Gloria Steinem Quotes, Thoughts and images

Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.

Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.

If you can learn to like how you look, and not the way you think you look, it can set you free.

If you can learn to like how you look, and not the way you think you look, it can set you free.

Whatever you want to do,do it now.

Whatever you want to do,do it now.

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

Behave like everything you do matters.

Behave like everything you do matters.

We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.

We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.

You are the leader you've been waiting for.

You are the leader you've been waiting for.

Language can't solve everything, of course, but it does carry our dreams and our ideas.

Language can't solve everything, of course, but it does carry our dreams and our ideas.

A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.

A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.

One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the Earth!

One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the Earth!

Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.

Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.

We choose to be writers because we don't want to talk.

We choose to be writers because we don't want to talk.

The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us

The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us

Hope is a very unruly emotion.

Hope is a very unruly emotion.

A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.

A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.

Because when some people are invisible, everyone suffers.

Because when some people are invisible, everyone suffers.

Helping begins with listening.

Helping begins with listening.

Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.

Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.

If what's inside your dreams wasn't already real inside you, you couldn't even dream it.

If what's inside your dreams wasn't already real inside you, you couldn't even dream it.

In order to make a choice, you need the power to see there is one.

In order to make a choice, you need the power to see there is one.

The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.

The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.

There is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.

There is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.

imagining anything is the first step toward creating it. Believing in a true self is what allows a true self to be born.

imagining anything is the first step toward creating it. Believing in a true self is what allows a true self to be born.

If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?

If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?

Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night

Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night

Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.

Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.

learning must travel the distance from head to heart.

learning must travel the distance from head to heart.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.

The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin.

The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin.

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.

If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.

If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.

Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.

Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.

By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.

By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.