Gloria Feldt Quotes:

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.

Topics: Firsts, Tone, Debate

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

Topics: Love You, Used

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

Topics: Weekend, Lasts, Moments

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.

Topics: Sex, Motivation, Men, Procreation

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.

Topics: Fda, Information, Firsts

Power unused is power useless.

Topics: Useless

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

Topics: Choices, Want, Accomplish

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

source: - Gloria Feldt (2012). “No Excuses: Nine Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power”, p.187, Seal Press

Topics: Opportunity, Chaos, Carpe

Don't follow your dream - lead it!

source: - Gloria Feldt (2012). “No Excuses: Nine Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power”, p.337, Seal Press

Topics: Dream, Follow Your Dreams

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

source: - Gloria Feldt (2010). “No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think about Power”, p.358, Hachette UK

Topics: Ideas, Vision, Shapes

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.

Topics: Helping Others, Use, Behalf

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

source: - Gloria Feldt (2012). “No Excuses: Nine Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power”, p.299, Seal Press

Topics: Knowing, Giving, Tools

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

source: - Gloria Feldt (2012). “No Excuses: Nine Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power”, p.242, Seal Press

Topics: Path, Action, Bigs, Systemic Change, Collective Action

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

Topics: Powerful, Ambition, Assuming

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

Topics: Challenges, Demand, Today

There’s no excuse…for women today not to own their own power and lead an unlimited life.

Topics: Today, No Excuses, Excuse

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

Topics: Doors, Walks, One Woman, Incumbents

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

Topics: Teacher, Giving, Trying

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

source: - Gloria Feldt (2012). “No Excuses: Nine Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power”, p.21, Seal Press

Topics: Steps, No Excuses, Step Up

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

source: - Gloria Feldt (2012). “No Excuses: Nine Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power”, p.153, Seal Press

Topics: Giving, Nudge, Clarity

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.

source: - Gloria Feldt (2010). “No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think about Power”, p.316, Hachette UK

Topics: Practice, Stronger, Leap

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.

source: - Gloria Feldt (2012). “No Excuses: Nine Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power”, p.257, Seal Press

Topics: Unique, Worst Moments, Stories

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

Topics: Muscles, Grows

Get ticked and get going.

source: - Gloria Feldt (2012). “No Excuses: Nine Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power”, p.277, Seal Press

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

source: - Gloria Feldt (2012). “No Excuses: Nine Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power”, p.81, Seal Press

Topics: Responsibility

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

Topics: Choices, Use, Matter, Personal Choice

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

source: - Gloria Feldt (2012). “No Excuses: Nine Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power”, p.83, Seal Press

Topics: Moments, Embrace

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

source: - Gloria Feldt (2012). “No Excuses: Nine Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power”, p.66, Seal Press

Topics: Levels, Moments, Plates

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

source: - Gloria Feldt (2012). “No Excuses: Nine Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power”, p.149, Seal Press

Topics: Believe, Frightened, Knows, True Value

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

source: - Gloria Feldt (2010). “No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think about Power”, p.265, Seal Press

Topics: Aspects Of Life

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

Topics: Promiscuity