Ronni Diamondstein

"Be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else." Judy Garland #WomensHistoryMonth

“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” - Nora Ephron #womenshistorymonth. #internationalwomensday

“As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” Audrey Hepburn #womenshistorymonth

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” Coco Chanel #womenshistorymonth

“It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.” Eleanor Roosevelt #womenshistorymonth

“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.”
– Amelia Earhart #womenshistorymonth

“I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.” - Susan B. Anthony #womenshistorymonth

Happy National Read Across America Day! Here’s a great read that celebrates reading and books! JACKIE AND THE BOOKS SHE LOVED. tinyurl.com/r6sd7bb2 #readacrossamerica #jackiekennedy #kidlit #readacrossamericaday

“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” ―Malala Yousafzai #womenshistorymonth

“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” — Madeleine Albright #womenshistorymonth

“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” Langston Hughes #blackhistorymonth

“Just don’t give up what you’re trying to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” —Ella Fitzgerald #blackhistorymonth

“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”
Shirley Chisholm #blackhistorymonth

“Character is power.” —Booker T. Washington #blackhistorymonth

“Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” -James Baldwin #blackhistorymonth

“To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live.” -Dorothy West #blackhistorymonth

Happy Birthday George Washington

“Happiness depends more upon the internal flame of a person’s own mind than on the externals of the world.” — George Washington #georgewashington

“In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.”
—Thurgood Marshall #blackhistorymonth

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”
—Booker T. Washington #blackhistorymonth

“Have a vision. Be demanding.”
—Colin Powell #blackhistorymonth

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.
— Maya Angelou #blackhistorymonth

“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.”
—Dr. Mae Jemison #blackhistorymonth

“All great achievements require time.” Maya Angelou #blackhistorymonth2025

“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.” Rosa Parks #blackhistorymonth2025

Are you an aspiring picture book author? Then @12x12challenge is for you. I love the resources, webinars, book chats and most of all the community of writers. Join now! www.12x12challenge.com/membership #12x12pb @12x12challenge.bsky.social

On this day, February 14, 1962, 63 years ago Jacqueline Kennedy invited millions of viewers into the White House for a tour.

“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”
—Maya Angelou

“We can’t expect the world to get better by itself. We have to create something we can leave the next generation.” Gwen Ifill #blackhistorymonth

Happy Birthday to Abraham Lincoln, born on this day in 1809.

“My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.” Abraham Lincoln

“A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.” Barbara Jordan #blackhistorymonth