141 Being A Girl Quotes

Following is our list of being a girl quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about struggles of being a girl.

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Famous Being A Girl Quotes

As a girl, I am this stupid, emotional, very loyal, sort of believe-in-values-and-principals sort of girl. — Priyanka Chopra

It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen. - Dolly Parton

It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen. — Dolly Parton

Puberty for a girl is like floating down a broadening river into an open sea. — Granville Stanley Hall

I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships. — Gilda Radner

I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are. — Cathy Freeman

Girls learn to love and have sexual feelings in a position of low status, and the eroticization of powerlessness is a normal part of the construction of femininity. — Sheila Jeffreys

I'm a typical college girl; I love to shop and gossip with my roommates about boys and whatnot. — Alicia Sacramone

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. — Joseph Conrad

I'm usually all about the tight jeans and little T-shirt, but sometimes I want to put on a black, sequined dress and be a freaking girl — Britney Spears

It was a very cool thing to be a smart girl, as opposed to some other, different kind. And I think that made a great deal of difference to me growing up and in my life afterward. — Elena Kagan

Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts. — Mary Pipher

To be a woman is something so strange, so confusing and so complicated that only a woman could put up with it. — Soren Kierkegaard

I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren’t pretty, or smart, or young. They’re still princesses. — Frances Hodgson Burnett

The first rule that a geisha is taught, at the age of nine, is to be charming to other women...Every girl in the world should have geisha training. — Diana Vreeland

Every girl pretends she is a princess at one point, no matter how little her life is like that. — Alex Flinn

Short Being A Girl Quotes

  • Some girls are just born with glitter in their veins. — Paris Hilton
  • I'm still a, you know, a silly girl... a big kid. — Coco Lee
  • Just be nice to other girls because as a force we are a whole lot stronger when we stick together. — Perrie Edwards
  • I'm a feminist. I've been a female for a long time now. It'd be stupid not to be on my own side. — Maya Angelou
  • Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees. — Frances Perkins
  • I've always been a very outdoors sort of girl. I'm more a tomboy than a girly girl. — Yvonne Strahovski
  • I’m passionate about encouraging girls to be confident in their own skin. — Sadie Sink
  • I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it. — Marilyn Monroe
  • I am a woman above everything else. — Jackie Kennedy

Top 10 Being A Girl Quotes

Girls should be brought up to be comrades and helpers, not to be dolls. They should take a real and not a visionary share in the welfare of the nation. — Robert Baden-Powell

Every girl deserves to be treated like a princess. — Tyga

I'd rather be called a boy and play with paper airplanes than be called a man and play with a girl's heart. — Niall Horan

I can't imagine anything worse than trying to impress a girl with dinner. To be honest, I'm always impressing myself, not other people. — Marco Pierre White

I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore. — Taylor Swift

I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

I may be known as the girl who was sunbathing topless with a Prince but Jordan is known as that thick girl who always falls out of clubs drunk. I know which one I prefer. — Jenny Frost

A world to be born under your footsteps. - Saint-John Perse

A world to be born under your footsteps. — Saint-John Perse

Women have got to stop being polite. If I ever had children, which I don't, the first thing I'd teach a girl of mine is the words 'f - off.' — Helen Mirren

A new baby is like the beginning of all things - wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities. — Eda LeShan

Being A Girl Image Quotes

You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself. - Marilyn Monroe quote

You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself. — Marilyn Monroe

Being a girl quote Behind every girl's favorite song there is an untold story.
Behind every girl's favorite song there is an untold story.
I like being a pin-up girl. There's nothing wrong with it. - Jayne Mansfield quote

I like being a pin-up girl. There's nothing wrong with it. — Jayne Mansfield

A horny Igbo girl's nipple can be used to crush diamond - Pete Edochie quote

A horny Igbo girl's nipple can be used to crush diamond — Pete Edochie

Being a girl quote The saddest thing for a girl to do is dumb herself down for a guy.
The saddest thing for a girl to do is dumb herself down for a guy.

Struggles Of Being A Girl Quotes

Gravity was something you could beat; all it took was hydrogen, hot air, or even a bit of rope. But being a girl was a miserable, never-ending struggle. — Scott Westerfeld

I'm still the same artist; it's just different sides of me. I'm learning to be a little bit more confident in myself and I think that's something that all of us girls struggle with. It's really about defining your confidence. — Jamie Lynn Spears

I have, my whole life, been healing the girl inside, the part of me that struggles about being a female in the world. That's why I write about the things I write about. — India.Arie

Being a girl quote All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.
All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.

From a timid shy girl I had become a woman of resolute character, who could no longer be frightened by the struggle with troubles. — Anna Dostoyevskaya

I Hate Being A Girl Quotes

I'm not going on a diet, I'm not trying to lose weight, because your insecurities are what make you different and if everyone looked the same, it'd be boring. — Jesy Nelson

Whenever someone calls me a Pollyanna, I consider it to be the highest of compliments. This courageous girl finds a community that has been torn apart with hate, fear, and pain and brings it love, courage and healing. Isn't that what our world today needs more than anything? — Joe Tye

I was never a girl that dreamt of being a princess and I never dreamt about my wedding day. I hated pink and I hated fairies. I only liked hanging out with boys. I remember throwing a tantrum if my mum put me in pink. I wasn't a particularly girly girl. — Emily Blunt

Being a girl quote A slutty girl is like the first piece of bread in a loaf, everybody touches it but nobody wants it.
A slutty girl is like the first piece of bread in a loaf, everybody touches it but nobody wants it.

When I was a kid I used to hate getting picked for team sports. It would be the fit and sporty guys over there. And me and the fat kids over here. Those kids were fat! One girl had to be cut out a hula hoop. — Alan Carr

I hate dainty minds,' answered Marjorie. 'But a girl has to be dainty in person. If she looks like a million dollars she can talk about Russia, ping-pong, or the League of Nations and get away with it. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo." Zeus's girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be a tree, didn't you? Glad you're back. I hate it when pretty girls turn into trees. Man, I remember one time— — Rick Riordan

Being a girl quote Girls compete with each other. Women empower one another.
Girls compete with each other. Women empower one another.

In Hollywood, I'm obese. I'm considered a fat actress. I eat like a caveman. I'll be the only actress that doesn't have anorexia rumors! I'm never going to starve myself for a part. I'm invincible. I don't want little girls to be like "Oh, I want to look like Katniss, so I'm going to skip dinner!" — Jennifer Lawrence

I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that’s why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like one I could just go off and find some to play with. — Harper Lee

I was technically a Valley Girl, even though I absolutely dreaded being called that. I really hated the idea that I was a Valley Girl — Robin Wright

I hate high fashion. I hate that we reward people for being genetic freaks. You hear the guys announcing the runway shows saying, 'A pretty face is your best asset this season.' And what? Ugly girls had a free ride last year? — Janeane Garofalo

I Love Being A Girl Quotes

You ready? I have gold teeth, I have braids, I'm wearing Rick Owens moon boots, I have rips in my denim, a biker vest, I love artsy girls, my favourite artists are Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon. I'm obsessed with being different. — ASAP Rocky

I met this girl when I was ten years old, And what I loved most she had so much soul. She was old school, when I was just a shorty Never knew throughout my life she would be there for me. — Common

And when her lips met mine, I knew that I could live to be a hundred and visit every country in the world, but nothing would ever compare to that single moment when I first kissed the girl of my dreams and knew that my love would last forever. — Nicholas Sparks

Being a girl quote She was a wild, wicked slip of a girl. She burned too bright for this world.
She was a wild, wicked slip of a girl. She burned too bright for this world.

