Quotes | Most Inspiring and Motivational Quotes

"I wish my readers took less of my time - about a third of my working time goes to them - but I love and need them all."

"I wish my readers took less of my time - about a third of my working time goes to them - but I love and need them all."

Piers Anthony, English Writer

Love, Time

50

"In fact, I believe that we need better sex education in our own culture, here in America, so that young folk learn about things like venereal disease before they encounter it."

"In fact, I believe that we need better sex education in our own culture, here in America, so that young folk learn about things like venereal disease before they encounter it."

Piers Anthony, English Writer

Education, Sex, America, Culture

36

"I have always admired the work of Phil Farmer and was glad for the chance to work with him. Readers today may be too young to remember his classics like The Lovers."

"I have always admired the work of Phil Farmer and was glad for the chance to work with him. Readers today may be too young to remember his classics like The Lovers."

Piers Anthony, English Writer

Work, Chance, Lovers, May

48

"The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity."

"The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity."

Robert Anthony, American Educator

Conformity, Bravery, Cowardice

48

"If you let other people do it for you, they will do it to you."

"If you let other people do it for you, they will do it to you."

Robert Anthony, American Educator

People, Will

38

"When it becomes more difficult to suffer than to change... you will change."

"When it becomes more difficult to suffer than to change... you will change."

Robert Anthony, American Educator

Change, Will

39

"We fear the thing we want the most."

Robert Anthony, American Educator

Fear, Want

37

"Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle."

"Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle."

Robert Anthony, American Educator

People, Knowledge

49

"Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway."

"Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway."

Robert Anthony, American Educator

Courage, Act

43

"If you are not leaning, no one will ever let you down."

"If you are not leaning, no one will ever let you down."

Robert Anthony, American Educator

Will,

54

"If you find a good solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next problem."

"If you find a good solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next problem."

Robert Anthony, American Educator

Solution, May

51

"Live as though it were your last day on earth. Some day you will be right."

"Live as though it were your last day on earth. Some day you will be right."

Robert Anthony, American Educator

Last, Day, Earth, Right, Will

49

"Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy."

"Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy."

Robert Anthony, American Educator

People, Being, Risk

41

"When you blame others, you give up your power to change."

"When you blame others, you give up your power to change."

Robert Anthony, American Educator

Change, Power, Blame

87

"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires."

"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

God, People, Distrust

69

"I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much a refuge for women married to brutal men as Canada was to the slaves of brutal masters."

"I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much a refuge for women married to brutal men as Canada was to the slaves of brutal masters."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Man, Men, Women, Canada, Divorce

44

"Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform."

"Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

People, Effect, Reform

45

"Failure is impossible."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Failure,

36

"I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows."

"I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

God, People, Distrust

33

"I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand."

"I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Man, Protection, Woman

33

"Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the work for women! There is so much yet to be done."

"Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the work for women! There is so much yet to be done."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Work,

40

"I don't want to die as long as I can work; the minute I can not, I want to go."

"I don't want to die as long as I can work; the minute I can not, I want to go."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Work, Want

34

"I beg you to speak of Woman as you do of the Negro, speak of her as a human being, as a citizen of the United States, as a half of the people in whose hands lies the destiny of this Nation."

"I beg you to speak of Woman as you do of the Negro, speak of her as a human being, as a citizen of the United States, as a half of the people in whose hands lies the destiny of this Nation."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

People, Being, Destiny, Lies

32

"The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain."

"The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Power, Gain, Help, World

36

"I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Men's rights are nothing more. Women's rights are nothing less."

"I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Men's rights are nothing more. Women's rights are nothing less."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Man, Men, Women, Rights, Nothing

38

"Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different woman from her grandmother."

"Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different woman from her grandmother."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Progress, Invention, Law, Today

64

"Women, we might as well be dogs baying the moon as petitioners without the right to vote!"

"Women, we might as well be dogs baying the moon as petitioners without the right to vote!"

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Woman, Women, Dogs, Moon, Right

39

"White men have always controlled their wives' wages. Colored men were not able to do so until they themselves became free. Then they owned both their wives and their wages."

"White men have always controlled their wives' wages. Colored men were not able to do so until they themselves became free. Then they owned both their wives and their wages."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Man, Men, Wages, Wives

51

"This is rather different from the receptions I used to get fifty years ago. They threw things at me then but they were not roses."

"This is rather different from the receptions I used to get fifty years ago. They threw things at me then but they were not roses."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Roses, Years

53

"Suffrage is the pivotal right."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Suffrage, Right

56

"Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776."

"Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Man, Men, Women, Cause, Discontent

38

"If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would feel bound to concentrate their money on improving these schools until they met the highest ideals."

"If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would feel bound to concentrate their money on improving these schools until they met the highest ideals."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Money, People, Church, Children

37

"No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent."

"No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Man, Woman

34

"Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less."

"Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Man, Men, Women, Rights, Nothing

60

"I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God."

"I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Woman, Women, God, Maxim, Obedience

33

"Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work."

"Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Work, Girls

39

"Independence is happiness."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Happiness, Independence

37

"Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry."

"Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

War,

39

"I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet."

"I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Earth, Independence, Living, Security

39

"Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman."

"Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Trust, Help, Law, Will

40

"The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember."

"The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember."

David Antin, American Poet

Poet, Anxiety, Help, Memories, Poems

59

"Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives."

"Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives."

David Antin, American Poet

Time,

42

"My way of thinking is very particular and concrete. It doesn't follow a continuous path."

"My way of thinking is very particular and concrete. It doesn't follow a continuous path."

David Antin, American Poet

Thinking,

38

"My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it."

"My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it."

David Antin, American Poet

Creativity, Idea, Entertainment, Rejection

34

"It's hard being a hostage in somebody else's mouth - or a character in somebody else's novel."

"It's hard being a hostage in somebody else's mouth - or a character in somebody else's novel."

David Antin, American Poet

Character, Being

36

"The self is an oral society in which the present is constantly running a dialogue with the past and the future inside of one skin."

"The self is an oral society in which the present is constantly running a dialogue with the past and the future inside of one skin."

David Antin, American Poet

Society, Future, Past, Present

41

"You pay your money, you take your choice. I get the audience my language attracts and I lose the ones it repels."

"You pay your money, you take your choice. I get the audience my language attracts and I lose the ones it repels."

David Antin, American Poet

Money, Choice, Language

38

"My mother turned into a professional widow. She couldn't understand why I wanted to be an engineer; she thought I should be a chicken farmer."

"My mother turned into a professional widow. She couldn't understand why I wanted to be an engineer; she thought I should be a chicken farmer."

David Antin, American Poet

Family, Mother, Thought

45

"The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer."

"The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer."

David Antin, American Poet

Sophists, Entertainment, Greece, Public, Talk

38

"There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation."

"There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation."

David Antin, American Poet

Editing, Jazz

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"I wish my readers took less of my time - about a third of my working time goes to them - but I love and need them all."

50

"In fact, I believe that we need better sex education in our own culture, here in America, so that young folk learn about things like venereal disease before they encounter it."

36

"I have always admired the work of Phil Farmer and was glad for the chance to work with him. Readers today may be too young to remember his classics like The Lovers."

48

"The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity."

48

"If you let other people do it for you, they will do it to you."

38

"When it becomes more difficult to suffer than to change... you will change."

39

"We fear the thing we want the most."

37

"Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle."

49

"Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway."

43

"If you are not leaning, no one will ever let you down."

54

"If you find a good solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next problem."

51

"Live as though it were your last day on earth. Some day you will be right."

49

"Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy."

41

"When you blame others, you give up your power to change."

87

"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires."

69

"I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much a refuge for women married to brutal men as Canada was to the slaves of brutal masters."

44

"Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform."

45

"Failure is impossible."

36

"I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows."

33

"I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand."

33

"Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the work for women! There is so much yet to be done."

40

"I don't want to die as long as I can work; the minute I can not, I want to go."

34

"I beg you to speak of Woman as you do of the Negro, speak of her as a human being, as a citizen of the United States, as a half of the people in whose hands lies the destiny of this Nation."

32

"The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain."

36

"I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Men's rights are nothing more. Women's rights are nothing less."

38

"Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different woman from her grandmother."

64

"Women, we might as well be dogs baying the moon as petitioners without the right to vote!"

39

"White men have always controlled their wives' wages. Colored men were not able to do so until they themselves became free. Then they owned both their wives and their wages."

51

"This is rather different from the receptions I used to get fifty years ago. They threw things at me then but they were not roses."

53

"Suffrage is the pivotal right."

56

"Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776."

38

"If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would feel bound to concentrate their money on improving these schools until they met the highest ideals."

37

"No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent."

34

"Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less."

60

"I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God."

33

"Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work."

39

"Independence is happiness."

37

"Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry."

39

"I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet."

39

"Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman."