Empowering Words: A Curated Collection of Inspirational Quotes for Working Women

"Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential."

- Sheryl Sandberg

"I want every girl to know that her voice can change the world."

- Malala Yousafzai

"The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure you’re very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble."

- Serena Williams

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

- Oprah Winfrey

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

- Michelle Obama

"Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It’s the mastery of fear. It’s about getting up one more time than we fall down."

- Arianna Huffington

"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

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

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

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"You can carve your own path. Be your own kind of leader."

- Jacinda Ardern

"As women achieve power, the barriers will fall. As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it."

- Michelle Obama

"I raise up my voice—not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard… we cannot succeed when half of us are held back."

- Malala Yousafzai

"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

"Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world."

- Hillary Clinton

"You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try."

- Dolly Parton

"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 Rodham Clinton

"Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader."

- Indra Nooyi

"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

"Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception."

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

"Think like a Queen. A Queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness."

- Oprah

"Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you."

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

"When you help a woman fulfill her potential, magic happens."

- Sara Blakely

"When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful."

- Malala Yousafzai

"Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women."

- Maya Angelou

"For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end."

- Michelle Obama

"No matter where you are on your journey, that’s exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Every woman’s success should be an inspiration to another. We’re strongest when we cheer each other on."

- Serena Williams

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

- Sara Blakely

"Do what you love and success will follow. Passion is the fuel behind a successful career."

- Meghan M. Biro

"Never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance in the world to pursue your dreams."

- Hillary Clinton

"You might not be able to control your circumstances, but you can control your response to your circumstances."

- Condoleezza Rice

"I like to say it’s an attitude of not just thinking outside the box, but not even seeing the box."

- Safra A. Catz

"At the end of the day, you are the only one that is limiting your ability to dream, or to actually execute on your dreams. Don’t let yourself get in the way of that."

- Falon Fatemi

"I realized that if I was willing to step up and be in the spotlight, I’d be able to make everyone else around me much more powerful as well."

- Alaina Percival

"It is pure mythology that women cannot perform as well as men in science, engineering and mathematics. In my experience, the opposite is true: Women are often more adept and patient at untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action."

- Weili Dai

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

- Helen Keller

"What’s the greatest lesson a woman should learn? That since day one, she’s already had everything she needs within herself. It’s the world that convinced her she did not."

- Rupi Kaur

"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

"Dream with ambition, lead with conviction… And we will applaud you every step of the way."

- Kamala Harris

"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!"

- Audrey Hepburn

"If you were born with the weakness to fall, you were born with the strength to rise."

- Rupi Kaur

"To me, ‘Fearless’ is not the absence of fear. It’s not being completely unafraid. To me, fearless is having fears. Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death."

- Taylor Swift

"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."

- Helen Keller

"I want all the girls without an exception to have that space for themselves where they have opportunities to be the women they wish to be."

- Priyanka Chopra

"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

"If you don’t see a clear path for what you want, sometimes you have to make it yourself."

- Mindy Kaling

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

- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

"I’m not here to be perfect and I’m not here to be anything but my best, whatever that means for me."

- Jennifer Lopez

"I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I always knew the woman I wanted to be."

- Diane Von Furstenberg

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

- Amelia Earhart

"Figure out who are you separate from your family, and the man or woman you’re in a relationship with. Find who you are in this world and what you need to feel good alone. I think that’s the most important thing in life. Find a sense of self. With that, you can do anything else."

- Angelina Jolie

"You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right."

- Rosa Parks

"A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman."

- Melinda Gates

"At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can."

- Frida Kahlo

"Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to be themselves."

- Betty Friedan

"If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair."

- Shirley Chisholm

"The way to achieve your own success is to be willing to help somebody else get it first."

- Iyanla Vanzant

"The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet."

- Adrienne Rich

"Women like myself, CEOs, can pave the way for more women to get to the top."

- Andrea Jung

"Don’t let the bastards grind you down."

- Margaret Atwood

"I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance."

