My wish is to ride the tempest, tame the waves, kill the sharks.… I will not resign myself to the usual lot of women who bow their heads and become concubines.

—Trieu Thi Trinh

power will women resignation forbearance

More quotations tagged with “women”

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men.

—Joseph Conrad

difficulty women men

I would go out with women my age, but there are no women my age.

—George Burns

relationships age women men

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

—Virginia Woolf

history feminism women anonymity

A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence.

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

women men busyness attraction

A woman is like a tea bag—you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

—Eleanor Roosevelt

strength risk danger women pressure

History

23 Nov 2014 Added
26 Oct 2026 Wording changed

Previous wording

My wish is to ride the tempest, tame the waves, kill the sharks. . . . I will not resign myself to the usual lot of women who bow their heads and become concubines.