She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer. — Ella Fitzgerald
To be a woman is a great adventure; To drive men mad is a heroic thing. — Boris Pasternak
I am a Woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal Woman,
that's me. — Maya Angelou
Every woman has the power to seduce the world with her
uniqueness, passion and creativity. — Donna Karan
Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size. — Virginia Woolf
Remember our heritage is our power; we can know ourselves and our capacities by seeing that other women have been strong. — Judy Chicago
Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size. — Virginia Woolf
We want women leaders today as never before. Leaders who are not afraid to be called names and who are willing to go out and fight. I think women can save civilization. Women are persons. — Emily Murphy
Woman is the sun, an extraordinary creature, one that makes the imagination gallop. — Marcello Mastroianni
For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Short Famous Women Quotes
There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats. — Pablo Picasso
The woman wins who calls herself beautiful, and challenges the world to change to fit her vision. — Naomi Wolf
Women hold up the other half of the sky. — Thomas Sankara
Women are always beautiful. — Ville Valo
It's hard to have a bad hair day when you're famous. — Marion Jones
Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul. — Walt Whitman
Famous Women Image Quotes
It's all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another. — Elizabeth Taylor
I didn't lose the gold. I won the silver. — Michelle Kwan
I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on. — Roseanne Barr
People pretend not to like grapes when the vines are too high for them to reach — Marguerite de Navarre
Anytime a woman competes with another woman she demeans herself. — Sherry Argov
I'm usually good about my temper, but all these men trying to control women's bodies are really beginning to piss me off.
Great Women Quotes
There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women. — Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination. — Mae Jemison
Now is the time to understand more, so we fear less. — Marie Curie
Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place. — Billy Crystal
Successful Investing takes time, discipline and patience. No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time: You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant. — Warren Buffett
In the history of the human race, those periods which later appeared as great have been the periods when the men and the women belonging to them had transcended the differences that divided them and had recognized in their membership in the human race a common bond. — Haile Selassie
Girls compete with each other. Women empower one another.
I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic at the end. — Alice Paul
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. — Maya Angelou
My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence. — Bernard Law Montgomery
It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind. — Clara Barton
Powerful Women Quotes
It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem. — Coretta Scott King
In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall succeed in our aims: the improvement of mankind. — Rosalind Franklin
You must make women count as much as men; you must have an equal standard of morals; and the only way to enforce that is through giving women political power so that you can get that equal moral standard registered in the laws of the country. It is the only way. — Emmeline Pankhurst
Character is built by striving to be kind, not famous.
I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being. — Maya Angelou
I am convinced that the women of the world, united without any regard for national or racial dimensions, can become a most powerful force for international peace and brotherhood. — Coretta Scott King
Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise. — Grace Hopper
In my world, a woman was the most powerful thing that I knew. Still is. A woman made the money in my house; a woman made my food. A woman beat my ass when I wasn't a good kid. Women were behind a lot of what spurred South Africa toward democracy. — Trevor Noah
As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized. — Bell Hooks
When a man denies the power of women, he is denying his own subconscious. — Amrita Pritam
There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women. — Madeleine Albright
Women In History Quotes
Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk. — Dolores Huerta
Until we reach equality in education, we can't reach equality in the larger society. — Sonia Sotomayor
A women's place in history has never been given the attention that it needs to be given, and that's why we have a lot of the misogyny in our society today. — Dolores Huerta
Protest to be effective, must be followed by resolute action and at this crisis in world history when materialistic energy aims at overthrowing spiritual energy and moral values, action needs to develop into a world crusade for the Spiritual Humanity. — Vida Goldstein
When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' — Eleanor Roosevelt
There can be no doubt that our Nation has had a long and unfortunate history of sex discrimination. Traditionally, such discrimination was rationalized by an attitude of "romantic paternalism" which, in practical effect, put women, not on a pedestal, but in a cage. — William J. Brennan
We ask only for justice and equal rights-the right to vote, the right to our own earnings, equality before the law. — Lucy Stone
