"If all females were not only well educated themselves but were prepared to communicate in an easy manner their stores of knowledge to others; if they not only knew how to regulate their own minds, tempers, and habits but how to effect improvements in those around them, the face of society would be speedily changed."

Source : Catharine Esther Beecher (1829). “Suggestions Respecting Improvements in Education: Presented to the Trustees of the Hartford Female Seminary, and Published at Their Request”, p.16

Catharine Beecher

#Mind Quotes #Female Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“One of my favourite parts of acting is the clothes that you get to wear, because it's very important.”
“We were broke in a way that only kids can be broke. Our toes were black with dye from wearing boots that weren't waterproof. We had infected ear lobes and green rings around our fingers from cheap jewelry. No one ever even had a chocolate bar.”

Source : Heather O'Neill (2009). “Lullabies for Little Criminals: A Novel”, p.16, Harper Collins
“It's so easy to conform and to follow. It's very difficult to be rebellious and live by what you believe is right. And to make decisions and to take the consequences. Very few people do.”
“We do a wealth of stuff (live), drawing from over the years.”
“We have never stayed home long enough to experience the truth about ourselves.”

Source : Erich Schiffmann (2013). “Yoga The Spirit And Practice Of Moving Into Stilln”, p.5, Simon and Schuster
“We wonder if we will be the first generation in American history to leave our children with fewer opportunities and a less prosperous nation than the one we inherited.”
“Hard work ain't so easy, strength training is just plain old hard work and it ain't easy.”
“But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know. There's no discussion. There is an order. You follow it.”

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