Quotes Tree

Image Credit: Pasja1000 A problem shared is a problem halved, but as with so many problems affecting women - periods, menopause, post-natal depression - we often feel embarrassed, as if we're moaning or just plain wrong to air them. Konnie Huq MENstrual cramps, MENtal breakdowns, MENopause — ever notice that all of women's problems begin with MEN? Anonymous Every woman is different when they go through menopause, and... I didn't know emotionally how I would feel. Angelina Jolie If a man gets menopause, is it a womenpause? Anonymous All those years bitching about my period and when it stopped, I was stunned to realize how much my womanhood was tied into it. It hits you hard. Whoopie Goldberg The first indication of menopause is a broken thermostat. It's either that or your weight. In any case, if you don't do something, you could be dead by August. God, middle age is an unending insult. Dorothea Benton Frank Pregnancy and childbirth are pretty rotten jokes to pla

A daughter is a little girl who grows up to be a friend. Anonymous A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future. Anonymous From the moment she was born... I felt an instant, radical, unconditional love that redefined love. Bryan Cranston A daughter is a gift of love. Anonymous A daughter is a day brightener and a heart warmer. Anonymous Of course mothers and daughters with strong personalities might see the world from very different points of view. Katherine Howe Words are not enough to express the unconditional love that exists between a mother and a daughter. Caitlin Houston A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of her self. And mothers are their daughters' role model, their biological and emotional road map, the arbiter of all their relationships. Victoria Secunda A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart. Anonymo

Adversity is Opportunity - Damion Lee (Image Credit: Un-perfekt ) Adversity introduces a man to himself. HL Mencken Adversity causes some men to break, and others to break records. William Arthur Ward Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves. Edmund Burke Adversity is the true school of the mind. Katherine Lee Bates Adversity is a way of life and God is there in that time of need. Dabo Swinney Adversity is a soul sister to success. And on the journey to greatness, our willingness to befriend these twin sisters, and know them as one, will have much to do with our greatness. Noah Benshea Prosperity is no just scale, adversity is the only balance to try friends. Plutarch Never to suffer would never to have been blessed. Edgar Allan Poe If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. Anne Bradstreet Adversity is opportunity. Damion Lee Adversity is

Quotes about Breastfeeding and Nursing a Baby Breastfeeding is a mother’s gift to herself, her baby, and the earth. Pamela K. Wiggins The whole human world is born from the womb of mothers, and if we can't make the motherly act of breastfeeding free from stigma in such a world, then it's an insult to our very existence as a species. Abhijit Naskar Mother's milk is soul food for babies. The babies of the world need a lot more soul food. Ina May Gaskin A baby nursing at a mother's breast... is an undeniable affirmation of our rootedness in nature. David Suzuki There is no substitute for mother's milk. Martin H. Fischer When a woman is breastfeeding, the first and only thought that should appear in your mind is that the purpose of those breasts is to nourish a life, but if your mind gets either contemptuous or sexual instead, then go home and try to figure out if you are a human. Abhijit Naskar My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard. D

Quotes about Feminism, Gender Sensitization and Women's Rights I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. Audre Lorde History is herstory too. Anonymous To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. Spanish Proverb A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men. Gloria Steinem There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver. Charlotte Perkins Gilman Women belong in the house — and the Senate. Anonymous You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation. Brigham Young Don't shut yourself up in a bandbox because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take your part in the world's work, for it all affects you and yours. Louisa May Alcott, Little Women She is free in her wildness, she is a wanderess, a drop of free water. She knows nothing of borders an

Quotes about Photography There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. Ansel Adams Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst. Henri Cartier-Bresson A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know. Diane Arbus The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera. Dorothea Lange When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. Ansel Adams What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” Karl Lagerfeld Today everything exists to end in a photograph. Susan Sontag The eye should learn to listen before it looks. Robert Frank You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved. Ansel Adams When you photograph people in color, you photogra