Quotes about women are expressions that highlight the qualities and characteristics of females. These quotes often emphasize their strength, resilience, and intelligence. They also celebrate women's contributions to society, be it in the realms of education, politics, or any other field. Quotes about women acknowledge their unique perspectives and underline the importance of their voices being heard. Such quotes inspire and encourage women to believe in themselves and pursue their dreams, breaking societal barriers and stereotypes.
Women hold up the other half of the sky. — Thomas Sankara
It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind. — Queen Elizabeth II
Women have the capacity to lead us to a more peaceful world with compassion, affection, and kindness. — Dalai Lama
The most beautiful woman in the world is the one who protects and supports other women — Sandra Bullock
There is no power in the world like that of women ... this most potent constituency we seek to represent, and for their suffrages we sue. — Louisa Lawson
After women, flowers are the most lovely thing God has given the world. — Christian Dior
Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living. — Mary Mcleod Bethune
Women more than men can strip war of its glamour and its out-of-date heroisms and patriotisms, and see it as a demon of destruction and hideous wrong. — Lillian Wald
Woman is the most precious gift known to man. — Rick Ross
Be the catalyst for change.
Empowering women, empowering humanity — Farhan Akhtar
The world will be saved by the western woman. — Dalai Lama
The true wealth of a community is measured by how carefully it listens to its women and how sincerely it values their wisdom. Empowering women empowers us all. — Forest Whitaker
Women set the standards for sex, men meet them. — Chris Williamson
...there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women. — Kofi Annan
Short Women Quotes
The most beautiful curve on a woman’s body is her smile. — Bob Marley
If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard. — Madam C. J. Walker
Women are made to be loved, not understood. — Oscar Wilde
I would rather be a rebel than a slave. — Emmeline Pankhurst
All the women want to be with me, all the men want to be like me. — Ric Flair
All flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that's like women too. — Miranda Kerr
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. — Timothy Leary
No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you. — Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated. — Rosalind Franklin
There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it. — Alice Paul
Women Image Quotes
Small nations are like indecently dressed women. They tempt the evil-minded. — Julius Nyerere
You lose money chasing women, never lose women chasing money... — Nas
As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry. — Plautus
Use your fear... it can take you to the place where you store your courage. — Amelia Earhart
My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude. — Warsan Shire
Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women. — Alice Paul
If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning. — Aristotle Onassis
Emancipation of women has made them lose their mystery. — Grace Kelly
I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet. — Niccolo Paganini
It's not how deep you go, it's how you go deep. — Ida Rolf
Western culture is what keeps women and gays safe. — Milo Yiannopoulos
There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats. — Pablo Picasso
There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments. — Chris Rock
I'm usually good about my temper, but all these men trying to control women's bodies are really beginning to piss me off.
What Defines A Woman Quotes
I think transwomen, and transpeople in general, show everyone that you can define what it means to be a man or woman on your own terms. A lot of what feminism is about is moving outside of roles and moving outside of expectations of who and what you're supposed to be to live a more authentic life. — Laverne Cox
Before feminism, work was largely defined as what men did or would do. Thus, a working woman was someone who labored outside the home for money, masculine-style. — Gloria Steinem
Sexiness is no longer defined just as whether we are desirable, but also what we desire. The more liberated women become - economically, politically, and personally - the more erotic we are. Freedom is a lot sexier than dependency. — Naomi Wolf
Girls compete with each other. Women empower one another.
