The voices of women have long been silenced, ignored, or underestimated, there arises a resounding chorus of strength, resilience, and empowerment. Throughout history and into the present day, women from all walks of life have defied societal norms and expectations to leave an indelible mark on the world. Their stories, struggles, and triumphs serve as a source of inspiration and a testament to the power of the human spirit.
In this blog post, we will explore empowering quotes from some of the strongest women who have ever graced this planet. These words resonate with the wisdom and tenacity of women who have broken barriers, shattered glass ceilings, and paved the way for future generations. Their quotes are a testament to the enduring power of femininity and a reminder that strength knows no gender. Let’s dive into these words of wisdom and draw inspiration from the remarkable women who spoke them.
1. “We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.” — Isabel Allende
2. “The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
3. “All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can’t bat a thousand all the time.” — Julie Andrews
4. “Every woman’s success should be an inspiration to another. We’re strongest when we cheer each other on.” ― Serena Williams
5. “No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.” — Billie Jean King
6. “A gender-equal society would be one where the word ‘gender’ does not exist: where everyone can be themselves.” — Gloria Steinem
7. “A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.” — Diane Mariechild
8. “I am a woman with thoughts and questions and shit to say. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story—I will.” — Amy Schumer
9. “Justice is about making sure that being polite is not the same thing as being quiet. In fact, oftentimes, the most righteous thing you can do is shake the table.” ― Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
10. “A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.” — Melinda Gates
11. “If you truly pour your heart into what you believe in, even if it makes you vulnerable, amazing things can and will happen.” — Emma Watson
12. “Feminism is for everybody.” — bell hooks
13. “Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.” — Amelia Earhart
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15. “In my opinion, the most exciting potential of women of color formations resides in the possibility of politicizing this identity—basing the identity on politics rather than the politics on identity.” Angela Davis
16. “The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. They are afraid of women.” — Malala Yousafzai
17. “If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” — Erica Jong
18. “A powerful woman is a heat-resistant and storm-bracing caliber. There is nothing she cannot handle.” — Gift Gugu Mona
19. “The emerging woman … will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied…strength and beauty must go together.” ― Louisa May Alcott, “An Old-Fashioned Girl”
20. “Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong.” —Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever
21. “Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is most important.” — Junko Tabei
22. “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” – Oprah Winfrey
23. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.”— Estée Lauder
24. “I hope that my presence on your screen and my face in magazines may lead you young girls on a beautiful journey, that you will feel validation of your external beauty, but also get to the deeper business of being beautiful inside.’ — Lupita Nyong’o
25. “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
26. “What is feminism? Simply the belief that women should be as free as men, however nuts, dim, deluded, badly dressed, fat, receding, lazy and smug they might be. Are you a feminist? Of course, you are.” — Caitlin Moran
27. “I do realize the importance of having the bravery to live as who you are and I feel like a lot of people don’t have that bravery. Maybe by me opening my big fat mouth like I usually do and stepping up and owning who I am, maybe it might inspire somebody else to do the same.” — Michelle Rodriguez
28. “I am a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me.” — Maya Angelou
29. “Who made man the exclusive judge, if women partake with him the gift of reason?” ― Mary Wollstonecraft
30. “Don’t be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That’s only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat: You have to master yourself.” — Olga Korbut
31. “There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” — Virginia Woolf
32. “A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want.” — Madonna
33. “I want to build a community where women of all races can communicate and … continue to support and take care of each other. I want to give women a space to feel their own strength and tell their stories. That is power.” Beyoncé
34. “I want women’s rights to be equally honored, and uplifted, and heard…but I want to see us fighting the fight for all women — women of color, our LGBTQ sisters, our Muslim sisters. I want to see millions of us marching out there for our rights, and I want to see us out there marching for the rights of women like Dajerria Becton, who was body slammed by a cop while she was in her swimsuit for simply existing as a young, vocal, black girl. I think we are inching closer and closer there, and for that, I am very proud.” – Solange Knowles
35. “Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
36. “[Unlikeable women] accept the consequences of their choices, and those consequences become stories worth reading.” – Roxane Gay
37. “We all have purpose even if we’re still striving to understand what that is.” — Angela Bassett
38. “I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.” — Louisa May Alcott, The Complete Poetry
39. “I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else.” Dolly Parton
40. “Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” — Helen Keller
41. “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
42. “I hear a lot of people saying, when talking about girls’ empowerment and women as well, you’ll often hear people saying, ‘You’re helping them find their voices’, I fundamentally disagree with that. Women don’t need to find their voice. They need to feel empowered to use it and people need to be encouraged to listen.” Meghan Markle
43. “In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.”— Sheryl Sandberg
44. “Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group. They have had to understand white men, white women and black men. And they have had to understand themselves. When black women win victories, it is a boost for virtually every segment of society.” — Angela Davis
45. “For I conclude that the enemy is not lipstick, but guilt itself; we deserve lipstick, if we want it, AND free speech; we deserve to be sexual AND serious—or whatever we please. We are entitled to wear cowboy boots to our own revolution. Naomi Wolf
46. “I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.” — Louise Hay
47. “Behind every great woman… is another great woman.” ― Kate Hodges
48. “I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.” ― Rebecca West
49. “I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.” — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
50. “Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.” — Jane Austen, Mansfield Park
51. “We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” – Malala Yousafzai
52. “Women don’t need to find a voice, they have a voice, and they need to feel empowered to use it, and people need to be encouraged to listen.” — Meghan Markle
53. “Men should think twice before making widowhood women’s only path to power.” Gloria Steinem
54. “Men should think twice before making widowhood women’s only path to power.” ― Gloria Steinem
55. “There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” Virginia Woolf
56. “Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. And, when you stumble, keep faith. And, when you’re knocked down, get right back up and never listen to anyone who says you can’t or shouldn’t go on.” — Hillary Clinton
57. “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 that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.” —Marie Curie
58. “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
59. “When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” — Harriet Beecher Stowe
60. “There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.” — Kofi Annan
61. “Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” ― Maya Angelou
