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Nellie L Mcclung Inspirational Quotes (32)
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Men alone are not capable of making laws for men and women.
Nellie L. McClung
By nice women . . . you probably mean selfish women who have no more thought for the underprivileged, overworked women than a pussycat in a sunny window for the starving kitten in the street. Now in that sense I am not a nice woman, for I do care.
Nellie L. McClung
I am one of those irritating people, who hang on to the door-knob after they say good-bye, and will neither come back nor go, always remembering something else which must be said.
Nellie L. McClung
The horse on the treadmill may be very discontented, but he is not disposed to tell his troubles, for he cannot stop to talk.
Nellie L. McClung
The greatest insult came at the marriage ceremony when the minister asked 'who giveth this woman,' and some brother, or father or other man, unblushingly said he did, as though it were entirely a commercial transaction between men.
Nellie L. McClung
it makes a great difference to a speaker whether he has something to say, or has to say something.
Nellie L. McClung
Every season of life has its compensations.
Nellie L. McClung
Women had first to convince the world that they had souls and then that they had minds and then it came on to this matter of political entity and the end is not yet.
Nellie L. McClung
People must know the past to understand the present, and to face the future.
Nellie L. McClung
Never underestimate the power of a woman.
Nellie L. McClung
The economic dependence of women is perhaps the greatest injustice that has been done to us, and has worked the greatest injury to the race.
Nellie L. McClung
Chivalry is a poor substitute for justice, if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on the cake, sweet but not nourishing.
Nellie L. McClung
A wound in a young heart is like a wound in a young tree. It does not grow out. It grows in.
Nellie L. McClung
Children are great idealists, until the stupidity of their elders puts out the fires of the aspirations.
Nellie L. McClung
I saw what could be done with words, for I had a vision of a new world as I talked.
Nellie L. McClung
War is a crime committed by men and, therefore, when enough people say it shall not be, it cannot be.
Nellie L. McClung
Have we not the brains to think? Hands to work? Hearts to feel? And lives to live?
Nellie L. McClung
Chivalry is like a line of credit. You can get plenty of it when you do not need it.
Nellie L. McClung
Canada is destined to be one of the great nations of the world and Canadian women must be ready for citizenship.
Nellie L. McClung
I am a believer in women, in their ability to do things and in their influence and power. Women set the standards for the world, and it is for us, women in Canada, to set the standards high.
Nellie L. McClung
Literature may be light as a cobweb, but it must be fastened down to life at the four corners.
Nellie L. McClung
No nation ever rises higher than its women.
Nellie L. McClung
Always in Alberta there is a fresh wind blowing.
Nellie L. McClung
Prohibition is a hard sounding word, worthless as a rallying cry, hard as a locked door or going to bed without your supper.
Nellie L. McClung
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