Gloria Steinem Quotes

Men must make their history themselves through their own actions

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

If you want things to be right, you have to do them yourself

As any change must begin somewhere, it is the single individual who will experience it and carry it through. The change must indeed begin with an individual; it might be any one of us. Nobody can afford to look round and to wait for somebody else to do what he is loath to do himself.

we cant wait for someone else to do it, we have to take matters into our own hands or it will never be done.

When people are motivated by principles larger than themselves, you don't have to beat them over the head to get them to act. You simply empower them, you inform them, you give them tools, and they take it upon themselves to act.

You can't just wait for everybody to give you approval - you will just be waiting.

Any collective action is made up of individuals who one day decided not to sit and watch anymore.

It's been up to me to inspire me.

We may find it convenient to live with the illusion that circumstances or other people are responsible for the quality of our lives, but the reality is that we are responsible-response-able-for our choices.

Leaders may inspire, but only when the people decide to act does the leader's vision become a movement.

The question isn’t whether or not you should wait to be picked, the question is whether you care enough to pick yourself.

We have to take the first step as though there were no God. It is no use to wait for God to help us, He will not: but immediately we arise we find He is there.

People are always saying,'They'll take care of it. The government'll--Don't worry, they'll--' 'They' who? It starts with us. It's us. Or else it'll never be done...

If you want something, you don't wait for the world to deal it out for you. You take it.

Real change in society must start from individual initiative.

We cannot wait for great visions from great people, for they are in short supply. It is up to us to light our own small fires in the darkness.

We are the makers of our own state and...individuals who realize the fact need not, ought not, to wait for collective action.

I would continue to do the things that I do. I'd get into the field and work, and be an example to other people that you can't rely on the government to be the answer to everything.

Produce your own dream. If you want to save Peru, go save Peru. It’s quite possible to do anything, but not if you put it on the leaders and the parking meters. Don’t expect Carter or Reagan or John Lennon or Yoko Ono or Bob Dylan or Jesus Christ to come and do it for you. You have to do it yourself.

If someone else isn't making it happen for you, make it happen yourself.

Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers.

You make your own path as an actor. Nobody does it for you, so you have to invent yourself.

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.