Active Quote by Leymah Gbowee

Men spend their whole lives showing that they're strong and silent. They fight for independence the way women struggle to connect.

— George Weinberg

Women get the short shrift in history. It's been largely written and dictated by men, or at least men believe that we own it,…

— Colum McCann

It's a fact that within the space of a few decades, women have achieved a massive shift in the role they play - in…

— Hanna Rosin

Women don't seek power for its own sake, but to make a difference and overcome each challenge

— Kathleen Wynne

I hate to say there are female and male ways of dealing with power, because I think each of us has a male and…

— Christine Lagarde

When women are in positions of power it's a hard place to be, especially when that position involves bossing men around.

— Alison Pill

Men are losing power in their daily lives, but manliness is still iconic of power. This creates incredible turbulence around masculinity and incredible confusion…

— Stephen Marche

I have always felt that perhaps women have sometimes almost embraced the same values as men, and the same character as men, because they…

— Wangari Maathai

I think that women are powerful and they're multifaceted and they're survivors; they don't have to depend on a man to do the things…

— Rashida Jones

Women always look for a peaceful solution to a conflict. They are more sensible when they go for compromise or when they stand by…

— Dalia Grybauskaite

Men haven't changed their behaviour, so women somehow have to be strengthened to be able to ward off the men.

— Stephen Lewis

Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent…

— Hanna Rosin