Quotes about Identity
MY LAST HOPE IS to open up the road—literally. So far it's been overwhelmingly masculine turf. Men embody adventure, women embody hearth and home, and that has been pretty much it.
— Gloria Steinem
The best thing about self-defense is knowing there is a self
— Gloria Steinem
safety. As Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote, "When the slave leaves bondage, his first act is to name himself.
— Gloria Steinem
The nature and specifics of the negative depend on the part of the country and the year, but the common thread is: self-doubt.
— Gloria Steinem
People want to come home to the church of their childhood without having to leave their adult selves behind.
— Gloria Steinem
Just because we all have wombs doesn't mean we have to be mothers, just like we all have vocal cords doesn't mean we're all opera singers.
— Gloria Steinem
When God is depicted only as a white man, only white men seem godly.
— Gloria Steinem
The personal is political.
— Gloria Steinem
Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
— Gloria Steinem
If, in monotheism, God is man, man is God. Why does God look suspiciously like the ruling class? Why is Jesus, a Jewish guy from the Middle East, blond and blue-eyed? There
— Gloria Steinem
Be true to who you are and the family name you bare.
— Gordon Hinckley
Each of you is a daughter of God. Reflect on all the wondrous meaning of that one paramount fact.
— Gordon Hinckley