it as a demon of destruction and hideous wrong.”
– Lillian Wald, reformer and peace activist, 1914
The Most Difficult Thing…
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity.” —Amelia Earhart (1897-1937, when she disappeared)
The Work of Today
“The work of today is the history of tomorrow, and we are its makers.” — Juliette Gordon Low, Founder of the Girl Scouts
https://www.rd.com/culture/womens-history-quotes/
Nothing is Impossible
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!” — Audrey Hepburn
The Glory of Each Generation
“The glory of each generation is to make its own precedents.” — Belva Lockwood — 1st woman to argue a case before the Supreme Court https://www.rd.com/culture/womens-history-quotes/
Part of Success
“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes — understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” — Arianna Huffington
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