Jane Fonda

“We're not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.”

“I grew up with a deep belief that wherever our troops fought, they were on the side of the angels.”

“Instead of drifting along like a leaf in a river, understand who you are and how you come across to people and what kind of an impact you have on the people around you and the community around you and the world, so that when you go out, you can feel you have made a positive difference.”

“I see many more men who are feminist, or at least who have learned about life in the context of feminism.”

“What we view in the media - and who presents it to us - does so much to determine how we think, how we feel about ourselves, and how we view the world.”

“As I started getting older, I realized, 'I'm so happy!' I didn't expect this! I wasn't happy when I was young.”

“I think feminism is about the spirit.”

“I love mistakes because it's the only way you learn.”

“I find that arduous physical labor can jump-start my thought process.”

“A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring.”

“The reality is sobering: in the United States one in three girls will become pregnant before age 20, totaling more than 750,000 girls per year.”

“Seek women mentors. If you're a businesswoman, look at the TEDx conferences. There's a lot of businesswomen that speak on there. I find them extremely inspiring.”

“The '60s may be idealized in the movie from a cultural point of view, but the decade was all about discord and a big generational split that was very painful.”

“I was always a courageous woman, capable of confronting governments but not men.”

“We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.”

“I don't think there's anything more important than making peace before it's too late. And it almost always falls to the child to try to move toward the parent.”

“Through therapy and a lot of thinking and writing my memoirs, I've been able to use my life as a lesson.”

“The most important thing to do as you age is to stay physically active. Lots of people just throw in the towel if they can't do what they used to do, and that's terrible.”

“If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped to be productive citizens, we need to not only implement effective programs to prevent teen pregnancy, but we must also help those who have already given birth so that they become effective, nurturing, bonding parents.”

“אני חושב שאוננות באמת חשובה. תשתמש בזה או תאבד את זה - אתה יודע?”