13 Quotes by Hazel Hawke

Wisdom is partly innate and partly developed and practised. It’s about a lot more than just knowledge: experience, involvement, communication, interaction with people. Wisdom is a way of being.

Women who have had more opportunity to develop their own strengths and talents, or who are quite satisfied and content in a traditional role, unfortunately don’t always understand that many women aren’t satisfied or content.

I have had the experience common to many women, of needing to define myself and to find my self-esteem as a person, not simply as somebody’s wife or mother.

One of the most important thing in families, both for children and spouses, is never to close off possibilities – particularly never to make demands or threats.