The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

Quote by Alice Walker

Topics: Inspirational Quotes, Women Quotes

It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become...

It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become...

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down...

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down...

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that...

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that...

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.

I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and...

I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and...

Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of...

Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of...

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world

The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.

The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by...

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by...

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all...

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all...

This could be our revolution to love what is...plentiful as much as whats scarce.

This could be our revolution to love what is...plentiful as much as whats scarce.

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a...

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a...

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have...

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have...

My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

Who fed me from her gentle breast and hushed me in her arms to rest,...

Who fed me from her gentle breast and hushed me in her arms to rest,...

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother...

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother...

I blame my mother for nothing, but forgive her for everything.

I blame my mother for nothing, but forgive her for everything.