“Don’t listen to those who say YOU CAN’T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN.”
"That I am a national figure because I was the first person in 192 years to be at once a congressman, black, and a woman proves, I think, that our society is not yet either just or free."
- Shirley Chisholm
Awareness
"In the end, anti-Black, anti-female and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism."
- Shirley Chisholm
Compassion
"I don’t measure America by its achievement, but by its potential."
- Shirley Chisholm
Aspirations
"If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair."
- Shirley Chisholm
Empowerment
"If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair."
- Shirley Chisholm
Empowerment
"The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others."
- Hasidic Proverb
Self-confidence
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
- Oscar Wilde
Self-confidence
"Be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."
- Judy Garland
Self-confidence
"I am a woman with thoughts and questions and sh*t to say. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story – I will."
- Amy Schumer
Self-confidence
"You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through."
- Rosalynn Carter
Self-confidence