100 Popular Quotes about motivation for strong women
A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform. Diane Mariechild
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anaïs Nin

As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world. Virginia Woolf
Be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. Judy Garland

Do not tame the wolf inside you just because you’ve met someone who doesn’t have the courage to handle you. Belle Estreller
Don’t be afraid to speak up for yourself. Keep fighting for your dreams! Gabby Douglas

7) Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Julia Child
8) Everyone has inside of her a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be, how much you can love, what you can accomplish, and what your potential is. Anne Frank

9) Everything is within your power, and your power is within you. Janice Trachtman
10) Freedom cannot be achieved unless the women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression. Nelson Mandela

11) Hold your head and your standards high even as people or circumstances try to pull you down. Tory Johnson
12) I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman. Diane von Furstenberg

13) I can hear the roar of women’s silence. Thomas Sankara
14) I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves. Mary Shelley

15) I have learned that as long as I hold fast to my beliefs and values – and follow my own moral compass – then the only expectations I need to live up to are my own. Michelle Obama
16) If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. Milton Berle

17) If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one. Dolly Parton
18) If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not making decisions. Catherine Cook

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20) Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. Charles R. Swindoll

21) Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it. Harper Lee
22) Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths. Lois Wyse

23) No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed. Billie Jean King
24) No one knows what you have been through or what your pretty little eyes have seen, but I can reassure you, whatever you have conquered, it shines through your mind. Nikki Rowe

25) No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn’t in submission to God! T D Jakes
26) The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. Ayn Rand

27) The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. Roseanne Barr
28) The way in which we think of ourselves has everything to do with how our world sees us and how we see ourselves successfully acknowledged by the world. Arlene Rankin

29) There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one. Jill Churchill
30) This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues. Diana Nyad

31) 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
32) We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced. Malala Yousafzai

33) Whatever you do, be different – that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can’t think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you’re different, you will stand out. Anita Roddick
34) When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win. Steffi Graf

35) When you’re through changing, you’re through. Martha Stewart
36) Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression. Margaret Sanger

37) Women asking for raises should not only know their value, but they should ask with the confidence that they’re helping the company to be successful. Kirsten Gillibrand
38) Women have discovered that they cannot rely on men’s chivalry to give them justice. Helen Keller

39) Women will be hidden no more. We will not remain hidden figures. We have names. … It was woman that gave you Dr Martin Luther King. It was woman that gave you Malcolm X. And according to the Bible, it was a woman that gave you Jesus. Don’t you ever forget it. Janelle Mon?e
40) Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

41) You can’t give up! If you give up, you’re like everybody else. Chris Evert
42) You cannot use another man’s leg to run your race. Wives stop waiting for your husbands to do everything. For God’s sake make an impact. Nobody is a threat to your development. Patience Johnson

43) You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens. Mandy Hale
44) You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame. Erica Jong

45)Authors and writers often say it best; their wise words are perfect for short, succinct quotes. With that in mind, we’ve put together some great quotes from female writers like the esteemed Maya Angelou and JK Rowling:
46)Your silence will not protect you. Audre Lorde

47) Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences. J.K. Rowling
48) Everyone shines, given the right lighting. Susan Cain

49) It’s not your job to like me, it’s mine. Byron Katie
50) It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. Maya Angelou

51) Not knowing you can’t do something, is sometimes all it takes to do it. Ally Carter
52) We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better. J.K. Rowling

53) We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. Maya Angelou
54) When we speak, we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So, it is better to speak. Audre Lorde

55) 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
56) You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Maya Angelou

57) A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want. Madonna
58) A man told me that for a woman, I was very opinionated. I said, ‘For a man, you’re kind of ignorant’. Anne Hathaway

59) A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. A woman must do what he can’t. Rhonda Hansome
60) Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion. Oprah Winfrey

61) I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles. Audrey Hepburn
62) I can’t think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself. Emma Stone

63) I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it. Estée Lauder
64) I have come to realize making yourself happy is most important. Never be ashamed of how you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion you want and do what makes you happy. That’s my life motto. Demi Lovato

65) I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion. Ellen DeGeneres
66) I’m selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best. Marilyn Monroe

67) I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a b*tch, okay. Madonna
68) 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

69) If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney
70) If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is. Angelina Jolie

71) If you don’t live your life, then who will?
72) If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough. Oprah Winfrey

73) If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman. Margaret Thatcher
74) Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then. Diana Ross

75) It’s not the absence of fear, it’s overcoming it. Sometimes you’ve got to blast through and have faith. Emma Watson
76) It’s possible to climb to the top without stomping on other people. Taylor Swift

77) Some women choose to follow men, and some 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
78) The age of a woman doesn’t mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles. Ralph Waldo Emerson

79) The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. Ralph Waldo Emerson
80) We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead. Beyoncé

81) What makes you different or weird, that’s your strength. Meryl Streep
82) When a woman becomes her own best friend, life is easier. Diane Von Furstenberg

83) When I’m hungry, I eat. When I’m thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it. Madonna
84) When I’m tired, I rest. I say, ‘I can’t be a superwoman today’. Jada Pinkett Smith

85) 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 let’s 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 bullsh*t. 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
86) You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are. Melissa Etheridge

87) You can be the lead in your own life. Kerry Washington
88) You have what it takes to be a victorious, independent, fearless woman. Tyra Banks

89) The age of a woman doesn’t mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles. Ralph Waldo Emerson
90) The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. Ralph Waldo Emerson

91) We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead. Beyoncé
92) What makes you different or weird, that’s your strength. Meryl Streep

93) When a woman becomes her own best friend, life is easier. Diane Von Furstenberg
94) When I’m hungry, I eat. When I’m thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it. Madonna

95) When I’m tired, I rest. I say, ‘I can’t be a superwoman today’. Jada Pinkett Smith
96) You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are. Melissa Etheridge

97) You can be the lead in your own life. Kerry Washington
98) You have what it takes to be a victorious, independent, fearless woman. Tyra Banks

99) Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. Suzy Kassem
100) Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are. Stephanie Lahart
