Courage Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

“ “We are frequently referred to as the gentler sex. Foolish notion. Women are far more vicious than men. We are simply better at…

— Elisa Braden

“(...) It is far from being true that all Women want courage, strength, or conduct to lead an army to triumph; any more than…

— Lady Sophia Fermor

“[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor the most…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“But for this epoch we must wait—wait, perhaps, till kings and nobles, enlightened by reason, and, preferring the real dignity of man to childish…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“Helplessness. If women were hope´s oldest companions, it was due to helplessness. Certainly women often exerciced dreadful power over a single hearth, but the…

— R. Scott Bakker

“[Women] are not even now as concerned about the health of their fame as men are, and, speaking generally, will pass a tombstone or…

— Virginia Woolf

“Some have felt that these blundering lives are due to the inconvenient indefiniteness with which the Supreme Power has fashioned the natures of women:…

— George Eliot

“That loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable-- that one false step involves her in endless ruin-- that her reputation is no less…

— Jane Austen

...there must be something she wanted; and that therefore she was no lady.

— Elizabeth Bowen

At summits Margaret Tatcher was the only woman. Always perfectly coiffed, splendidly dressed - beautiful maroon or dark blue suits. That lovely diamond brooch.…

— Brian Mulroney

“All the on-lookers were bewildered.The lovely slave girl, Briseis, had won the Battle of the Sexes with a kiss.[MMT]”

— Nicholas Chong

“I believe, there is scarcely a young lady in the united kingdoms, who would not rather put up with the misfortune of being sought…

— Jane Austen