- bell hooks

"You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect. You should expect it."

- Sarah Dessen

"Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me."

- Audre Lorde

"Women are always saying, ‘We can do anything that men can do.’ But men should be saying, ‘We can do anything that women can do.'"

- Gloria Steinem

"When women are empowered, they immeasurably improve the lives of everyone around them—their families, their communities, and their countries. This is not just about women; we men need to recognize the part we play too. Real men treat women with dignity and give them the respect they deserve."

- Prince Harry

"All men should be feminists. If men care about women’s rights, the world will be a better place. We are better off when women are empowered, it leads to a better society."

- John Legend

"Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone’s responsibility."

- Ban Ki-moon

"If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things."

- Plato

"We want a world where boys can feel, girls can lead, and the rest of us can not only exist but thrive."

- Alok Vaid Menon

"Gender equality is a human fight, not a female fight."

- Frieda Pinto

"I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves."

- Mary Shelley

"Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough."

- Mary McLeod Bethune

"It’s never too late to get back on your feet though we won’t live forever, make sure you accomplish what you were put here for"

- Abigail Adams

"I’m learning that ‘No’ is a complete sentence. And I am reminding myself that this isn’t a competition. It’s me following the trajectory of the life I was meant to lead."

- Amanda Gorman

"There is no list of rules. There is one rule. The rule is: there are no rules. Happiness comes from living as you need to, as you want to. As your inner voice tells you to. Happiness comes from being who you actually are instead of who you think you are supposed to be."

- Shonda Rhimes

"Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others."

- Amelia Earhart

"How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself."

- Anais Nin

"There’s no prerequisites to worthiness. You’re born worthy, and I think that’s a message a lot of women need to hear."

- Viola Davis

"Girls should never be afraid to be smart."

- Emma Watson

"There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of women."

- Malala Yousafzai

"We educate women because it is smart. We educate women because it changes the world."

- Drew Fuast

"You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation."

- Brigham Young

"There is no greater pillar of stability than a strong, free and educated woman"

- Angelina Jolie

"When girls are educated, their countries become stronger and more prosperous."

- Michelle Obama

"Girls’ education is the single best investment that any society can make."

- Carol Bellamy

"Without a team, we’re all nobody."

- Pat McGrath

"As entrepreneurs, we must continue to ask ourselves ‘What’s next?’ It takes humility to realize that we don’t know everything, not to rest on our laurels and know that we must keep learning and observing."

- Cher Wang

"Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life."

- Dolly Parton

"A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

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

- Oprah Winfrey

"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

"A charming woman doesn’t follow the crowd; she is herself."

- Loretta Young

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

- Dolly Parton

"You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them."

- Shonda Rhimes

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

- Dolly Parton

"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

"When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future."

- Queen Elizabeth

"Be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

- Judy Garland

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

- Ayn Rand

"Until we get equality in education, we won’t have an equal society."

- Sonia Sotomayor

"My mother did not raise me to ask for permission to lead."

- Ayanna Pressley

"I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. And I want to be respected in all of my femaleness because I deserve to be."

- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"Women should be celebrated every day, but a month dedicated to female empowerment is extremely special. It doesn’t just honor the iconic women who have changed history, but encourages new generations to dream big and know that anything is possible."

- Molly McCook

"Friends. Sisters. Mothers. Professors. When women affirm women, it unlocks our power. It gives us permission to shine brighter."

- Elaine Welteroth

"We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free."

- Kavita Ramdas

"A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence."

- Sonia Sotomayor

"We need to understand that there is no formula for how women should lead their lives. That is why we must respect the choices that each woman makes for herself and her family. Every woman deserves the chance to realize her God-given potential."

- Hillary Clinton

"Success isn’t about the end result, it’s about what you learn along the way."

- Vera Wang

"No one ever became a success without taking chances… One must be able to recognize the moment and seize it without delay."

- Estée Lauder

"Women have to harness their power—it’s absolutely true. It’s just learning not to take the first ‘no.’ And if you can’t go straight ahead, you go around the corner."

- Cher

"Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change."

- Brene Brown

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

- Helen Keller

"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

"Well-behaved women seldom make history."

- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

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

- Audre Lorde

"There is a stubbornness about me that can never bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me."

- Jane Austen

"The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball—the further I am rolled the more I gain."

- Susan B. Anthony

"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty."

- Maya Angelou

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."

- Marie Curie

"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world."

- Lucille Ball

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity."

- Amelia Earhart

"I want little girls to believe that they can be CEOs."

- Payal Kadakia

"I am very resourceful, as any woman would be."

- Valentina Tereshkova

"One of the things my parents taught me, and I’ll always be grateful for the gift, is to not ever let anybody else define me."

- Wilma Mankiller

"In a world that wants women to whisper, I choose to yell."

- Luvvie Ajayi

"I can promise you that women working together – linked, informed and educated – can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet."

- Isabel Allende

"I’m going to encourage any type of woman. You don’t have to be a woman like me for me to encourage and support you and tell you, ‘Yes, b—h, keep on going."

- Cardi B

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

- Diane Mariechild

"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."

- Nancy Rathburn

"I never dreamt of success. I worked for it."

- Estee Lauder

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

- Ayn Rand

"I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance too?"

- Jill Konrath

"When there are no ceilings, the sky's the limit. So let's keep going."

- Hillary Clinton

"Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in our absence."

- Sheryl Sandberg

"Learn from every mistake, because every experience, particularly your mistakes, are there to teach you and force you into being more of who you are."

- Oprah Winfrey

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

- Anne Sweeney

"Lean in, speak out, have a voice in your organization, and never use the word, ‘sorry’."

- Trish Bertuzzi

"You will be defined not just by what you achieve, but by how you survive."

- Sheryl Sandberg

"Trying to do it all and expecting it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy."

- Sheryl Sandberg

"There is nothing like a concrete life plan to weigh you down. Because if you always have one eye on some future goal, you stop paying attention to the job at hand, miss opportunities that might arise, and stay fixedly on one path, even when a better, newer course might have opened up."

- Indra K. Nooyi

"Growth and comfort do not coexist."

- Ginni Rometty

"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

"Stay true to yourself and your vision. Don’t let any one person’s opinion move you; listen, but be confident."

- Amanda Kahlow

"If you’re not [learning], you’re falling behind. Somebody else is getting better as you’re becoming less valuable. I see so many irrelevant salespeople I want to cry. They stopped learning."

- Jill Konrath

"I’ve always been a bit of an introvert, but just because you don’t fit the classic mold doesn’t mean you can’t be a leader. You just need to find your own style and someone with a similar style who you can learn from."

- Jess Lee

"I’ve never thought of myself as a female engineer, or founder, or a woman in tech. I just think of myself as someone who’s passionate."

- Leah Busque

"Stick to your true north― build greatness for the long term."

- Ruth Porat

"And if the end result is that someone, somewhere winds up believing they can do something out of the ordinary, well, then you’ve really made it."

- Angela Ahrendts

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

- Margaret Thatcher

"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."

- Marsha Evans

"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

"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

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

- Caroline Myss

"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

"My mother told me that fear was not an option. I was always told that women are stronger, so I believed it."

- Diane Von Furstenberg

"People don’t take opportunities because the timing is bad, the financial side unsecure. Too many people are overanalyzing. Sometimes you just have to go for it."

- Michelle Zatlyn

"There are many things you can do overnight, but there is no overnight success."

- Tory Burch

"Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently."

- Marie Forleo

"One of the most important things I have learned is that businesses don’t fail, entrepreneurs give up. Now sometimes, giving up is the right decision. But usually, you just need to dig in and figure out how to make things better. Remember: Every day is a new opportunity to get up and do it better than yesterday!"

- Adda Birnir

"Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement."

- Golda Meir

"We must develop a thick skin. With an unshakeable sense of self — and a commitment to being compassionate — nothing will faze you."

