Inspirational Quotes by Gloria Steinem

I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.

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

It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate.

Roots can exist without flowers, but no flower can exist without roots.

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

We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.

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

Self-esteem had created an ability to be generous.

Voting isn't the most we can do, but the least. To have a democracy, you have to want one.

Home is a symbol of the self. Caring for a home is caring for one’s self.

The root of oppression is the loss of memory.

There is no such thing as a perfect leader. We have to learn to lead ourselves.

No one ever got radicalized by being grateful.

Politics are a part of daily life.

Each other's lives are our best textbooks.

After all, hope is a form of planning.

Dying seems less sad than having lived too little.

Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman.

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

Your generation has made giant strides into public life, but often still says: How can I combine career and family? I say to you from the bottom of my heart that when you ask that question you are setting your sights way too low. First of all, there can be no answer until men are asking the same question. Second, every other modern democracy in the world is way, way ahead of this country in providing a national system of child care, and job patterns adapted to the needs of parents, both men and women. So don't get guilty. Get mad. Get active. If this is a problem that affects millions of unique women, then the only answer is to organize.