Empowering Words: A Curated Collection of Inspirational Quotes for Girls

"Girls should never be afraid to be smart."

- Emma Watson

"The world needs strong women. Women who will lift and build others, who will love and be loved. Women who live bravely, both tender and fierce. Women of indomitable will."

- Amy Tenney

"There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish."

- Michelle Obama

"A girl should be two things: who and what she wants."

- Coco Chanel

"If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one."

- Dolly Parton

"I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough."

- Marissa Mayer

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

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"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

"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Do one thing every day that scares you."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Be a first-rate version of yourself, not a second-rate version of someone else."

- Judy Garland

"Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve."

- Mary Kay Ash

"Find out who you are and be that person. That’s what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Who run the world? Girls."

- Beyoncé

"Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you."

- Misty Copeland

"It is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates of peoples, where their children’s and grandchildren’s fates, are decided."

- Hillary Clinton

"If one man can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it?"

- Malala Yousafzai

"Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice."

- Bethany Hamilton

"Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, “I’m possible!”"

- Audrey Hepburn

"We realize the importance of our voices only when they are silenced."

- Malala Yousafzai

"If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."

- Margaret Thatcher

"We have to become the men we wanted to marry."

- Gloria Steinem

"Women must try to do as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others."

- Amelia Earhart

"When anyone tells me I can’t do anything … I’m just not listening anymore."

- Florence Griffith Joyner

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud."

- Coco Chanel

"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

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

- Melinda Gates

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

- Alice Walker

"And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk more."

- Erica Jong

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage."

- Anaïs Nin

"Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own."

- Michelle Obama

"I used to walk down the street like I was a superstar… I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be — and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth."

- Lady Gaga

"I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist."

- Ginni Rometty

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

- Amelia Earhart

"I think beauty comes from knowing who you actually are. That’s real beauty to me."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it."

- Julia Child

"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

"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

"Be happy with being you. Love your flaws. Own your quirks."

- Ariana Grande

"Girl power is about loving yourself and having confidence and strength from within, so even if you're not wearing a sexy outfit, you feel sexy."

- Nicole Scherzinger

"If you are always trying to be normal, you'll never know how amazing you can be."

- Maya Angelou

"I was made exactly the way I was meant to be made in who I am."

- Megan Rapinoe

"Find out who you are and do it on purpose."

- Dolly Parton

"They'll tell you you're too loud and you need to wait your turn and ask the right people for permission. Do it anyway."

- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

"Whatever the problem, be part of the solution."

- Tina Fey

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

- Carly Simon

"I've always done whatever I want and always been exactly who I am."

- Billie Eilish

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

- Ayn Rand

"As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That's how I've gotten to where I am."

- Beyoncé

"It's never overreacting to ask for what you want and need."

- Amy Poehler

"You don't have to be anyone but yourself to be worthy."

- Tarana Burke

"It's not your job to be likeable. It's your job to be yourself. Someone will like you anyway."

- Chimamanda Adichie

"People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together."

- Michelle Obama

"I never dreamed about success. I worked for it."

- Estée Lauder

"My beauty is not about how I look. My beauty is about my heart and soul."

- Laverne Cox

"Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world."

- Marilyn Monroe

"I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it."

- Marilyn Monroe

"I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a b*tch, ok."

- Madonna

"It is amazing what a woman can do if she only ignores what men tell her she can't."

- Carol K. Carr

"The most beautiful thing a woman can wear is confidence."

- Blake Lively

"I don't really think about other people's opinions or expectations. The only ones I have are that of myself, to improve and get better."

- Greta Thunberg

"I have learned you are never too small to make a difference."

- Misty Copeland

"She has a voice. If you can’t hear it, it’s because you’re too busy talking."

- Helen Keller

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."

- Helen Keller

"Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure you do things differently from everyone else."

- Sara Blakely

"It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

- J.K. Rowling

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is only enough."

- Mae West

"We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change."

- Sheryl Sandberg

"I had no idea how to get guys to notice me. I still don't. Who cares?"

- Amy Poehler

"I don’t get my inspiration from books or a painting. I get it from the women I meet."

- Emma Raducanu

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

- Madonna

"A strong woman looks challenge in the eye and gives it a wink."

- Gina Carey

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

- Charlotte Whitton

"Be the type of girl that climbs the ladder wrong by wrong."

- Mae West

"Always the most important rule of beauty, which is: Who cares?"

- Tina Fey

"I like that I'm not typical."

- Lizzo

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

- Maya Angelou

"She's not a girl, she's a legend."

- Sophia Amoruso

"I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art."

- Madonna

"Make more than the guys you thought you wanted to be with."

- Cardi B

"Half woman, half warrior. Delicate and strong."

- R.H. Sin

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

- Charlotte Whitton

"Never ever mistake her silence for weakness. Remember that sometimes the air stills before the onset of a hurricane."

- Nikita Gill

"I dwell in possibility."

- Emily Dickinson

"I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list."

- Susan Sontag

"Beautiful people are not always good but good people are always beautiful."

- Imam Ali

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

- Mark Twain

"I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all."

- Coco Chanel

"Expect the unexpected, and whenever possible, be the unexpected."

- Lynda Barry

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

- Margaret Thatcher

"Always concentrate on how far you have come, rather than how far you have left to go. The difference in how easy it seems will amaze you."

- Heidi Johnson

"It’s not your job to like me, it’s mine."

- Byron Katie

"Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic self. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen."

- Sarah Ban Breathnach

"Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get."

- W. P. Kinsella

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

- Mother Theresa

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

- Al Anon

"After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backward and in high heels."

- Ann Richards

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

- Ayn Rand

"In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman."

- Nancy Astor

"I do not believe in using women in combat because females are too fierce."

- Margaret Mead

"I love women. They're the best thing ever created. If they want to be like men and come down to our level, that's fine."

- Mel Gibson

"I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships."

- Gilda Radner

"A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon."

- Arnold Haultain

"Throw your hands up if you know that you're a star. You better stand up if you know just who you are. Never give up, never say 'die.' Girl power, girl power."

"Ladies all across the world, listen up. We're looking for recruits. If you with me, let me see your hands. Stand up and salute. Get your killer heels, sneakers pumps, or lace up your boots. Representing all the women, salute."

"If you're a strong female, you don't need permission."

"I woke up like this. We flawless, ladies, tell 'em. Say, 'I look so good tonight.'"

"Who says, who says you're not perfect? Who says you're not worth it? Who says you're the only one that's hurting? Trust me, that's the price of beauty. Who says you're not pretty? Who says you're not beautiful? Who says?"

"I'm every woman. It's all in me. Anything you want done, baby, I do it naturally. I'm every woman. It's all in me. I can read your thoughts right now, every one from A to Z."

"When all is said and done, you'll believe God is a woman."

"Princess or queen, tomboy or king. You've heard a lot, you've never seen. Mother Earth, Mother Mary rise to the top. Divine feminine, I'm feminine."

"Diva is a female version of a hustler."

"I'm so sick of running as fast as I can, wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a man. And I'm so sick of them coming at me again 'cause if I was a man, then I'd be the man."