Rosie Battista

"Confidence is the only accessory you need."

Rosie Battista   food coach, nutrition guru, body builder

Wilma Rudolph

"Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us."

Wilma Rudolph   Olympic Gold Medal-winning athlete

Carol Burnett

"When I was growing up in Hollywood, I thought you had to look like Betty Grable or Tony Curtis to get anywhere in show business. But I never worried about my looks too much. Some people said I looked like Tony Curtis."

Carol Burnett   comedian, actress, singer, dancer, writer

Virginia Woolf

"For most of history, Anonymous was a woman."

 

 Virginia Woolf   author

         

Melanne Verveer

"In the past… the United States regularly supported peace talks that left women out of negotiating rooms and treaty documents… As of this spring, with the release of a first-ever secretarial policy directive on gender, advancing the status of women and girls worldwide is officially a requirement in every U.S. diplomat's job description."

Melanne Verveer   US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues