Marlo Thomas Quotes

Women need to learn to value themselves. But that has to be inculcated in men as much as women.

Everyday I find myself reminding women around me to know their value. I also have to remind myself.

My mom is such a strong, independent, strong-willed woman, and she always taught me to accept my worth for how I viewed myself and female empowerment, and it's okay to be independent and also need someone at the same time. I kinda get to be both.

Women who set a low value of themselves make life hard for all women.

It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman first of all.

I didn't write my book, 'I Don't Care About Your Band,' in order to give women a brand-new set of dating rules they need to feel terrible about not abiding. I wrote my book to make the women who read it feel good about themselves, and a little more entitled to be treated well by the guys they go out with.

Women have demanded and gotten better jobs and more power. But the one thing we deserve is a better relationship with ourselves.

Your self-worth has nothing to do with your craft or calling, and everything to do with how you treat yourself.

Does being a feminist mean that I believe that I'm as good as any man? Yes.

I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.

I don't consider myself a feminist, but I'm down for my first opportunity to say something to the world to be so meaningful. If you asked me, 'What do you want to say?' it would be, 'Love yourself more.'

The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength.

Women must learn to find self-worth within themselves, not through others. It is important to carve out a place just for you.

There's no single person on this planet that's worth more than the other. Know your worth. Be confident in yourself.

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

… in an age when human rights are preached loudly from the rooftops, women had to be accepted as equals and allowed to think and act in their own interests and by their own efforts.

To all the little girls watching, never forget you are valuable, powerful and deserving of every opportunity in the world.

When I look in the mirror, I also see a mother and a wife and someone I am proud to be. I see an advocate. I see a survivor.

I think women want freedom. They want to be empowered. They want hope. They want love; they want all the things that I want, and I'm not afraid to say those things and act on them, and I think that's why they identify with me.

One of the things I have always said about the man-woman relationship is that I don't want anybody to walk ahead of me, and I don't want anybody to walk behind me. I want a man who will walk along beside me. And that's how I feel about equal rights.

I think, when you value yourself and respect yourself, everything else just falls into place.

Ladies, you have to love yourself... you don't always have to have a man.

I really just want to change the way women think about themselves.

I want the ladies to respect themselves.

I don't know if any woman is completely happy with the way she leads her life or with the way people treat her.