{"id":325,"date":"2011-04-15T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thequeenofmyself\/?p=325"},"modified":"2011-04-11T20:57:55","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T00:57:55","slug":"power-words-from-the-wise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thequeenofmyself\/2011\/04\/power-words-from-the-wise.html","title":{"rendered":"Power Words From the Wise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.
\n–\u00a0 Ella Fitzgerald<\/p>\n

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.
\n– Anais Nin<\/p>\n

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
\n– Harriet Beecher Stowe<\/p>\n

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
\n– Eleanor Roosevelt<\/p>\n

The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.
\n– Roseanne Barr<\/p>\n

A woman is like a tea bag.\u00a0 It’s only when she’s in hot water that you realize how strong she is.
\n– Eleanor Roosevelt<\/p>\n

Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.
\n– Margaret Sanger<\/p>\n

Courage is like a muscle.
\nWe strengthen it with use.
\n– Ruth Gordon<\/p>\n

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* Please send me your thoughts about power. Also stories of your own empowerment. When shared, these ideas and examples are extremely inspiring to others. Thanks.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nThe Queen welcomes questions concerning all issues of interest to women in their mature years. Send your inquiries to thequeenofmyself@aol.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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