Here you have an incredibly ambitious, accomplished woman who comes up against some of the same problems that women in power come up against today. Cleopatra plays an oddly pivotal role in world history as well; in her lifetime, Alexandria is the center of the universe, Rome is still a backwater. — Stacy Schiff
We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back. — Malala Yousafzai
Inspirational Strong Women Quotes
A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. — Melinda Gates
Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us. — Helen Keller
The secret of getting ahead is getting started — Mark Twain
I learned to always take on things I'd never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist. — Ginni Rometty
A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who has never owned a car. — Carrie Snow
I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. — Oprah Winfrey
Strong women wear their pain like stilettos. No matter how much it hurts, all you see is the beauty of it. — Harriet Morgan
Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. — Ella Fitzgerald
Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. — Nora Ephron
There's nothing wrong with being afraid. It's not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it. Sometimes you've got to blast through and have faith. — Emma Watson
Strong Powerful Women Quotes
I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves. — Mary Wollstonecraft
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less — Susan B. Anthony
I think women are very powerful and I think we're more powerful together than separated. — Zendaya
You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. — Shonda Rhimes
Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use. — Ruth Gordon
I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading. — Amy Poehler
You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are. — Melissa Etheridge
I can't think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself. — Emma Stone
It's difficult to exist as a woman, especially I think as a powerful woman. You want to stand strong and you want to be considered and equal. — Misty Copeland
Strong Women Quotes
Women make up one half of society. Our society will remain backward and in chains unless its women are liberated, enlightened and educated. — Saddam Hussein
it always seems to me as if the lavender was a little woman in a green dress, with a lavender bonnet and a white kerchief. She's one of those strong, sweet, wholesome people, who always rest you, and her sweetness lingers long after she goes away. — Myrtle Reed
There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself. — Laurell K. Hamilton
If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them. — Sojourner Truth
I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been. — William Golding
The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think. — Mark Twain
We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free. — Kavita Ramdas
The lifting up of the woman does not require the tearing down of the man. In fact, a strong woman appreciates a strong man. Conversely, a strong man is not intimidated by a strong woman. — T. D. Jakes
I might bend, but I will NEVER break because it's in my nature as a strong woman. — Angela Merkel
Don't get bitter and twisted and nasty by life. You may have been wronged or cheated on; two wrongs never make a right. Instead learn your mistakes and learn your lessons. Remain strong with your head held high. — Angela Merkel
Courageous Women Quotes
Use your fear... it can take you to the place where you store your courage. — Amelia Earhart
To the Muslim woman, the hijab provides a sense of empowerment. It is a personal decision to dress modestly according to the command of a genderless Creator; to assert pride in self, and embrace one's faith openly, with independence and courageous conviction. — Randa Abdel-Fattah
We need more men with the guts, with the courage, with the strength, with the moral integrity to break our complicit silence and challenge each other and stand with women and not against them. — Jackson Katz
Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have. — Ronald Reagan
Throughout the years, many Christian women have told me of their great respect for the bravery and courage evident in my work, perhaps even gesturing to their own Isis earrings or a Nile River Goddess pendants. — Carol P. Christ
The frontiers of the kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution. — J. Oswald Sanders
Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, now that is true strength. — Chris Bradford
You become courageous by doing courageous acts...Courage is a habit. — Mary Daly
Someone should advise women to stop fantasizing about courageous firefighters and heroic uniformed soldiers. There is a new sheriff in town who epitomizes a progressive definition of masculinity: Apathetic Cowardly Bystander Man. — Gad Saad
We should be respectful but we must also have the courage to stop harmful practices that impoverish girls, women and their communities. — Graca Machel
Women History Month Quotes
Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations. — Mae Jemison
My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have a part of it just like you. — Paul Robeson
The potential for greatness lives within us all. — Wilma Rudolph
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. — Carol Moseley Braun
I am the dream and the hope of the slave — Maya Angelou
Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us. — Susan L. Taylor
I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. — Harriet Tubman
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise. — Maya Angelou
You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man. — Frederick Douglass
Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can. — Arthur Ashe
Badass Women Quotes
Dreams are lovely. But they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It's hard work that makes things happen. It's hard work that creates change. — Shonda Rhimes