I'd love to be a Bond girl. I mean, if you're going to be stereotyped, there are worse things to be stereotyped as. — Jordana Brewster

My idea of a fun night was diving into a massive pile of To Be Read pile of books stacked near my dresser... I was the girl who loved everything geeky. — Jeff Sampson

To be honest I had learnt martial arts for a girl. So I started learning the art to impress her, but eventually I started loving martial art more than the girl. So later it became a habit it became fun. — Akshay Kumar

Being a girl quote A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left
A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left

As a girl, you're supposed to love Sleeping Beauty. I mean, who wants to love Sleeping Beauty when you can be Aladdin? — Ellen Page

I love Sweden. In Sweden, the women are just so hot. Their vibe is so amazing. You feel like every girl out there was genetically altered to just be hot. I did not see one ugly woman out there, it was just a line of continuously hot girls. — Kid Cudi

I love the smell of shampoo on a girl's hair. You can walk past someone and be like, 'Wow, you took a shower this morning, didn't you? Because you smell lovely.' — Jensen Ackles

Jesus, I don't want to be a secret keeper with my faith. I want to be a bold and gracious truth proclaimer. For You. With You. Because of You. Me, the unwanted girl whom You loved, redeemed and wanted. — Lysa TerKeurst

Being A Girl Mom Quotes

For everything I do, I think about a 6-year-old girl and her mom that I saw at my concert last night. I think about what those two individuals would think if I were at a club last night. I never want to be arrested, and I never want to get a DUI, those are my moral values. — Taylor Swift

My first job in all honesty is going to continue to be mom-in-chief. Making sure that in this transition, which will be even more of a transition for the girls... that they are settled and that they know they will continue to be the center of our universe. — Michelle Obama

I was never one of those girls who dreamt of Prince Charming. To piss off my mom, I would say, 'I'm never having kids and I'm going to be a fabulously rich old maid with cute butlers and dogs.' — Jessica Biel

Being a girl quote A woman is like a tea bag, you never know how strong she is until you put her in hot water
A woman is like a tea bag, you never know how strong she is until you put her in hot water

My goal is to be a household name, and when I do that, I want to help other girls become models, and maybe even launch a fashion line with my mom, like Beyonce did with her mother. My mom has such a good eye, and it's always been a dream of hers. — Chanel Iman

When you find yourself a mom, you will be by no means seriously by itself with your ideas. A mother usually should think twice, once for herself and once for her boy or girl. — Sophia Loren

My mom always taught me to be sweet and polite and cross my legs because it's what the guys like. Actually, they like a raunchy girl once in a while. — Tiffani Thiessen

Being a girl quote A smile is the best makeup any girl can wear.
A smile is the best makeup any girl can wear.

Girls," their mother interjected, "you must both stop being strange - it is unattractive. And don't forget your hats. It would be absolutely the end for me if you two came down with freckles at a time like this. — Anna Godbersen

Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest and the only girl, my mom always made me tough. She's taught me over the years how to be a strong, independent woman, how to carry yourself in a positive way and anything that my brothers can do, I can do. — Diana Lopez

You can have fun with a son, But you got to be a father to a girl. — Oscar Hammerstein II

I've always wanted to be a mom at 23, 24ish, ever since I was a little girl. I'm right on schedule. — Brandy Norwood

Being A Girl Dad Quotes

I've got high standards when it comes to boys. As my dad says, all girls should! I'm from the South - Tennessee, to be exact - and down there, we're all about southern hospitality. I know that if I like a guy, he better be nice, and above all, my dad has to approve of him! — Miley Cyrus

I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night. — Lady Gaga

My dad took me for an audition once, to show me, OK, you want to be a child actor, this is what its like. I sang a folk song about donkeys on this West End stage with this big director, and there was a queue of 200 girls all singing Memory. I was terrible. Terrible. — Emilia Clarke

Being a girl quote When a girl is in love, you can see it in her smile. When a guy is in love you see it in his eyes
When a girl is in love, you can see it in her smile. When a guy is in love you see it in his eyes

I haven't really decided to be an actor yet! I started doing plays when I was about 15 or 16. I only did it because my dad saw a bunch of pretty girls in a restaurant and he asked them where they came from and they said drama group. He said, 'Son, that is where you need to go.' — Robert Pattinson

I loved going to church. I enjoyed being a part of the choir and just doing things in and around the church. But as a young girl, I certainly enjoyed watching and listening to my dad. — Aretha Franklin

Growing up with my dad being a musician, it seemed like a male centric world to me. I just didn't know many girls playing guitar. — Lola Kirke

Being a girl quote Real men don't love the most beautiful girl in the world, they love the girl who can make their worl
Real men don't love the most beautiful girl in the world, they love the girl who can make their world the most beautiful.

