'We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily difference we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.' - Marian Wright Edelman, activist 'I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least.' - Dorothy Day, journalist and activist 'No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.' - Carrie Chapman Catt, women's suffrage leader 'Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.' - Mother Teresa, Saint and Roman Catholic nun More Women's Quotes: 'One is not born a woman, one becomes one.' - Simone de Beauvoir, existentialist philosopher 'I am not here for women only, but also for women.' - Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany You are all you've got.' - Janis Joplin, American singer 'How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!' - Maya Angelou, poet 'Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.' - Sandra Day O'Connor, first female US Supreme Court justice 'Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination never limit others because of your own limited imagination.' - Mae Jemison, first African American female astronaut Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation.' - Susan B. 'Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform.

'In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.' - Wilma Mankiller, the first female Chief of the Cherokee Nation Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society.

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