Empowering Quotes to Inspire Young Ladies

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

- Rosalynn Carter

"“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

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

- Diane Von Furstenberg

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

- Greta Thunberg

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

- Misty Copeland

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

- Nikita Gill

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

- Helen Keller

"“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

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

- Bethany Hamilton

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

- Oprah Winfrey

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

- Dolly Parton

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

- Alice Walker

"“You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.”"

- Melissa Etheridge

"“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.”"

- Lucille Ball

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

- Blake Lively

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

- Mindy Kaling

"“The only one who can tell you 'you can't win' is you, and you don't have to listen.”"

- Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill

"“Don’t think about making women fit the world - think about making the world fit women.”"

- Gloria Steinem

"“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.”"

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

- Michelle Obama

"“I think realizing that you’re not alone, that you are standing with millions of your sisters around the world is vital.”"

- Malala Yousafzai

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

- Coco Chanel

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

- Serena Williams

"“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

"“Where there is a woman, there is magic.”"

- Ntozake Shange

"“Believe in yourself and be proud of who you are. Don't let anyone tell you differently. There is beauty in everyone and no one should stop you from growing into a confident and strong young person.”"

- June Sarpong

"“I am thankful for my struggle because, without it, I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength.”"

- Alex Elle

"“Life is tough, my darling, but so are you.”"

- Stephanie Bennett-Henry

"“I will always be the girl who believed she could make it to the moon, in a world that still debates whether girls should have an education and whether women should have reproductive rights.”"

- Alaa Murabit

"“Feminism isn’t about making women strong. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.”"

- G.D. Anderson

"“Do not ever sell yourself short.”"

- Jameela Jamil

"“After all those years as a woman hearing, ‘not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not thin enough, not that enough,’ almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, ‘I am enough.’”"

- Anna Quindlen

"“I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.”"

- Maya Angelou

"“One individual cannot possibly make a difference, alone. It is individual efforts, collectively, that makes a noticeable difference - all the difference in the world!”"

- Jane Goodall

"We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back. We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave – to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their full potential."

- Malala Yousafzai

"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

"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."

- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already."

- J.K. Rowling

"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them."

- Maya Angelou

"Feminism isn’t about making women strong. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength."

- G.D. Anderson

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."

- Maya Angelou

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

- Ayn Rand

"You don’t have to be pretty. You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female.'"

- Erin McKean

"Like art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before."

- Gloria Steinem

"I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard."

- Malala Yousafzai

"When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid."

- Audre Lorde

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

- Jane Goodall

"Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning."

- Gloria Steinem

"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

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

- Florence Griffith Joyner

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

- Audrey Hepburn

"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

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

- Anaïs Nin

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

- Sheryl Sandberg

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

- Oprah Winfrey

"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

"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

"Do one thing every day that scares you."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"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."

- Sarah Blakely

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

- J.K. Rowling

"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

"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

"Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim."

- Nora Ephron

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

- Anaïs Nin

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

- Malala Yousafzai

"There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself."

- Hannah Gadsby

"I know my worth. I embrace my power. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story. I will."

- Amy Schumer

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

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"If someone shows you who they are, believe them."

- Maya Angelou

"Nothing will work unless you do."

- Maya Angelou

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

- Mother Theresa

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

- Margaret Thatcher

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

- Coco Chanel

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

- W. P. Kinsella

"Beauty fades, dumb is forever."

- Judge Judy

"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain."

- Dolly Parton

"Being different isn’t a bad thing. It means you’re brave enough to be yourself."

- Luna Lovegood

"It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do."

- Jane Austen

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

- Maya Angelou

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

- Mark Twain

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

- Sarah Ban Breathnach

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

- Erica Jong

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

- Gloria Steinem

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

- Coco Chanel

"I dwell in possibility."

- Emily Dickinson

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

- Amelia Earhart

"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

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

- Margaret Thatcher

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

- Al Anon

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

- Charlotte Whitton

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

- Mae West

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

- Madonna

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

- Mae West

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

- Susan Sontag

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

- Lynda Berry

"Those who do not move, do not notice their chains. The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening."

- Rosa Luxembourg

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

- Byron Katie

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

- Ann Richards

"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Sí se puede!"

"Well behaved women seldom make history."

"Don't do wife duties at girlfriend price."

"My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage!"