WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH QUOTE BULLETIN BOARD TEMPLATE MARCH 2015

MAYA ANGELOU – ACTRESS, POET, SINGER “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”

FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA “One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals. “

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE – SONIA SOTOMAYOR “...you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. The real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire.”

FORMER FIRST LADY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT “ A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.”

J.K. ROWLING - AUTHOR It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.

ALICE WALKER - AUTHOR “ The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”

FORMER FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH “Once a child learns to use the library, the doors to learning are always open”

FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE – HILLARY CLINTON “Every moment looking back keeps us from moving forward”

MALALA YOUSAFZAI – GIRL’S EDUCATION ACTIVIST “We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back”

SHERYL SANDBERG – COO OF FACEBOOK “We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.”

BERYL MARKHAM – PILOT AND AUTHOR “Success breeds confidence.”

RUTH GORDON “Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.”

INDRA NOOYI-CEO OF PEPSICO “As a leader, I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however, I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future.”

MICHELE RUIZ-BROADCAST JOURNALIST “If people are doubting how far you’ll go, go so far that you can’t hear them anymore”

ANNE SWEENEY – PRESIDENT OF WALT DISNEY “Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live "

MOTHER TERESA – CHARITY WORKER “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”

MARION WRIGHT EDELMAN – CHILD’S RIGHTS ADVOCATE “We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily difference we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.”

HIMANSHU BHATIA – CEO OF ROSE INTERNATIONAL “As a leader, it’s a major responsibility to practice the behavior that you want others to follow. “

OPRAH WINFREY – TV PERSONALITY “The great discovery of all times is that a person can change his future by merely changing their attitude”