- Mari Smith

"You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right."

- Aung San Suu Kyi

"Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom."

- Sandra Day O’Connor

"If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough."

- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."

- Jane Goodall

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

- Coco Chanel

"Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down, and trust your instincts. Good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt. They’re not painful. That’s not just with somebody you want to marry, but it’s with the friends you choose. It’s with the people you surround yourself with."

- Michelle Obama

"I want little girls to grow up knowing they can do anything, even play football."

- Jen Welter

"Champions keep playing until they get it right."

- Billie Jean King

"You can have it all. Just not all at once."

- Oprah Winfrey

"I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. And I also hope that you will choose to make some of that trouble on behalf of women."

- Nora Ephron

"I wake up every morning and think to myself, ‘How far can I push the company forward in the next 24 hours?’"

- Leah Busque

"As a leader, it’s a major responsibility on your shoulders to practice the behavior you want others to follow."

- Himanshu Bhatia

"Whatever it is that you think you want to do, and whatever it is that you think stands between you and that, stop making excuses. You can do anything."

- Katia Beauchamp

"To love what you do and feel like it matters — how could anything be more fun?"

- Katharine Graham

"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."

- Hillary Clinton

"Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it."

- Maya Angelou

"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse."

- Florence Nightingale

"Decide … whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying."

- Amelia Earhart

"No one has ever become poor by giving."

- Anne Frank

"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. Be faithful in small things, because it is in them that your strength lies."

- Mother Teresa

"Define goal. Take action. Stay focused. Expect success. Nothing less."

- Michele Ruiz

"Build your business success around something that you love — something that is inherently and endlessly interesting to you."

- Martha Stewart

"The most successful entrepreneurs I know are optimistic. It’s part of the job description."

- Caterina Fake

"People respond well to those that are sure of what they want."

- Anna Wintour

"I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on Earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet."

- Susan B. Anthony

"If you follow your heart, if you listen to your gut and if you extend your hand to help another — not for any agenda, but for the sake of humanity — you are going to find the truth."

- Erin Brockovich

"Don’t cut off your career branches too early. Don’t step away from your career based on what ‘might’ happen."

- Mary Barra

"I was taught to strive, not because there were any guarantees of success, but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life."

- Madeleine Albright

"If you’re not making some notable mistakes along the way, you’re certainly not taking enough business and career chances."

- Sallie Krawcheck

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer."

- Harriet Tubman

"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas."

- Marie Curie

"There are lots of opportunities out there for women to work in these fields; girls just need support, encouragement and mentoring to follow through with the sciences."

- Sally Ride

"Some leaders are born women."

- Geraldine Ferraro

"To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings."

- Rosabeth Moss Kanter

"Each person must live their life as a model for others."

- Rosa Parks

"There are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there."

- Indira Gandhi

"Do not be afraid to make decisions. Do not be afraid to make mistakes."

- Carly Fiorina

"What sets you apart can sometimes feel like a burden, and it’s not. And a lot of the time, it’s what makes you great."

- Emma Stone

"The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of a mistake."

- Meg Whitman

"If we are going to be part of the solution, we have to engage the problems."

- Majora Carter

"You create opportunities by performing, not complaining."

- Muriel Siebert

"A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be."

- Rosalynn Carter

"None of us can know what we are capable of until we are tested."

- Elizabeth Blackwell

"I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive."

- Sonia Sotomayor

"Your value will be not what you know; it will be what you share."

- Ginni Rometty

"A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be doe."

- Marge Piercy

"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."

- Edna Gardner Whyte

"I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career."

- Gloria Steinem

"Invite people into your life that don’t look or think like you."

- Mellody Hobson

"I always want to make films. I think of it as a great opportunity to comment on the world in which we live."

- Kathryn Bigelow

"Be an amateur. Not everything you do has to be good, especially at first."

- Ann Handley

"One of the best things you can do is stop and listen; that’s why it’s good to not just immediately respond when someone talks to you. Just stop and make sure you internalized what they said."

