Barbara Mikulski Quotes

Women are prepared to run for office. They're prepared to show up. Oh yeah, women have big roles to play, and they have stepped up to the plate already.

In every organization, there are many people, from senior leaders to first-time managers, who have the power to elevate women in the workplace. I wouldn't be in the position I'm in today without several key people in power believing in me and giving me a chance to succeed.

Our locker room is so positive. We are all focused on the same objectives, and that's equality for women.

I think the more women we have running for office the better.

We need women in cinema to know first that they have a safe space to open up about their struggles without being judged and marginalised.

One of the things 'Cosmo' feels really strongly about is we need more women candidates running, and we need more women across the parties in D.C.

We are not yet a society free of sexism, and this will continue to be an issue for all women candidates.

These women need to feel that we're all aware of what they may be going through, to give them the confidence to speak out.

A girl's girl doesn't trash another girl's career.

I think we have to continue to protect women on social media, who are coming out in a world that can still be very harsh towards them, so that they do not feel that they are alone. And of course, some of these attacks happen on social media, so we do need to provide a counter narrative - a supportive narrative - so that the voices of those that are punitive towards women does not become the dominant voice.

There's always a different energy when you're surrounded by a group of women creatives.

The glass ceiling will go away when women help other women break through that ceiling.

We women adore failures. They lean on us.

A woman should always stand by a woman.

Woman is woman's natural ally.

The Million Man March would never have been successful if it were not for the women who stood with us and helped to organize to make the March what it eventually became.

I just try to surround myself with good, positive supportive people who are trying to make the world better.

I was blessed throughout my entire career. I had people rooting for me. It started with my parents, but it extended to almost every teacher that I had. Even when I was a young lawyer, there were other women and men in the firm who took me under their wing.

Mothers and unmarried women and married women, they're all welcomed in the Trump White House, and he's made that very clear to me.

We should be supportive of the president and supportive of rights of all in a pluralistic democracy that we're called to love. And we live our faith; we don't legislate our faith.

We keep a change in place by helping to create a new, supportive, and sufficiently strong organizational culture.

There are lots of opportunities out there for women to work in these fields, ... Girls just need support, encouragement and mentoring to follow through with the sciences.

Women helping each other - coaching, mentoring, and providing tips - is a great way for us to be our own force.

I try to be sensitive, but the atmosphere I create is very supportive. One overriding premise of the series is that guilt is not heritable. It's good to know about them, but you are not responsible for them. You don't have to apologize for them. It's a process of knowing, and the more you know, the richer the sense of yourself. The firmer your foundation as a human being is

I've been very lucky to have had a supportive family, a great education, enormous opportunity and challenge.