Pressure is a privilege ... it's what you do with it that matters. — Billie Jean King
You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. — Lupita Nyong'o
I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The heart of a woman will never be found in the arms of a man. — Vanessa Carlton
There shall never be another season of silence until women have the same rights men have on this green earth. — Susan B. Anthony
In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders. — Sheryl Sandberg
There's nothing a man can do, that I can't do better and in heels — Ginger Rogers
We work on macro issues and macaroni and cheese issues. When women are in the halls of power, our national debate reflects the needs and dreams of American families. — Barbara Mikulski
Successful Women Quotes
If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard. — Madam C. J. Walker
Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives. — Michelle Obama
Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way. — Nikki Giovanni
Your future is found in your daily routine. Successful people do daily what others do occasionally! — Paula White
The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before. — Albert Einstein
I am naturally fond of adventure, a little ambitious, and a good deal romantic - but patriotism was the true secret of my success. — Sarah Emma Edmonds
You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you. — Josephine Baker
I look back on my life with great joy. I think it was a very successful life. I always did what I wanted and never cared what anyone thought. Women's lib? I was a liberated woman long before there was a name for it. — Peggy Guggenheim
I've always believed that I could do whatever I set my mind to do. — Alice Coachman
You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day. — Marian Wright Edelman
Facials are my biggest beauty indulgence. Looking good is about having a good base. It's about taking care of your skin. — Halle Berry
I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't. — Marilyn Monroe
The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters. — Georgia O'Keeffe
The more I think of it, the more I realize there are no answers. Life is to be lived. — Marilyn Monroe
I have commanded that my [titulary] abide like the mountains; when the sun shines its rays are bright upon the titulary of my majesty; my Horus is high upon the standard ... forever. — Hatshepsut
It [prejudice] is such a waste. It makes you logy and half-alive. It gives you nothing. It takes away. — Dorothy Dandridge
We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day. — Ann Richards
You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you. No one can complete you. You complete yourself. — Oprah Winfrey
People will never forget how you made them feel. — Maya Angelou
Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them. — Margaret Atwood
Men are nicotine soaked, beer besmirched, whiskey greased, red-eyed devils. — Carrie Nation
If a woman wants to fly, first of all she must, of course, abandon skirts and don a knickerbocker uniform. — Harriet Quimby
Numbers have life; they’re not just symbols on paper. — Shakuntala Devi
I figure if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and be one. — Calamity Jane
Feminism means revolution and I am a revolutionist. — Frances Perkins
You can't win them all but you can try. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias
I still love the people I’ve loved, even if I cross the street to avoid them. — Uma Thurman
There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste. — Sarah Vaughan
It doesn't matter how old you are, or what you do in your life, you never stop needing your mom. — Kate Winslet
Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly. — Elizabeth Gilbert
Stay hungry to become the best that you can be. Never be satisfied with the level of artistry you've attained. You can always be better. — Mia Michaels
Peace does not mean just to stop wars, but also to stop oppression and injustice. — Tawakkol Karman
I will not be "famous," "great." I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The thing is to free one's self: to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded. — Virginia Woolf
Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you're proud to live. — Anne Sweeney
I don't paint like a woman is supposed to paint. Thank God, art doesn't bother about things like that. — Alice Neel
There are five stages in the life of an actor: Who's Mary Astor? Get me Mary Astor. Get me a Mary Astor type. Get me a young Mary Astor. Who's Mary Astor? — Mary Astor
I've always believed that one woman's success can only help another woman's success. — Gloria Vanderbilt
When men lose against me, they always have a headache ... or things of that kind. I have never beaten a completely healthy man! — Susan Polgar
Seek out people to work with who are brimming with talent, energy, integrity, optimism, and generosity. — Martha Stewart
The English historian Henry Thomas Buckle famously remarked: 'Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest, by their preference for the discussion of ideas.' — Gad Saad
We deny the right of any portion of the species to decide for another portion what is and what is not their 'proper sphere.' The proper sphere for all human beings is the largest and highest which they are able to attain to. — Harriet Taylor Mill
Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The prohibition of private firearms is the goal. — Unknown Author
If you lose money you lose much, If you lose friends you lose more, If you lose faith you lose all. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel. — Ayn Rand
Knowing what must be done does away with fear. — Rosa Parks
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