I grew up as an only child. I think it might just be that my dad really didn't care that I was a girl. "You're gonna do certain things 'cause I want you to, and that's the way it is." — Mitchell Baker

By being with my kids. I'm like a lion who hunts and comes home to be looked after and sleep. I think girls tend to be drawn towards their dad. I'd love to have a son, but I have three kids who are great - three geezer birds and that's all I need to worry about. — Ray Winstone

Becoming A Woman Quotes

The moment a woman comes home to herself, the moment she knows that she has become a person of influence, an artist of her life, a sculptor of her universe, a person with rights and responsibilities who is respected and recognized, the resurrection of the world begins. — Joan D. Chittister

I am obsessed with becoming a woman comfortable in her skin. — Sandra Cisneros

When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier. — Diane von Furstenberg

What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party. — Ida B. Wells

Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted. — Sylvia Plath

I have to be careful to get out before I become the grotesque caricature of a hatchet-faced woman with big knockers. — Jamie Lee Curtis

Can a woman become a genius of the first class? Nobody can know unless women in general shall have equal opportunity with men in education, in vocational choice, and in social welcome of their best intellectual work for a number of generations. — Anna Garlin Spencer

One of Satan's greatest tools is pride: to cause a man or a woman to center so much attention on self that he or she becomes insensitive to his Creator or fellow beings. It is a cause for discontent, divorce, teenage rebellion, family indebtedness, and most other problems we face. — Ezra Taft Benson

If I set out to sculpt a standing man and it becomes a lying woman, I know I am making art. — Henry Moore

I only tie up woman's body because I know I cannot tie up her heart. Only her physical parts can be tied up. Tying up a woman becomes an embrace. — Nobuyoshi Araki

Just A Girl Quotes

Every girl deserves a guy who'll prove to her that not all guys are the same, a guy who'll love her just the way she is. — Lil Wayne

I used to not like being called a 'woman architect.' I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. The guys used to tap me on the head and say 'you're OK for a girl.' But I see an incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it can be done, so I don't mind anymore. — Zaha Hadid

I met a new girl at a barbecue, very pretty, a blond I think. I don't know, her hair was on fire, and all she talked about was herself. You know these kind of girls: 'I'm hot. I'm on fire. Me, me, me.' You know. 'Help me, put me out.' Come on, could we talk about me just a little bit? — Garry Shandling

I want to fall in love, I think. I've never. I know. Everyone I know's been in love or in relationships now and... There's only ever been... there's been people telling me they love me, but it freaks me out and I just run, run. I think I'm a bad girlfriend. — Cara Delevingne

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left. — Marilyn Monroe

I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare. - Charles Bukowski

I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare. — Charles Bukowski

Don't forget I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her. — Julia Roberts

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world. — Marilyn Monroe

I like to go to bars and bang really ugly girls, I just like to, I'm just a sick guy. — Dean Ambrose

I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love. — Marilyn Monroe

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More Being A Girl Quotes

There is no such thing as a model or ideal Canadian. What could be more absurd than the concept of an "all Canadian" boy or girl? A society which emphasizes uniformity is one which creates intolerance and hate. — Pierre Trudeau

My real dream is to have a whole, like, buy a whole piece of land. Imagine, like, a long driveway. Like, a cul de sac-type street, with maybe, like, seven houses. Me be right here. Have my mom be able to be right here. My brother over here. My girl's grandmother and family right here. Friends over there. That's my real dream. — J. Cole

Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity. — Albert Einstein

Tough girls come from New York. Sweet girls, theyre from Georgia. But us Kentucky girls, we have fire and ice in our blood. We can ride horses, be a debutante, throw left hooks, and drink with the boys, all the while making sweet tea, darlin. And if we have an opinion, you know youre gonna hear it. — Ashley Judd

