Gloria Steinem Quotes
The first problem for all women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.
A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
Hope is a form of planning.
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.
We’ve begun to raise our daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
Law and justice are not always the same.
Every woman’s success should be an inspiration to another. We’re strongest when we cheer each other on.
When unique voices are heard, the best ideas are generated.
The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day.
Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.
A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.
Don’t think about making women fit the world—think about making the world fit women.
The first step toward raising a human being is getting your shit together.
The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights.
The surest way to be alone is to get married.
It’s an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something is inherent in your sex.
The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.
All women are feminists. They may not all define themselves as such, but every woman who strives to be her best self, who fights for equality and against patriarchy, is a feminist in action.
Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle – a meaningless, unnecessary accessory.
If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.
If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.
Don’t think about making women fit the world—think about making the world fit women.
Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
The first step toward raising a human being is getting your shit together.
The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights.
The surest way to be alone is to get married.
It’s an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something is inherent in your sex.
The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.
All women are feminists. They may not all define themselves as such, but every woman who strives to be her best self, who fights for equality and against patriarchy, is a feminist in action.
Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.
It’s a big job but I’ll bet you I can do it.
We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.
There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you.
Women have always been an equal part of the past. We just haven’t been a part of history.
We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.
If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot?
Once we give up searching for approval, we often find it easier to earn respect.
Men should think twice before making widowhood women’s only path to power.
The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.
Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are going to learn to live together, and if we are to live together we have to talk.
A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
I just know this: first, you’ve got to be prepared.
The first step toward raising a human being is getting your shit together.
The first step toward raising a human being is getting your shit together.