“You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she will decay in her sheath as a narcissus will if you do not give her air enough; she might fall and defile her head in dust if you leave her without help at some moments in her life; but you cannot fetter her; she must take her own fair form and way if she take any.” IfsWayGivingDoeEnoughMomentsHelpingMightFormFallGirlGrowsGrowthSunAirFlowerFairsDustDecayHammersFettersNarcissus Book:Essays and Letters Selected from the Writings of John Ruskin Source: Essays and Letters Selected from the Writings of John Ruskin
“Population growth is straining the Earth's resources to the breaking point, and educating girls is the single most important factor in stabilizing that. That, plus helping women gain political and economic power and safeguarding their reproductive rights.” ImportantHelpingEarthPoliticalGirlGrowthRightsEconomicGainsResourcesPopulationFactorsPlusGorePopulation GrowthEconomic PowerWorld PopulationReproductive RightsPoint BreakSafeguarding Author:Al Gore
“One must always regret that law of growth which renders necessary that kittens should spoil into demure cats, and bright, joyous school-girls develop into the spiritless, crystallized beings denominated young ladies.” ShouldSchoolLawYoungGirlGrowthRegretCatSpoilJoyousKittenYoung LadiesGirlhoodSchool GirlDemure Author:Abba Louisa Goold Woolson
“Educating our young girls is the foundation for Nigerias growth and development.” YoungGirlGrowthDevelopmentFoundation Author:Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
“For boys, the family was the place from which one sprang and to which one returned for comfort and support, but the field of action was the larger world of wilderness, adventure, industry, labor, and politics. For girls, the family was to be the world, their field of action the domestic circle. He was to express himself in his work and, through it and social action, was to help transform his environment; her individual growth and choices were restricted to lead her to express herself through love, wifehood, and motherhood--through the support and nurture of others, who would act for her.” WorldHelpingActionChoicesGirlIndividualSocialGrowthBoysSupportEnvironmentFieldsAdventureIndustryComfortLaborMotherhoodCirclesWildernessNurtureSocial Action Author:Gerda Lerner
“When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about. And if I have a chance to matter to the growth and hopes and wishes of little girls, that's something I can't take lightly. So I do factor them in when I'm thinking about what to wear, and what to say, and whether or not to go out to bars even thought I'm not twenty-one.” IfsThinkingYearsLittlesSaidI CanMatterGirlWishGrowthChanceOpinionTwentiesMy FavoriteSingersBarsFactorsTwenty OneFavorite Singer Author:Taylor Swift
“I like playing... I don't know. I think that's what was really exciting about playing Knives, too, from the beginning was that you get to kind of do both of that. She's almost like two different people, but that's what's cool about it, because I get to show her growth and that's the thing that's really cool about Knives, you get to really see her grow up from being meek and innocent and naïve at the beginning to this powerful girl who is going for what she really believes in and what she really wants.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantBelieveKindTwoDifferentShowsGirlGrowsGrowthPowerfulGrowing UpExcitingInnocentKnivesDifferent PeoplesReally CoolBeing MeMeek Author:Ellen Wong
“Food insecurity and hunger are serious threats to children's health, growth, and development. The idea of not being able to put plentiful, nutritious food on the table for my girls is a horrifying thought.” ChildrenIdeasAbleGirlGrowthSeriousDevelopmentTablesThreatHungerInsecurityMy GirlPlentiful Author:Samantha Harris
“Have you ever noticed the perfection of nature? The seasons and how one changes into the next, the falling leaves, composting soil, rains, new seedlings, sunshine, growth, blossoms, etc. Grass grows, deer eats grass, lion eats deer, deer population is stabilized so there is grass for other animals; sunrise and sunset, boy and girl, winter and summer.” FallGirlNextGrowsGrowthAnimalBoysSummerRainPerfectionSeasonsWinterPopulationGrassSoilSunsetEtcSunshineLionsSunriseDeerBoy And GirlSunrise And SunsetFalling LeavesSeedlings Author:Bryan Kest
“When I was 16 was just thinking about the future and - it sounds so stupid - but what my goal was going to be in life. I guess I was thinking about girls too. No girls liked me. That was bothering me. I was thinking about my height - I had a growth spurt right before high school and then that's when sports coaches started coming up to me, but that's when I had this artistic turn.” ThinkingSchoolGirlSportsGoalGrowthStupidHigh SchoolCoachesArtisticBother Author:Christian Madsen
“When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys.” MenGirlGrowthBoysProudToysEstatesBoy And GirlOther Girl Author:Robert Louis Stevenson