Top 70 Quotes by Gail Sheehy

We have to move from the unbridled pursuit of self-gain at the expense of others to recovering appreciation for what we gain by caring and sharing with one another.

I keep returning to the central question facing over-50 women as we move into our Second Adulthood. What are our goals for this stage in our lives?

I dare to do things - that's how I survive.

One of the ways we women often handicap ourselves is thinking that once we've made a decision or a commitment, we can't change.

I found that female pathfinders generally integrate characteristics commonly associated with being women - like the capacity to be intimate - with 'male' ones like ambition and courage.

Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation.

We see it in the body, that if you just give the body enough rest and comfort, it has remarkable self-healing capacities. Well, so does the spirit.

Spontaneity, the hallmark of childhood, is well worth cultivating to counteract the rigidity that may otherwise set in as we grow older.

The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.

When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.