100 Inspirational Strong Women Quotes For Women

“Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.”
–  Ziad K. Abdelnour

“Don’t be afraid to speak up for yourself. Keep fighting for your dreams!”

– Gabby Douglas

You must know that you can do this. You are strong. You will make it. Just hang on and keep believing in yourself, always.

You can become strong and powerful and beautiful.

“You don’t have to play masculine to be a strong woman.”

– Mary Elizabeth Winstead

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

― Eleanor Roosevelt     ( More quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt )

“I’ve often thought it unfair that women are expected to stay at home when there’s a fight to be won. If a woman has the strength to bear a child, she can swing a sword as well as any man.”

― Karen Hawkins

“If you live for people’s acceptance, you’ll die from their rejection.”

– Lecrae

“I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.”

―Madonna

“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.”

—Maya Angelou

“Women are leaders everywhere you look—from the CEO who runs a Fortune 500 company to the housewife who raises her children and heads her household. Our country was built by strong women, and we will continue to break down walls and defy stereotypes.”

—Nancy Pelosi

“Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.”

– Margaret Thatcher

“If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?”

― Maya Angelou

“We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.”

—Beyoncé

“It is better to be looked over than overlooked.”

– Mae West

“Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.”

– Ruth Gordo

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” – Audre Lorde

“Only do what your heart tells you.”
― Diana Princess of Wales

“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

“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.” — Ayn Rand

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to 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.” You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

– Eleanor Roosevelt

“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” — Mary Louise Alcott

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”

— Rosa Parks

“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. We must believe we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.”

— Marie Curie

“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.”

— Helen Keller

“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” —Madeleine Albright

“We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.” —Sheryl Sandberg

“If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not making decisions.” — Catherine Cook

“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.”

— Ella Fitzgerald

“I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.
– Queen Latifah

“Women are the real architects of society.”—Harriet Beecher Stowe

“I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing toward being a champion.”

— Billie Jean King

“Don’t just stand for the success of other women – insist on it.” – Gail Blanke

“The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.” – Roseanne Barr

“I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on Earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.”

— Susan B. Anthony

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

“You know, there’s nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. There are a lot of strong women you do not see who are guiding, helping, mothering strong men. They want to remain unseen. It’s kind of nice to be able to play a strong woman who is seen.”
– Ginger Rogers

“Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou   ( More Maya Angelou Quotes )

“I’ve never met a woman who is not strong, but sometimes they don’t let it out. Then there’s a tragedy, and then all of a sudden that strength comes. My message is let the strength come out before the tragedy.” ―Diane von Furstenberg

“Be that strong girl that everyone knew would make it through the worst, be that fearless girl, the one who would dare to do anything, be that independent girl who didn’t need a man; be that girl who never backed down.”

– Taylor Swift

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“I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard…we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.”

―Malala Yousafzai

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” – Coco Chanel

“Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.”

—Coco Chanel

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”  – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“People don’t take opportunities because the timing is bad, the financial side unsecure. Too many people are overanalyzing. Sometimes you just have to go for it.” – Michelle Zatly

“Next time, ask: what’s the worst that will happen? Then push yourself a little further than you dare. Once you start to speak, people will yell at you. They will interrupt you, put you down and suggest it’s personal. And the world won’t end … And the speaking will get easier and easier. And you will find you have fallen in love with your own vision, which you may never have realized you had. And you will lose some friends and lovers, and realize you don’t miss them. And new ones will find you and cherish you … And at last you’ll know with surpassing certainty that only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth. And that is not speaking.”

– Audre Lorde

“So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.” – Caterina Fake

“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”

– Steve Jobs

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin

“Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion”

— Oprah Winfrey

“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.” —Melinda Gates

“I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.” ―Maya Angelou

Strong women wear their pain like they do stilettos. No matter how much it hurts, all you see is the beauty of it.

“I believe in strong women. I believe in the woman who is able to stand up for herself. I believe in the woman who doesn’t need to hide behind her husband’s back. I believe that if you have problems, as a woman you deal with them, you don’t play victim, you don’t make yourself look pitiful, you don’t point fingers. You stand and you deal. You face the world with a head held high and you carry the universe in your heart.”

– C. JoyBell C.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

— Alice Walker

“It’s possible to climb to the top without stomping on other people.”

— Taylor Swift

The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.

— Gloria Steinem

Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.

— Lady Gaga

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” — Maya Angelou

Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts … good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt. They’re not painful. That’s not just with somebody you want to marry, but it’s with the friends that you choose. It’s with the people you surround yourselves with.

—Michelle Obama

The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.

— Gloria Steinem

Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.

— Mae Jemison

Women have to work much harder to make it in this world. It really pisses me off that women don’t get the same opportunities as men do, or money for that matter. Because lets face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define our values and to define what’s sexy and what’s feminine and that’s bullshit. At the end of the day, it’s not about equal rights, it’s about how we think. We have to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves.

— Beyoncé

“Power is not given to you. You have to take it.”

– Beyoncé

“We can do no great things, only small things with great love.”

– Mother Teresa

The girls who were unanimously considered beautiful often rested on their beauty alone. I felt I had to do things, to be intelligent and develop a personality in order to be seen as attractive. By the time I realized maybe I wasn’t plain and might even possibly be pretty, I had already trained myself to be a little more interesting and informed.

— Diane Von Furstenberg

Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.

— Hillary Clinton

A woman is the full circle. Within her is the ability to create, nurture, and transform.

— Diane Mariechild

It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.

— J.K. Rowling

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

— Sally Berger

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.

— Katharine Hepburn

“A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.

– Carly Simon

The most effective way to do it, is to do it.

— Amelia Earhart

Strong Women Quotes – Empowering Feminist Quotes

“I hope the fathers and mothers of little girls will look at them and say, ‘Yes, women can.'”

—Dilma Rousseff

“A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.”

– Gloria Steinem

“Feminism isn’t about making women strong. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.”

—G.D. Anderson

“I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity.”

—Angelina Jolie

“We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.”

—Sheryl Sandberg

“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.”

—Madeleine Albright
“The idea of being a feminist: so many women have come to this idea of it being anti-male and not able to connect with the opposite sex, but what feminism is about is equality and human rights. For me that is just an essential part of my identity.”

—Lena Dunham

“Women are the real architects of society.”

—Harriet Beecher Stowe

“I’ve never met a woman who is not strong, but sometimes they don’t let it out. Then there’s a tragedy, and then all of a sudden that strength comes. My message is let the strength come out before the tragedy.”

– Diane von Furstenberg

“Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.”

—Coco Chanel

“Feminism isn’t about making women strong. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.”

—G.D. Anderson

“You don’t have to be pretty. You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female.'”

—Erin McKean

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