Wilma Quotes
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Wilma Quotes & Sayings
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I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.
— Wilma Rudolph
The pedestal is immobilizing and subtly insulting whether or not some women yet realize it. We must move up from the pedestal.
— Wilma Scott Heide
No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.
— Wilma Rudolph
Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward.
— Wilma Mankiller
I tell them that the most important aspect is to be yourself and have confidence in yourself.
— Wilma Rudolph
I believe in me more than anything in this world.
— Wilma Rudolph
Better wear out than rust out.
— Wilma Dykeman
An Indian is an Indian regardless of the degree of Indian blood or which little government card they do or do not possess.
— Wilma Mankiller
When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.
— Wilma Rudolph
If you argue with a fool, someone passing by will not be able to tell who is the fool and who is not.
— Wilma Mankiller
Women in leadership roles can help restore balance and wholeness to our communities.
— Wilma Mankiller
My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.
— Wilma Rudolph
I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.
— Wilma Mankiller
Look forward. Turn what has been done into a better path.
— Wilma Mankiller
I knew that whatever I set my mind to do. I could do.
— Wilma Rudolph
I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.
— Wilma Rudolph
Winning is great but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.
— Wilma Rudolph
It is tempting to ascribe Katrina, Rita and now Wilma to global warming effects, but I am not sure that would pass statistical muster.
— Kerry Emanuel
A lot of young girls have looked to their career paths and have said they'd like to be chief. There's been a change in the limits people see.
— Wilma Mankiller
the triumph cant be had without the struggle
— Wilma Rudolph
The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.
— Wilma Mankiller
My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.
— Wilma Rudolph
Every single person has leadership ability. Some step up and take them. Some don't. My answer was to step up and lead.
— Wilma Mankiller
People say that crisis changes people and turns ordinary people into wiser or more responsible ones.
— Wilma Mankiller
Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief.
— Wilma Mankiller
But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.
— Wilma Rudolph
Out of the kitchen, and into the surf.
— Wilma Johnson
Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.
— Wilma Rudolph
Possession and loving are concepts that damn each other.
— Wilma Stockenstrom
The hand that rocks the cradle should also rock the boat.
— Wilma Scott Heide
I'm in my prime. There's no goal too far, no mountain too high.
— Wilma Rudolph
Remember that I am just a woman who is living a very abundant life. Every step I take forward is on a path paved by strong Indian women before me.
— Wilma Mankiller
Growth is a painful process.
— Wilma Mankiller
By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.
— Wilma Rudolph
I don't consciously try to be a role model, so I don't know if I am or not. That's for other people to decide.
— Wilma Rudolph
I had to let go of my need to know everything before I moved ahead; I had to learn to function in the mystery.
— Wilma Derksen
I thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner every time she ran, I ran. — Wilma Rudolph
Whoever controls the education of our children controls the future.
— Wilma Mankiller
