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We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced. — Malala Yousafzai

If you don’t like being a doormat then get off the floor.– Al Anon

I never dreamed about success. I worked for it. — Estée Lauder

Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. – Pink

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.– Margaret Thatcher

A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. A woman must do what he can’t.– Rhonda Hansome

People think at the end of the day that a man is the only answer [to fulfillment]. Actually a job is better for me.

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.

Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.

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

One likes people much better when they’re battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. — Eleanor Roosevelt

I do not wish [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.— Mary Wollstonecraft

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

I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship.— Louisa May Alcott

Words have power. TV has power. My pen has power.— Shonda Rhimes

Power is not given to you. You have to take it.—Beyoncé Knowles

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A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. ― Jane Austen

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. ― Charlotte Brontë

You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation. ― Brigham Young

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. ― Nora Ephron

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir…mighty scarce. ― Mark Twain

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want.

A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.

I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much.

Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.

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

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

No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn’t in submission to God! ― T D Jakes

A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power. ― George Meredith

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame.

You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer.

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

When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.

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

If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It’s much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.— Grace Hopper

It’s not your job to like me, it’s mine. — Byron Katie

Buckle up, and know that it’s going to be a tremendous amount of work, but embrace it. –Tory Burch

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.— Florence Nightingale

What makes you different or weird, that’s your strength.— Meryl Streep

Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for. – Jennifer Lopez

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are. ~ Melissa Etheridge

Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror. ~ Byron Katie

The best protection any woman can have … is courage.– Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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

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

I am a woman with thoughts and questions and sh*t to say. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story – I will. – Amy Schumer

It’s possible to climb to the top without stomping on other people. – Taylor Swift

Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for. – Jennifer Lopez (see more quotes from Jennifer Lopez)

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

She was powerful not because she wasn’t scared but because she went on so strongly, despite the fear. – Atticus

And one day she discovered that she was fierce and strong, and full of fire and that not even she could hold herself back because her passion burned brighter than her fears. – Mark Anthony

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a b*tch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.— Maya Angelou

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. —

Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got. There is no yesterday, no tomorrow, it’s all the same day. –Janis Joplin

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

One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in and where you want to go.– Sheila Murray Bethel

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

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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

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

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.– Rosalynn Carter

Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live. – Anne Sweeney

We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success. – Arianna Huffington

If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped. – Melinda Gates

Successful women are not liked. I think the biggest danger for women in science is colleagues who are not as good as you are. – Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

Whenever you see a successful woman, look out for three men who are going out of their way to try to block her. – Yulia Tymoshenko

Success as a woman has changed me. That’s what I feel is the first thing. When I feel like a successful woman as a rounded human being, then it feeds my work in a broader way so it becomes more interesting.- Jacqueline Bisset

Don’t let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It’s your place in the world; it’s your life.— Dr. Mae Jemison

If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman. – Margaret Thatcher

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

Women must learn to play the game as men do. – Eleanor Roosevelt

A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men. – Gloria Steinem

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, Jr. 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 Monáe

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

Women have discovered that they cannot rely on men’s chivalry to give them justice. – Helen Keller

When there are no ceilings, the sky’s the limit. So let’s keep going—let’s keep going until every one of the 161 million women and girls across America has the opportunity she deserves to have. – Hillary Clinton

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

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

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

Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong, it’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength. – G.D. Anderson

No woman should be told she can’t make decisions about her own body. When women’s rights are under attack, we fight back. – Kamala Harris

There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish. – Michelle Obama

I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak. – Harriet Beecher Stowe

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. – Audre Lorde

Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another. – Toni Morrison

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

When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

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

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

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really

If you don’t like being a doormat then get off the floor.

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.

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I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.

We ask justice, we ask equality, we ask that all the civil and political rights that belong to citizens of the United States, be guaranteed to us and our daughters forever.

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.

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.

A strong woman understands that the gifts such as logic, decisiveness, and strength are just as feminine as intuition and emotional connection. She values and uses all of her gifts.

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

I want to do is because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.

Just watch, all of you men. I’ll show you what a woman can do…I’ll go across the country, I’ll race to the Moon… I’ll never look back.

The best protection any woman can have … is courage.

We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.

Success breeds confidence.

Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, She doesn’t have what it takes.They will say, Women don’t have what it takes.

The way in which we think of ourselves has everything to do with how our world see us and how we see ourselves successfully acknowledged by the world.

Love is anterior to Life, Posterior to Death, Initial of Creation, and The Exponent of Earth.

The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.

Most people who meet my wife quickly conclude that she is remarkable. They are right about this. She is smart, funny and thoroughly charming. Often, after hearing her speak at some function or working with her on a project, people will approach me and say something to the effect of, you know, I think the world of you, Barack, but your wife, wow!

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.

Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to require the most from you.

Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.

One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in and where you want to go.

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

Taking joy in living is a woman’s best cosmetic.

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.

You can have unbelievable intelligence, you can have connections, you can have opportunities fall out of the sky. But in the end, hard work is the true, enduring characteristic of successful people.

A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.

A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. A woman must do what he can’t.

We still live in a world in which a significant fraction of people, including women, believe that a woman belongs and wants to belong exclusively in the home.

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.– Melinda Gates