You know what's the worst? Being a 16 year old girl who loves a famous Singer, not solely for his looks, but because you truly believe he is talented and devoted and you agree deeply with his message. Because no matter how intelligently and fully you can express that, people will assume you're just a silly teenager who thinks a famous guy is cute. — Anthony Kiedis

It's very healthy for a young girl to be deterred from promiscuity by fear of contracting a painful, incurable disease, or cervical cancer, or sterility, or the likelihood of giving birth to a dead, blind or brain-damaged baby (even ten years later when she may be happily married). — Phyllis Schlafly

If a marriage is going to work well, it must be on a solid footing, namely money, and of that commodity it is the girl with the smallest dowry who, to my knowledge, consumes the most, to infuriate her husband. All the same, it is only fair that the marriage should pay for past pleasures, since it will scarcely procure any in the future. — Lord Chesterfield

People say i am a genius. I might be one but i am not the only one. There are many other Pakistani girls and boys like me. All those gems need, is a little bit of polishing. And I will do it. That's my aim — Arfa Karim

My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances — Alice Hoffman

The future must not belong to those who bully women. It must be shaped by girls who go to school and those who stand for a world where our daughters can live their dreams just like our sons. — Barack Obama

We felt the imprisonment of being a girl, the way it made your mind active and dreamy, and how you ended up knowing which colors went together. We knew that the girls were our twins, that we all existed in space like animals with identical skins, and that they knew everything about us though we couldn’t fathom them at all. We knew, finally, that the girls were really women in disguise, that they understood love and even death, and that our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them. — Jeffrey Eugenides

I figure if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and be one. — Calamity Jane

I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong — Audrey Hepburn

The feminists took me as a role model, as a mother. It bothers me. I am not interested in being a mother. I am still a girl trying to understand myself. — Louise Bourgeois

Since I don't look like every other girl, it takes a while to be okay with that. To be different. But different is good. — Serena Williams

Throughout my career, I was to be cast as a frontier girl, an aristocrat, an Arabian, a Eurasian, a Polynesian, and a Chinese. — Gene Tierney

When you grow up as a girl, the world tells you the things that you are supposed to be: emotional, loving, beautiful, wanted. And then when you are those things, the world tells you they are inferior: illogical, weak, vain, empty. — Stevie Nicks

Our show is less about a girl who is doing miracles and more about the domino effect of this girl's life, and how everyone else is affected. Our show seems to be a questioning show as opposed to an action sort of fairy tale. — Amber Tamblyn

I want a girl who respects herself. It means her standards are high and if I fit them then id be honored. If she's easy then what does that say about me? — Harry Styles

I have low self-esteem and I always have. Guys always cheated on me with women who were European-looking. You know, the long-hair type. Really beautiful women that left me thinking, 'How I can I compete with that?' Being a regular black girl wasn't good enough. — Lil' Kim

Crazy isn't being broken or swallowing a dark secret. It's you or me amplified. If you ever told a lie and enjoyed it. If you ever wished you could be a child forever. — Susanna Kaysen

When I was fourteen and first started going out, I always wanted to be the opposite of everyone else. So I would go to the club in a polo T-shirt and pants and sneakers and a hat on backward, just so I would not be dressed like other girls. — Rihanna

Many of my movies have strong female leads - brave, self-sufficient girls that don't think twice about fighting for what they believe in with all their heart. They'll need a friend, or a supporter, but never a savior. Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man. — Hayao Miyazaki

I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue. Rather, I want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where they two mutually inspire each other to live– if I’ m able to, then perhaps I’ll be closer to portraying a true expression of love. — Hayao Miyazaki

You could be worth 100 million dollars, and go into the war room, and go into a specific room, and the fact that you’re worth 100 million dollars will no longer matter. If you’re sending a girl flowers, and she’s going on a girls trip, then you will get shut down. — Andrew Tate

Being a teenager is an amazing time and a hard time. It's when you make your best friends - I have girls who will never leave my heart and I still talk to. You get the best and the worst as a teen. You have the best friendships and the worst heartbreaks. — Sophia Bush

I had a lot of friends in high school, but I was never the wild party girl. Never have been, never plan to be! — Blake Lively

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