What I do now defines who I am as a woman and how people see me; they don't see me as a little girl. — Ashlee Simpson
I very much feel that marriage is a sacrament and that sacrament should extend... to that legal entity of a union between what traditionally in our Western values has been defined as between a man and a woman. — Bill Frist
Either there is marriage as it is now defined and as defined by the Lord, or there is what could thus be described as genderless marriage. The latter is abhorrent to God, who, as we've been discussing, Himself described what marriage is - between a man and a woman. — Lance B. Wickman
As a woman, I think my style defines my leadership in that it's a gentler, more compassionate approach. Rather than tell people what's good for them, I consult, I listen and I compromise where it's in the best interest of the citizens. — Dalia Grybauskaite
Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. I don't think it is the role of the state to define what marriage is. — John Sentamu
If her functioning as a female is not enough to define woman, if we decline also to explain her through "the eternal feminine," and if nevertheless we admit, provisionally, that women do exist, then we must face the question: what is a woman? — Simone de Beauvoir
To be rapeable, a position that is social, not biological, defines what a woman is. — Andrea Dworkin
Who Is A Woman Quotes
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man. — Lana Turner
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
Each woman who lives in the light of eternity can fulfill her vocation, no matter if it is in marriage, in a religious order, or in a worldly profession. — Edith Stein
A modest, godly woman will dress modestly. . . The one who is simple and unpretending in her dress and in her manners shows that she understands that a true woman is characterized by moral worth. — Ellen G. White
When the devil sees a man or woman who really believes in prayer, who knows how to pray, and who really does pray, and, above all, when he sees a whole church on its face before God in prayer, he trembles as much as he ever did, for he knows that his day in that church or community is at an end. — R. A. Torrey
A woman who is perfectly woman is superior to a man who is imperfectly man, just as a farmer who is faithful to his land and performs his work perfectly is superior to a king who cannot do his own work. — Julius Evola
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. — Robert Frost
Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world. — Wilhelm II
There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women. — Madeleine Albright
I learned the hard way that not only do you not have to be superwoman, but it's better not to be and not to try to be. What I would like to be is just a good person - someone who tries her best and puts her best foot forward. — Cindy McCain
Woman Qualities Quotes
A woman, even a brilliant woman, must have two qualities in order to fulfill her promise: more energy than mere mortals, and the ability to outwit her culture. — Margaret Mead
Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman. — William Moulton Marston
A woman's sense of self is defined through her feelings and the quality of her relationships. — John Gray
As a single-payer advocate, I believe that at the end of the day, if a state goes forward and passed an effective single-payer program, it will demonstrate that you can provide quality health care to every man, woman and child in a more cost-effective way. — Bernie Sanders
Elegance is a physical quality. If a woman doesn't have it naked, she'll never it clothed. — Karl Lagerfeld
I will say that as I get older and calmer and quieter in my own self, the one quality in a woman that I find more and more attractive is kindness. A sense of adventure and humor is important too, but I truly find kindness and consideration for others to be the most attractive thing in anyone. — Colin Farrell
The first symptom of true love in a man is timidity, in a young woman, boldness. This is surprising, and yet nothing is more simple. It is the two sexes tending to approach each other and assuming each the other's qualities. — Victor Hugo
Praise is literal food for feminine qualities. If you want your woman to grow in her radiance health, happiness, love, beauty, power and depth, praise these qualities. Praise them daily. A number of times. — David Deida
A woman's sex appeal is an inner matter. It stems from her mental make-up, basically. It's an attitude, not just a question of her physical features - that arrogant quality in a woman's femininity. Otherwise, all beautiful women would have sex appeal, which is not so. — Michelangelo Antonioni
Simple femininity is the most important thing about a woman, and it is a quality a great many women are in jeopardy of losing. Women are being emancipated out of their femininity in this modern age. — Yul Brynner
Men And Women Quotes
The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done. — Jean Piaget
Any young man, who makes dowry a condition to marriage, discredits his education and his country and dishonours womanhood. — Mahatma Gandhi
You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? — Bob Marley
Be grateful for challenges because... Had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then [each woman and] man would have been in his primitive state and no progress made in civilisation and mental culture. — Anandi Gopal Joshi
All men and women have an equal need for love. When these needs are not fulfilled it is easy to have our feelings hurt, for which we blame our partner. — John Gray
Finally, let understand that when we stand together, we will always win. When men and women stand together for justice, we win. When black, white and Hispanic people stand together for justice, we win. — Bernie Sanders
Then that little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him. — Sojourner Truth
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
