Check out 25 quotes that cut through the noise, delivering straight-up wisdom from women who’ve made their mark. These aren’t your average motivational posters; they’re reality checks, battle cries, and lessons learned from the front lines of female experience.
1. Malala Yousafzai
“We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.”
2. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made.”
3. Maya Angelou
“I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.”
4. Michelle Obama
“There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.”
5. Gloria Steinem
“A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.”
6. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.”
7. Simone de Beauvoir
“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”
8. Amelia Earhart
“Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.”
9. Oprah Winfrey
“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.”
10. Eleanor Roosevelt
“A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.”
11. Rosa Parks
“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free.”
12. Frida Kahlo
“I paint flowers so they will not die.”
13. Virginia Woolf
“As a woman, I have no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.”
14. Susan B. Anthony
“Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.”
15. Audre Lorde
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.”
16. Margaret Thatcher
“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.”
17. Harriet Tubman
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
18. Helen Keller
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
19. Marie Curie
“I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.”
20. Serena Williams
“Every woman’s success should be an inspiration to another. We’re strongest when we cheer each other on.”
21. Indira Gandhi
“To be liberated, a woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.”
22. Jane Austen
“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.”
23. Beyoncé
“Power is not given to you. You have to take it.”
24. J.K. Rowling
“We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.”
25. Angela Davis
“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.”
More Than Words
These quotes aren’t just words; they’re the collected wisdom of lifetimes spent breaking molds, challenging norms, and rewriting what it means to be powerful. Carry them with you, but more importantly, let them spur you into action.
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