Women & EmpowermentAs published
“I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.
— Althea Gibson
Tennis champion
About this quote
- Attributed to
- Althea Gibson
- Culture / tradition
- African American
- Attribution status
- As published
Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · Portrait: Unknown author (Public domain)
Reflect
Where can you take up a little more space?
The Sage Challenge
Celebrate a woman's achievement publicly today.
Join to journal, save & shareCreate a share imageWatch & listen
And Still I Rise
mohitbahi·Women
Featured in one of the Sage books
Dr. Maya Angelou - Love Liberates
Lencha Sanchez·Women
Featured in one of the Sage books
Dr. Maya Angelou - Power Of Words
Lencha Sanchez·Women
Featured in one of the Sage books
More from Althea Gibson & related wisdom
Women✓ Verified source
“You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
— Indira Gandhi
"The Embattled Woman Who Relishes Crosswords, Children...and Running India," People (June 30, 1975).
Women✓ Verified source
“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Statement of advice on being presented the Radcliffe Medal, as quoted in "Honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg" by Colleen Walsh, in The Harvard Gazette (29 May 2015)
