Malcolm Forbes
American publisher (1919-1990)
Charlotte Whitton
Canadian politician (1896-1975)
Charlotte Elizabeth Whitton was a Canadian feminist and mayor of Ottawa. She was the first woman mayor of a major city in Canada, serving from 1951 to 1956 and again from 1960 to 1964.
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Charlotte Elizabeth Whitton was a Canadian feminist and mayor of Ottawa. She was the first woman mayor of a major city in Canada, serving from 1951 to 1956 and again from 1960 to 1964. Whitton was a Canadian social policy pioneer, leader and commentator, as well as a journalist and writer.
10 Quotes by Charlotte Whitton
- 1.
When one must, one can.
Charlotte WhittonCanadian politician (1896-1975)
- 2.
Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.
Charlotte WhittonCanadian politician (1896-1975)
- 3.
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
Charlotte WhittonCanadian politician (1896-1975)
- 4.
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.
Charlotte WhittonCanadian politician (1896-1975)
- 5.
I really think that effective acting has to do literally with the movement of molecules.
Charlotte WhittonCanadian politician (1896-1975)
- 6.
It’s how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success.
Charlotte WhittonCanadian politician (1896-1975)
- 7.
Man cannot live by incompetence alone.
Charlotte WhittonCanadian politician (1896-1975)
- 8.
Action makes more fortune than caution.
Charlotte WhittonCanadian politician (1896-1975)
- 9.
Big words seldom accompany good deeds.
Charlotte WhittonCanadian politician (1896-1975)
- 10.
When an actor has money, he doesn’t send letters, but telegrams.
Charlotte WhittonCanadian politician (1896-1975)