Were women to "unsex" themselves by claiming equality with men, they would become the most hateful, heathen, and disgusting of beings and would surely perish without male protection. — Queen Victoria
I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been. — William Golding
Beautiful Women Quotes
Facials are my biggest beauty indulgence. Looking good is about having a good base. It's about taking care of your skin. — Halle Berry
The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think. — Mark Twain
You're a quiet, beautiful woman in a loud, ugly place. An orchid among weeds. You define obvious. — Lynn Viehl
Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you more beautiful. — Zsa Zsa Gabor
I know my curves are sexy and I want everyone else to know that theirs are too. There is no reason to hide and every reason to flaunt. — Ashley Graham
When I am in the battlefield, I love it more than my wedding night with the most beautiful of women — Khalid ibn al-Walid
You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love. — Warsan Shire
The most beautiful clothes that can dress a woman are the arms of the man she loves. But for those who haven't had the fortune of finding this happiness, I am there. — Yves Saint Laurent
Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men. — Chinese Proverbs
Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman. — Coco Chanel
Enhancing a woman's silhouette and enhancing a woman's beauty - both contribute to enhancing her confidence, so they're synonymous, really. — L'Wren Scott
The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy. — Yves Saint Laurent
I believe that all women are pretty without makeup- but with the right makeup can be pretty powerful. — Bobbi Brown
Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping. — Oscar Wilde
To be beautiful, woman enough to have a black sweater, black skirt and walk arm in arm with the man she loves. — Yves Saint Laurent
Strong women wear their pain like stilettos. No matter how much it hurts, all you see is the beauty of it. — Harriet Morgan
A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left. — Marilyn Monroe
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful. — Eleanor Roosevelt
The thing I notice first about a woman is her walk. A beautiful woman is like a race horse-slim, sleek and with a beautiful carriage. — Dean Martin
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
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
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
Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination. — Mae Jemison
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
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
I might bend, but I will NEVER break because it's in my nature as a strong woman. — Angela Merkel
I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves. — Mary Wollstonecraft
Powerful 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
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
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
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
When a man denies the power of women, he is denying his own subconscious. — Amrita Pritam
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
Humanizing birth means understanding that the woman giving birth is a human being, not a machine and not just a container for making babies. Showing women-half of all people-that they are inferior and inadequate by taking away their power to give birth is a tragedy for all society. — Marsden Wagner
All women are goddesses, and it's just a matter of letting that goddess-power shine - and if you don't try to be the biggest and baddest damn goddess you can be, you are selling yourself short. — Kimora Lee Simmons
When I was growing up, all the women in my house were using needles. I've always had a fascination with the needle, the magic power of the needle. The needle is used to repair damage. It's a claim to forgiveness. It is never aggressive, it's not a pin. — Louise Bourgeois
A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. — Melinda Gates
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
Three things ruin a man: power, money, and women. I never wanted power. I never had any money, and the only woman in my life is up at the house right now. — Harry S. Truman
There is no power in the world that can stop the forward march of free men and women when they are joined in the solidarity of human brotherhood. — Walter Reuther
I learned to always take on things I'd never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist. — Ginni Rometty
Women Equality Quotes
You cannot put women and men on an equal footing. It is against nature. They were created differently. Their nature is different. She should not laugh loudly in front of all the world and should preserve her decency at all times. — Sayings
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. — Audre Lorde
Male and female citizens, being equal in the eyes of the law, must be equally admitted to all honors, positions, and public employment according to their capacity and without other distinctions besides those of their virtues and talents. — Olympe de Gouges
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
Women will be no longer made the slaves of, or dependent upon men ... They will be equal in education, rights, privileges and personal liberty. — Robert Owen
In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better. — George Balanchine
If you believe in equal rights, then what do “women’s rights,” “gay rights,” etc., mean? Either they are redundant or they are violations of the principle of equal rights for all. — Thomas Sowell
To me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality. — Alice Paul
Inequality can be done away with only by establishing a new society, where men and women will enjoy equal rights, resulting from an upheaval in the means of production and in all social relations. Thus, the status of women will improve only with the elimination of the system that exploits them. — Thomas Sankara
Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality — Thomas Jefferson
Support Women Quotes
I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone — Katharine Hepburn
Men want the same thing from their underwear that they want from women: a little bit of support, and a little bit of freedom. — Jerry Seinfeld
All that is needed for the majority of labors to go well is a healthy, pregnant woman who has loving support in labor, self-confidence , and attendants with infinite patience. — Sheila Kitzinger
There are lots of opportunities out there for women to work in these fields, ... Girls just need support, encouragement and mentoring to follow through with the sciences. — Sally Ride
It's really hard to get stories made that are about women. Not just women being obsessed with men, or supporting men. And it's really hard to get men to be a part of films that are about women in a leading role. I'm really interested in how we can adjust that. — Olivia Wilde
Marching with over a million women in support of our reproductive rights was one of the most empowering things I have done, both as a woman and as a Member of Congress. — Sheila Jackson Lee
Women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions which men think it manly to pay to the sex, when, in fact, men are insultingly supporting their own superiority. — Mary Wollstonecraft
I'll be honest with you. I'm a little bit of a loner. It's been a big part of my maturing process to learn to allow people to support me. I tend to be very self-reliant and private. And I have this history of wanting to work things out on my own and protect people from what's going on with me. — Kerry Washington
I will say that I appreciate Hillary Clinton's awareness and passion for women. I think she is overqualified in the sense that she's been in the White House, so she knows the drill. I am hopeful that she will continue to support minorities and create better opportunities. — Nia Long
I support the rights of all people to practice their religious beliefs privately, but I oppose the idea of respecting religions. In truth, I have no respect for any religion. I believe religion is not compatible with human rights, women's rights, or freedom of expression. — Taslima Nasrin
Women Strength Quotes
We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. — Marie Curie
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. — Marie Curie
Let the generations know that women in uniform also guaranteed their freedom. — Mary Edwards Walker
African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence. — Wangari Maathai
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
I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get up, to get through, and to get over. — Janet Jackson
The myth that women should lift light weights to prevent getting 'bulky' is perpetuated by men who fear women and women who fear work. — Layne Norton
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
Love and respect woman. Look to her not only for comfort, but for strength and inspiration and the doubling of your intellectual and moral powers. Blot out from your mind any idea of superiority; you have none. — Giuseppe Mazzini
I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity. — Michelle Obama
Older Women Quotes
Women always try to tame themselves as they get older, but the ones who look best are often a bit wilder. — Miuccia Prada
I used to have a wild night with three women until 5am., but I am getting older. In the Olympic village here, I will live it up with five women, but only until 3am. — Alberto Tomba
It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom. — Alice Walker
Older women are best, because they always think they may be doing it for the last time. — Ian Fleming
Older women know who they are, and that makes them more beautiful than younger ones. I like to see a face with some character. I want to see lines. I want to see wrinkles. — Naveen Andrews
The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older, but younger with time, more slender, more supple, more graceful. — Pablo Casals
Paris, I believe, is a man in his twenties in love with an older woman. — John Berger
Sex and older women used to be considered an oxymoron, rarely mentioned in the same breath. — Gail Sheehy
Reluctant as I am to regard myself as a style icon, I would love to think I could inspire older women to make the most of themselves. — Mary Berry
We are very lucky to be men because women have a terrible time getting older parts. It's much more difficult. — Ian Mckellen
Sexual harassment on the job is not a problem for virtuous women. — Phyllis Schlafly
Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. — Ella Fitzgerald
Mercedes Benz : A mechanical device that increases sexual arousal in women. — P. J. O'Rourke
True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. — Audrey Hepburn
I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon. — Ellen DeGeneres
My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias. — William Allen White
Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. — Nora Ephron
Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood. — Oscar Wilde
In revenge and in love, woman is more barbarous than man. — Friedrich Nietzsche
What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else. — Lucille Clifton
In Conclusion
Women have been an integral part of history and have played significant roles in shaping the world we live in today. Quotes about women pay tribute to their immense impact and acknowledge the countless achievements of women throughout time. These quotes serve as a reminder of the extraordinary abilities possessed by women and the influence they have had on various aspects of life. They inspire both women and men to appreciate and respect the contributions of women and work towards a more equal and inclusive society.
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