Gloria Feldt quotes:

The path to big, systemic change is collective action. That takes Sister Courage.

Knowing your history can give you the tools to shape your future.

Intention implies assuming you can and have every right to achieve your ambition and that you are powerful enough to make it happen.

Moments don't last unless we do something with them.

Say the first word. Set the tone for the conversation. Be poised, prepared, and ready to say the first word in any debate or meeting.

A movement has to move. Constantly.

Be intentional about your life and what you want to accomplish, but understand there's no choice you make that you can't change.

Embrace controversy. It gives you a platform. It nudges you to clarity.

Get ticked and get going.

Power unused is power useless.

The most effective medium is yourself and the power you communicate by your intention and your story.

There are no excuses this time. Now it's up to women to step up and lead ourselves and our sisters through the threshold.

This women's moment to embrace the power-to for good in life and leadership.

Today's challenge for women: to value ourselves and demand that others do, too.

Unlimit yourself: Stand in power, walk with intention.

Use what you've got. What you need is usually there if you can see it and if you have the courage to use it.

If these restrictions were necessary, the FDA would have promulgated them in the first place, ... The FDA knows how to evaluate scientific information. Congress knows nothing about that.

Embrace controversy. It gives you a platform. It is a teacher, a clarifier, and your friend, especially if you are trying to make change.

Every other group helps its own members. Women should, too. Be sisters.

I say, carpe the chaos, for in chaos is opportunity.

I truly believe that a woman who knows herself, and who thus knows her true value, can never be frightened into being co-opted.

Nobody loves you better because you have used yourself up for them.

Power-over is amoral. Power-to is responsibility.

Share your stories of your worst moments as well as your best. Let your sisters know their problems are not unique and they are not alone.

The definition of promiscuity? One more partner than you've ever had.

The more we practice risking to leap, the more proficient we become, the more our fears melt away, and we grow ever stronger in the doing.

There's no excuse"¦for women today not to own their own power and lead an unlimited life.

This is women's moment to shift the tectonic plates of power on both the personal life and the leadership levels.

We grow our courage muscles like we grow our physical muscles, by using them.

What ticks you off enough to get involved in efforts to better the lot of women? What motivates you to action?

Whatever aspect of life you apply it to, making change takes courage.

What's your vision of what you think should happen? How can you make it happen? Go stand in your power and walk with intention to make it so.

When women are economically empowered, the power balance changes in all areas of life.

When you peel back the layers of the anti-choice motivation, it always comes back to two things: What is the nature and purpose of human sexuality? And second, what is the role of women in the world? Sex and the role of women are inextricably linked, because if you can separate sex from procreation, you have given women the ability to participate in society on an equal basis with men.

With each door one women walks through it is incumbent to bring another woman through it with her.

Women are in the midst of an unfinished revolution.

Women are well on the road to equality but we haven't arrived yet.

Women must commit to use our power-to on our own behalf so we can translate it into the power to help others and ourselves.

Your personal choices matter. And you have the power. Use it.

Your vision, ideas and plans have the power to shape the future, but not if you keep them to yourself.

Don't follow your dream - lead it!