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  1. Men have been the rulers and lawmakers for centuries, and look at the mess the world is in. It is time for women to take over.

    -- Margaret Sanger (Speech at the International Planned Parenthood Federation, 1952)

  2. Men fear women’s laughter because it’s the sound of their power cracking.

    -- Naomi Wolf (Fire with Fire, 1993)

  3. I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream.

    -- Taylor Swift (Blank Space, 2014)

  4. Place your army in deadly peril, and it will survive; plunge it into desperate straits, and it will come off in safety. For it is precisely when a force has fallen into harm’s way that is capable of striking a blow for victory.

    #Quotes #War #Tactics #Strategy #ArtOfWar #SunTzu

  5. If you don't stand for the fact that every individual is an end in themselves, you have admitted that you yourself don't deserve to be treated as an end in yourself. You NEED others around you to be better than you are. You are a leach.

    #philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

  6. Will New Equipment Launches Enhance Callaway Golf’s Market Position? – March 16, 2026

    Key Takeaways Callaway Golf launched Quantum woods and irons and Odyssey AI dual putters to boost speed and…
    #Golf #Callaway #financial #financialplanning #investing #Investment #investmentadvice #onlineinvestment #onlinestocktrading #onlinetrading #quote #quotes #stock #stockmarket #stockquotes #stocks
    europesays.com/golf/8283/

  7. Women’s power is the power of renewal; men’s is the power of destruction.

    -- Gloria Steinem (Speech at National Women’s Political Caucus, 1972)

  8. To muster his host and bring it into danger this may be termed the business of the general.

    #Quotes #War #Tactics #Strategy #ArtOfWar #SunTzu

  9. Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
    -- Reinhold Niebuhr

    #Wisdom #Quotes #ReinholdNiebuhr #Democracy #Injustice #Justice

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Books

  10. Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
    -- Reinhold Niebuhr

    #Wisdom #Quotes #ReinholdNiebuhr #Democracy #Injustice #Justice

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Books

  11. Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
    -- Reinhold Niebuhr

    #Wisdom #Quotes #ReinholdNiebuhr #Democracy #Injustice #Justice

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Books

  12. Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
    -- Reinhold Niebuhr

    #Wisdom #Quotes #ReinholdNiebuhr #Democracy #Injustice #Justice

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Books

  13. Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
    -- Reinhold Niebuhr

    #Wisdom #Quotes #ReinholdNiebuhr #Democracy #Injustice #Justice

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Books

  14. #Quotes #Children #Elderly #Society #HubertHoratioHumphrey

    A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
    The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life -- the sick, the needy, and the handicapped. -Hubert Horatio Humphrey, US Vice President (27 May 1911-1978)

  15. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘅 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱" 𝗯𝘆 𝗢𝗹𝗴𝗮 𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗻 -

    A spontaneous choice, feminist history and hybrid fiction and something more, still. Everyone who has read it has been "captured" by her writing. Let's see . . .

    #books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #olgaravn #fiction #feminism #hybridgenre #experimentalfiction #witchcraft #history

  16. Perseverance is something larger

    If persistence is attempting to solve some difficult problem with dogged determination and hammering until the break occurs, then plenty of people can be said to be persistent. But perseverance is something larger. It’s the long game. It’s about what happens not just in round one but in round two and every round after—and then the fight after that and the fight after that, until the end.

    ~ Ryan Holiday

    slip:4a1573.

    #Perseverance #Quotes #RyanHoliday
  17. The more one examines men, the more one sees their faults; the more one examines women, the more one finds their virtues.

    -- Moderata Fonte (Modesta Pozzo) (The Worth of Women, 1600 (English trans. 1997))

    #feminism #quotes

  18. The more one examines men, the more one sees their faults; the more one examines women, the more one finds their virtues.

    -- Moderata Fonte (Modesta Pozzo) (The Worth of Women, 1600 (English trans. 1997))

  19. Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.
    -- Edith Wharton

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EdithWharton #Art

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Clouds #Iowa

  20. For the men of Wu and the men of Yueh are enemies; yet if they are crossing a river in the same boat and are caught by a storm, they will come to each other’s assistance just as the left hand helps the right.

    #Quotes #War #Tactics #Strategy #ArtOfWar #SunTzu

  21. The following hashtags are trending across South African Mastodon instances:

    #Wordle
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    #dreamed
    #southafrica
    #parenting
    #quotes
    #Motivation
    #trivia
    #English
    #cracklythursday

    Based on recent posts made by non-automated accounts. Posts with more boosts, favourites, and replies are weighted higher.