- Lori Richardson

"There is no force more powerful than a woman determined to rise."

- W.E.B. Du Bois

"She wraps herself in strength, carries herself with confidence, and works hard, strengthening her arms for the task at hand."

- Proverbs 31:16-17

"Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder."

- Sheryl Sandberg

"When I’m hungry, I eat. When I’m thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it."

- Madonna

"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."

- Edith Wharton

"Run mad as often as you choose, but do not faint."

- Jane Austen

"I don’t believe in perfection. I don’t think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist energy."

- Reese Witherspoon

"I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex."

- Katharine Hepburn

"Maybe it just boils down to: I’m a woman who’s really into her career, so I’m obsessed with the craft of my work. … There’s a romance in that for me."

- Mitski

"Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."

- Mother Teresa

"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

"I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman."

- Virginia Woolf

"We’re getting ready to take over the world. My group of girlfriends – we’re renegades."

- Lisa Bonet

"Building a brand means knowing your story and building and sharing that story"

- Tamara McCleary

"I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved."

- B. R. Ambedkar

"All women’s issues are to some degree men’s issues and all men’s issues are to some degree women’s issues because when either sex wins unilaterally both sexes lose."

- Warren Farrell

"Normal is not something to aspire to, it’s something to get away from."

- Jodie Foster

"You’ve always had the power, my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself."

- Glinda the Good Witch

"Women don’t realize how powerful they are."

- Judith Light

"I am my own woman."

- Evita Peron

"I figure if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and be one."

- Calamity Jane

"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."

- Indira Gandhi

"Nothing can dim the light which shines from within."

- Maya Angelou

"Behind every great woman… is another great woman."

- Kate Hodges

"Women’s History Month pays homage to the trailblazers before us, builds hope and inspiration to us and offers an example of pride and excellence for younger generations."

- Kron Moore

"There must be more equality established in society, or morality will never gain ground, and this virtuous equality will not rest firmly even when founded on a rock, if one half of mankind be chained to its bottom by fate, for they will be continually undermining it through ignorance or pride."

- Mary Wollstonecraft

"Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse."

- Golda Meir

"Women are the real architects of society."

- Cher

"Women are incredible in groups together. Terrifying. Men have nothing on them."

- Michael Hutchence

"Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so."

- Robert Frost

"The more you love your decisions, the less you need others to love them."

- Lisa Messenger

"There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver."

- Charlotte Perkins Gilman

"It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."

- Ursula K. LeGuin

"Never say no when you really want to say yes."

- Jenny Han

"I’m not ashamed to dress “like a woman” because I don’t think it’s shameful to be a woman."

- Iggy Pop

"Always show more kindness than seems necessary because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know."

- Colin Powell

"​​For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible."

- Lewis Carrol

"Women hold up half the sky."

- Chinese proverb

"Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense."

- Gertrude Stein

"No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind."

- Taylor Swift

"Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier."

- Mother Teresa

"Whether through work or love or art, life becomes more meaningful whenever we take responsibility for something or someone. Responsibility is not always pleasurable or even positive, but it is purposeful."

"Always remember you are BRAVER than you believe, STRONGER than you seem, SMARTER than you think & LOVED more than you know."

"And then I realized that to be more alive I had to be less afraid so I did it…I lost my fear and gained my whole life."

"A strong person is not the one who doesn’t fall down and doesn’t cry. The strong person falls, cries, and then gets up and keeps going."

"A strong woman knows she has strength enough for the journey, but a woman of strength knows it is in the journey where she will become strong."

"The foundation of your wellness journey is presence – quieting the chatter in your head, feeling yourself in the moment and knowing you are okay. Presence leads to clarity, and ultimately, to the joy of being alive. Be present. Let go of yesterday. Put thoughts of tomorrow at bay. You are here. Now. Full of energy. Flooded with calm. Engaged in this one and only moment."

"May you be free from harm. May you be strong and healthy. May you be happy. May you live a life filled with ease."