Five Quotes That Will Increase Your Chutzpah

“The more we practice risking to leap, the more proficient we become, the more our fears melt away, and we grow ever stronger in the doing.” – Gloria Feldt

“One thing we need at a time like this is for people to feel empowered and angry. We need people to be alert and thinking for themselves and connected to each other and connected to that sense of hope and empowerment and radical chutzpah that the founding generation had and intended us to have.” – Naomi Wolf

“Do not do this work by yourself. Step forward, get involved and then exercise your power to mobilize, to organize, to convince others. Be inclusive, build a community of activists…We need hope, the ingredient that keeps us going when we might otherwise quit. And don’t forget the fun. The end doesn’t justify the means; the means are the ends. If we want joy and friendship and laughter at the end of the struggle, then we must have them along the way.” – Ruth Messinger

“What inspires me most of all is hope and the possibility of change. There’s always a new approach to try; some possibility opening up that didn’t exist before. I am fueled by optimism and anger in equal measures.” – Jaclyn Friedman