“The female always overcomes the male by her stillness” — Lao Tzu

This continuation of our previous post permits us to believe that International Women’s Day has come a long way.

In 2026, IWD was celebrated by the United Nations and many other nations around the world.

In the Ancient Chinese philosophy of the Tao, the feminine principle in creation is the fundamental, ineffable force of the universe. 

So one day isn’t enough to celebrate the mother of humanity. Not if Lady Justice prevails. In our picture-poetic take on Yang’s better half, the epic in progress has legs.

The dance between darkness and light will always remain— the stars and the moon will always need the darkness to be seen, the darkness will just not be worth having without the moon and the stars.

— C. JoyBell C.

Honor your daughters. They are honorable.

— Malala Yousafzai

Maybe my fairy tale has a different ending than I dreamed it would. But that’s OK.

——Kim Kardashian 

Probably the best known characters [I designed for the Muppet Show] are Miss Piggy and Statler and Waldorf.

— Bonnie Erickson

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.

— Shirley Temple

I’m an actress, a brand, a businesswoman. I’m all kinds of stuff.

— Paris Hilton

I had long since lost any illusion of being loved for who I was and now accepted, with clean conscience, flowers, flattery, and money that fed my ego and my false identity.

— Mata Hari

Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.

— Alice Walker

Very few of us are what we seem.

― Agatha Christie

His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.

— Mae West

Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90. Time is a concept that humans created.

― Yoko Ono

I feel there is something unexplored about woman that only a woman can explore.

— Georgia O’Keeffe

Heal the masculine and feminine energies within you, so you can cultivate healthier relationships with both in your life.

— Robin S. Baker

There’s power in allowing yourself to be known and heard, in owning your unique story, in using your authentic voice. And there’s grace in being willing to know and hear others.

— Michelle Obama

For the foundation, inspiration, motivation and freedom to play with images and words, we are humbly grateful to She knows who She is, near and dear, here and far.