“Civilization is a method of living and an attitude of equal respect for all people.”

Jane Addams

1860 – 1935

“If you surrender to the wind you can ride it.”

Toni Morrison

1931 –

“What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks about.”

Diana Vreeland

1903 – 1989

“Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.”

Oprah Winfrey

1954 –

“Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into downtown Wilmington, North Carolina.”

Althea Gibson

1927 – 2003

“Seeing their children touched and seared and wounded by race prejudice is one of the heaviest crosses which colored women have to bear.”

Mary Church Terrell

1863 – 1954

“We didn't know how to run a business, but we had dreams and talent.”

Ruth Handler

1916 – 2002

“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.”

Mary Pickford

1892 – 1979

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

Rosa Parks

1913 – 2005

“When I sing, I don’t want them to see that my face is black. I don’t want them to see that my face is white. I want them to see my soul. And that is colorless.”

Marian Anderson

1897 – 1993

“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”

Carrie Chapman Catt

1859 – 1947