  22. "Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you’ll lead a very dull life."
    -- Ian Fleming #quotes #motivation

  23. I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

    -- Mary Wollstonecraft (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1792)

    #feminism #quotes

  24. I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

    -- Mary Wollstonecraft (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1792)

    #feminism #quotes

  25. I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

    -- Mary Wollstonecraft (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1792)

    #feminism #quotes

  26. I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

    -- Mary Wollstonecraft (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1792)

  27. I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

    -- Mary Wollstonecraft (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1792)

    #feminism #quotes

  28. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    He had not learned that the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would have to oppress the former; and that, if there is a moral principle at stake, the saying that the voice of the people is the voice of God may be quite as untrue, and do quite as much mischief, as the old theory of the divine right of kings. The distinguishing feature of our American governmental system is the freedom of the individual; it is quite as important to prevent his being oppressed by many men as it is to save him from the tyranny of one.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Thomas Hart Benton, ch. 6 (1886)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #autonomy #civilrights #democracy #freedom #individual #liberty #majority #personalfreedom #tyranny #tyrannyofthemajority #voxpopuli

  29. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    He had not learned that the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would have to oppress the former; and that, if there is a moral principle at stake, the saying that the voice of the people is the voice of God may be quite as untrue, and do quite as much mischief, as the old theory of the divine right of kings. The distinguishing feature of our American governmental system is the freedom of the individual; it is quite as important to prevent his being oppressed by many men as it is to save him from the tyranny of one.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Thomas Hart Benton, ch. 6 (1886)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #autonomy #civilrights #democracy #freedom #individual #liberty #majority #personalfreedom #tyranny #tyrannyofthemajority #voxpopuli

  30. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    He had not learned that the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would have to oppress the former; and that, if there is a moral principle at stake, the saying that the voice of the people is the voice of God may be quite as untrue, and do quite as much mischief, as the old theory of the divine right of kings. The distinguishing feature of our American governmental system is the freedom of the individual; it is quite as important to prevent his being oppressed by many men as it is to save him from the tyranny of one.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Thomas Hart Benton, ch. 6 (1886)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #autonomy #civilrights #democracy #freedom #individual #liberty #majority #personalfreedom #tyranny #tyrannyofthemajority #voxpopuli

  31. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    He had not learned that the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would have to oppress the former; and that, if there is a moral principle at stake, the saying that the voice of the people is the voice of God may be quite as untrue, and do quite as much mischief, as the old theory of the divine right of kings. The distinguishing feature of our American governmental system is the freedom of the individual; it is quite as important to prevent his being oppressed by many men as it is to save him from the tyranny of one.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Thomas Hart Benton, ch. 6 (1886)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #autonomy #civilrights #democracy #freedom #individual #liberty #majority #personalfreedom #tyranny #tyrannyofthemajority #voxpopuli

  32. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    He had not learned that the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would have to oppress the former; and that, if there is a moral principle at stake, the saying that the voice of the people is the voice of God may be quite as untrue, and do quite as much mischief, as the old theory of the divine right of kings. The distinguishing feature of our American governmental system is the freedom of the individual; it is quite as important to prevent his being oppressed by many men as it is to save him from the tyranny of one.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Thomas Hart Benton, ch. 6 (1886)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #autonomy #civilrights #democracy #freedom #individual #liberty #majority #personalfreedom #tyranny #tyrannyofthemajority #voxpopuli

  33. A quotation from L'Engle

    So let us look for beauty and grace, for love and friendship, for that which is creative and birth-giving and soul-stretching. Let us dare to laugh at ourselves, healthy, affirmative laughter. Only when we take ourselves lightly can we take ourselves seriously, so that we are given the courage to say, “Yes! I dare disturb the universe.”

    Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
    Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

    More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/838…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lengle #madeleinelengle #agency #beauty #change #courage #creativity #disturbing #gravitas #humility #humor #laughter #lightheartedness #selfactualization #selfaffirmation #selfappreciation #selfchallenging #selfesteem #selfimage #selfimportance #selfliberation #selfregard.selftrust #selfunderstanding #selfworth #senseofhumor #stretchgoals

  34. A quotation from L'Engle

    So let us look for beauty and grace, for love and friendship, for that which is creative and birth-giving and soul-stretching. Let us dare to laugh at ourselves, healthy, affirmative laughter. Only when we take ourselves lightly can we take ourselves seriously, so that we are given the courage to say, “Yes! I dare disturb the universe.”

    Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
    Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

    More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/838…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lengle #madeleinelengle #agency #beauty #change #courage #creativity #disturbing #gravitas #humility #humor #laughter #lightheartedness #selfactualization #selfaffirmation #selfappreciation #selfchallenging #selfesteem #selfimage #selfimportance #selfliberation #selfregard.selftrust #selfunderstanding #selfworth #senseofhumor #stretchgoals

  35. A quotation from L'Engle

    So let us look for beauty and grace, for love and friendship, for that which is creative and birth-giving and soul-stretching. Let us dare to laugh at ourselves, healthy, affirmative laughter. Only when we take ourselves lightly can we take ourselves seriously, so that we are given the courage to say, “Yes! I dare disturb the universe.”

    Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
    Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

    More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/838…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lengle #madeleinelengle #agency #beauty #change #courage #creativity #disturbing #gravitas #humility #humor #laughter #lightheartedness #selfactualization #selfaffirmation #selfappreciation #selfchallenging #selfesteem #selfimage #selfimportance #selfliberation #selfregard.selftrust #selfunderstanding #selfworth #senseofhumor #stretchgoals

  36. A quotation from L'Engle

    So let us look for beauty and grace, for love and friendship, for that which is creative and birth-giving and soul-stretching. Let us dare to laugh at ourselves, healthy, affirmative laughter. Only when we take ourselves lightly can we take ourselves seriously, so that we are given the courage to say, “Yes! I dare disturb the universe.”

    Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
    Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

    More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/838…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lengle #madeleinelengle #agency #beauty #change #courage #creativity #disturbing #gravitas #humility #humor #laughter #lightheartedness #selfactualization #selfaffirmation #selfappreciation #selfchallenging #selfesteem #selfimage #selfimportance #selfliberation #selfregard.selftrust #selfunderstanding #selfworth #senseofhumor #stretchgoals

  37. A quotation from Steinbeck

    We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly re-spawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is.

    John Steinbeck (1902-1968) American writer
    East of Eden, ch. 34 (1952)

    More about this quote: wist.info/steinbeck-john/83944…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #steinbeck #johnsteinbeck #eastofeden #contest #goodandevil #humannature #innerdemons #innerself #internalstruggle #knowthyself #managainsthimself #morality #myth #novel #poetry #story #temptation #vice #virtue

  38. A quotation from Steinbeck

    We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly re-spawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is.

    John Steinbeck (1902-1968) American writer
    East of Eden, ch. 34 (1952)

    More about this quote: wist.info/steinbeck-john/83944…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #steinbeck #johnsteinbeck #eastofeden #contest #goodandevil #humannature #innerdemons #innerself #internalstruggle #knowthyself #managainsthimself #morality #myth #novel #poetry #story #temptation #vice #virtue

  39. A quotation from Steinbeck

    We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly re-spawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is.

    John Steinbeck (1902-1968) American writer
    East of Eden, ch. 34 (1952)

    More about this quote: wist.info/steinbeck-john/83944…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #steinbeck #johnsteinbeck #eastofeden #contest #goodandevil #humannature #innerdemons #innerself #internalstruggle #knowthyself #managainsthimself #morality #myth #novel #poetry #story #temptation #vice #virtue

  40. A quotation from Steinbeck

    We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly re-spawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is.

    John Steinbeck (1902-1968) American writer
    East of Eden, ch. 34 (1952)

    More about this quote: wist.info/steinbeck-john/83944…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #steinbeck #johnsteinbeck #eastofeden #contest #goodandevil #humannature #innerdemons #innerself #internalstruggle #knowthyself #managainsthimself #morality #myth #novel #poetry #story #temptation #vice #virtue

  41. A quotation from Steinbeck

    We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly re-spawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is.

    John Steinbeck (1902-1968) American writer
    East of Eden, ch. 34 (1952)

    More about this quote: wist.info/steinbeck-john/83944…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #steinbeck #johnsteinbeck #eastofeden #contest #goodandevil #humannature #innerdemons #innerself #internalstruggle #knowthyself #managainsthimself #morality #myth #novel #poetry #story #temptation #vice #virtue

  42. A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

    The reason we are not often wholly possessed by a single vice, is that we are distracted by several.
     
    [Ce qui nous empêche souvent de nous abandonner à un seul vice est que nous en avons plusieurs.]

    François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
    Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶195 (1665-1678) [pub. Donaldson (1783), ¶442]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #addiction #failings #faults #sinfulness #sins #vice #humannature #distraction