21 Thought-Provoking Quotes By Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Woman's degradation is in mans idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man.
I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.
When we consider that women are treated as property it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit.
The happiest people I have known have been those who gave themselves no concern about their own souls, but did their uttermost to mitigate the miseries of others.
The bible and the church have been the greatest stumbling block in the way of women's emancipation.
Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
The best protection any woman can have... is courage.
Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
You're dangerous."he says. Why?" Because you make me believe in the impossible." — Simone Elkeles (Rules of Attraction)
The heyday of woman's life is the shady side of fifty.
I poured out the torrent of my long-standing discontent and I challenged them to do and dare anything.
Men think that self-sacrifice is the most charming of all the cardinal virtues for women, and in order to keep it in healthy working order, they make opportunities for its illustration as often as possible.
Dress loose,take a great deal of exercise ,and be particular about your diet and sleep sound enough,the body has a great effect on the mind.
To-day the woman is Mrs. Richard Roe, to-morrow Mrs. John Doe, and again Mrs. James Smith according as she changes masters, and she has so little self-respect that she does not see the insult of the custom.
How long will the heathens rage?
Put it down in capital letters: SELF-DEVELOPMENT IS A HIGHER DUTY THAN SELF-SACRIFICE. The thing that most retards and militates against women’s self development is self-sacrifice.
Think of the inconvenience of vanishing as it were from your friends and, correspondents three times in one's natural life.
We come into this world alone, unlike all who have gone before us...Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.
