Gloria Steinem Quotes

Take hold of your future or the future will take hold of you

I'm not blaming my mom for my life because I am responsible for me, and nobody can change me or ruin me easier than I can.

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.

I like people who take responsibility for their lives.

If I'm not happy with what's going on, I try to change it myself.

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

Please, put aside all excuses and ask yourself, "What should I be doing?" Yes, you alone can make a difference. The question is, will you?

If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.

My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.

No one will do it for you.

That's precisely the question everyone should be asking-why the hell not? - Why not you, why not now.

Whenever you think something or some person is ruining your life, it's you. A victimization mentality is so debilitating.

No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.

Highly proactive people don't blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice.

Human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals who are willing to be co-workers with God and without this hard work time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation.

Privacy is not for the passive.

the voluntary relinquishing of responsibility for our lives and our actions is one of the greatest enemies of our time.

The ten most powerful two-letter words in the English language are: If it is to be, it is up to me.

If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions then you are forever chained to a position of defense.

What can any one person do?' he said. 'Each person does a little something,' I said, 'and there you are.

It is how we choose what we do, and how we approach it, that will determine whether the sum of our days adds up to a formless blur, or to something resembling a work of art.

The Lord expects you to do some things for yourself.

People tend to think that big things only happen to big people ... I think that is not true. The small decisions we make every day define who we are and define the world around us. ... But I bet to you there is a decision every day in your life where you affect somebody else.

Who will save your soul, if you won’t save your own?

But you don't have to go up in the stands and play your foul balls. I do.