Peggy Fleming Quotes

But I am a girl with a keen interest in having it all, and what follows are hopeful dispatches from the frontlines of that struggle.

I look for a man who respects my womanhood and doesn't make me feel like I have to be a stereotype. Like a housewife.

We're told that to be successful girls, we have to be small and quiet. Yet to be successful humans, we have to become big and have a voice. There's an inherent contradiction.

I think we still have a long way to go in understanding that feminist and femininity are not opposites.

As a woman, this is one of these areas where you have to walk a fine line: the classic, 'Are you soft and squishy, and you hug everybody, and you're a cheerleader?' versus, 'Are you the hard-nosed you-know-what female dog?'

I'm a woman, so I'm going to be woman as much as I can.

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

You know, she was a girl. She was a female. And she wasn't like, trying to compete in a man's world and she wasn't trying to be in a man's position, she was just who she was. And I think that was like, a good thing.

Of course women can have it all - if they want it all. I won't hear any defeatist talk. If you just dwell on problems, you won't get anywhere fast.

In the face of patriarchy, it is a brave act indeed for both men and women to embrace, rather than shame or attempt to eradicate, the feminine.

Very few women manage to have it all; certainly not all at once.

You can be this super-successful woman who's smart and effective but still feminine. When I worked in finance, I didn't always think that was possible.

You can still be strong and be feminine.

You can be socially accepted and tell the truth about what it is to be a woman.

I'm very proud of being a woman, and as a woman, I don't even like the word 'feminism' because when I hear that word, I associate it with women trying to pretend to be men, and I'm not interested in trying to pretend to be a man. I don't want to embrace manhood; I want to embrace my womanhood.

Femininity can be a powerful thing.

We had a mother who could have been called a feminist. That's just how we were raised. Why do you have to go sulk off in some corner because you are a girl? What's the big deal?

The message I like to convey to women and girls across the globe is that there is no glass ceiling.

My feminism is just part of my being - a part of my understanding of the world.

Tell your daughters and their daughters that if they want to be a firewoman, they can be a firewoman. If they want to be an astronaut, they can be an astronaut. If they want to run their own business or run for president, they can do whatever they put their mind to.

I think, as a woman, you've got to make so many sacrifices.

Being a woman means everything to me.

I've always been sensitive to the phrase 'like a girl,' especially when I was growing up and was told I couldn't play with the boys. It really resonated with me. I was so inspired by the first #LikeAGirl video, and I wanted to be a part of such a powerful message.

There's no right way to be a woman; there's only a right way to be a human, which is to have respect for others.

I am holding on to every shred of femininity that I can with heels and dresses.