Empowering Words: A Daily Collection of Inspirational Quotes for Women

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

- Gloria Steinem

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

- Michelle Obama

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

- Sheryl Sandberg

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

- Eleanor Roosevelt

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

- Tina Fey

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

- Oprah

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

- Golda Meir

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

- Oprah Winfrey

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

- Audrey Hepburn

"The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough."

- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

"In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders."

- Sheryl Sandberg

"We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better."

- J.K. Rowling

"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

"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

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

- Jennifer Lopez

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

- Rosalynn Carter

"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

"Strong women don’t play the victim. Don’t make themselves look pitiful and don’t point fingers. They stand and they deal."

- Mandy Hale

"The energy you’ll expend focusing on someone else’s life is better spent working on your own. Just be your own idol."

- Sophia Amoruso

"Ignore the glass ceiling and do your work. If you’re focusing on the glass ceiling, focusing on what you don’t have, focusing on the limitations, then you will be limited."

- Ava DuVernay

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

- Maya Angelou

"I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am."

- Beyoncé

"The woman who doesn’t require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet."

- Mohadesa Najumi

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."

- Helen Keller

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

- Ariana Grande

"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

"I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept."

- Angela Y. Davis

"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

"I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story—I will."

- Amy Schumer

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

- Madonna

"When girls are given the right tools to succeed, they can create incredible futures, not only for themselves but also for those around them."

- Meghan Markle

"Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else."

- Maya Angelou

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

- Diane Mariechild

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

- Ayn Rand

"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

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

- Oprah Winfrey

"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."

- Oprah Winfrey

"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

"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

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

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Once I learned to like me more than others did, then I didn't have to worry about being the funniest or the most popular or the prettiest. I was the best me and I only ever tried to be that."

- Issa Rae

"I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart."

- Anne Frank

"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line."

- Lucille Ball

"The most important thing one woman can do for another is expand her sense of actual possibilities."

- Adrienne Rich

"She is water. Strong enough to drown you, soft enough to cleanse you, and deep enough to save you."

- Rupi Kaur

"You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody."

- Maya Angelou

"True champions aren't always the ones that win, but those with the most guts."

- Mia Hamm

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

- Aung San Suu Kyi

"You don’t have to play masculine to be a strong woman."

- Mary Elizabeth Winstead

"Champions keep playing until they get it right."

- Billie Jean King

"You have to believe in yourself when no one else does."

- Serena Williams

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you."

- Margaret Thatcher

"Am I good enough? Yes, I am."

- Michelle Obama

"I can if I want to because it's my business."

- Tabitha Brown

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

- Dolly Parton

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

- Carly Simon

"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

"Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me."

- Arianna Huffington

"Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be; embrace who you are."

- Emma Watson

"Girls should never be afraid to be smart."

- Emma Watson

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try."

- Beverly Sills

"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."

- Margaret Fuller

"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

"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

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

- Misty Copeland

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

- Helen Keller

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

- Ginni Rometty

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

- Amelia Earhart

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

- Oprah Winfrey

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

- Melinda Gates

"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. We must believe we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained."

- Marie Curie

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

- Nora Ephron

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

- Judy Garland

"Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it."

- Ziad K. Abdelnour

"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

"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

"Don’t let anyone speak for you, and don’t rely on others to fight for you."

- Michelle Obama

"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

"Women are like teabags. We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"You must know that you can do this. You are strong. And you will make it. Just hang on and keep believing in yourself, always."

- Heather A. Stillufsen

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

- Judy Garland

"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

"I encourage women to step up. Don't wait for somebody to ask you."

- Reese Witherspoon

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

- Elaine Welteroth

"Do not live someone else's life and someone else's idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you."

- Beyoncé

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

- Audre Lorde

"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."

- Isabel Allende

"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."

- G.D. Anderson

"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.’"

- Maya Angelou

"The women of today are the thoughts of their mothers and grandmothers, embodied and made alive. They are active, capable, determined and bound to win. They have one-thousand generations back of them...Millions of women dead and gone are speaking through us today."

- Matilda Joslyn Gage

"I am a woman and I get to define what that means."

- Swati Sharma

"Feminism is not just about women; it’s about letting all people lead fuller lives."

- Brené Brown

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

- Helen Keller

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

- Malala Yousafzai

"Every person has a responsibility to be a participant in this society and make it a better place for everybody, in whatever capacity they can."

- Megan Rapinoe

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

- Helen Keller

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

- Emma Raducanu

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

- Jane Goodall

"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

"I’ve never been interested in being invisible and erased."

- Lucille Ball

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

- Lucille Ball

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

- Pink

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

- Nikita Gill

"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

"If everything was perfect, you would never learn, and you would never grow."

- Beyoncé

"If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it."

- Margaret Fuller

"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

"Sometimes things fall apart, so that better things can fall together."

- George Eliot

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

- Isabel Allende

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

- George Eliot

"I can encourage the women who are striving to get their footing in the world to keep pushing and to express themselves."

- Angela Yee

"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

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

- Anaïs Nin

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

- Calamity Jane

"A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle."

- Gloria Steinem

"The best protection any woman can have … is courage."

- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

"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

"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

"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

"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

"The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves."

- Barbara Corcoran

"I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody’s passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn’t mind learning."

- Amy Poehler

"You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the water-slide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute."

- Tina Fey

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

- Marilyn Monroe

"When I’m good, I’m very good. But when I’m bad, I’m better."

- Mae West

"For most of history, Anonymous was a woman."

- Virginia Woolf

"I’ve learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life."

- Maya Angelou

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

- Alice Walker

"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

"Women asking for raises should not only know their value, but they should ask with the confidence that they’re helping the company to be successful."

- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

"I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life."

- Louise Hay

"Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay."

- Simone de Beauvoir

"I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that’s not pulling the trigger."

- Mia Hamm

"Don’t be afraid to speak up for yourself. Keep fighting for your dreams!"

- Gabby Douglas

"The power you have is to be the best version of yourself you can be, so you can create a better world."

- Ashley Rickards

"If you can dance and be free and be embarrassed, you can rule the world."

- Amy Poehler

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

- Melissa Etheridge

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

- Erica Jong

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

- Edith Wharton

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

- Ruth Gordo

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

- Ingrid Bergman

"Not knowing you can’t do something, is sometimes all it takes to do it."

- Ally Carter

"If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not making decisions."

- Catherine Cook

"If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased."

- Katharine Hepburn

"Take the wisdoms of the women in this world and keep them at your side, always."

- Beanie Feldstein

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

- Ntozake Shange

"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

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

- Madonna

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

- Mother Teresa

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

- Lisa Messenger

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

- Byron Katie

"I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn't last long."

- Shelley Winters

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

- Colin Powell

"Why is it that men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?"

- Barbra Streisand

"I married beneath me. All women do."

- Nancy Astor

"Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then."

- Katharine Hepburn

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

- Glinda the Good Witch

"As long as you live. there's something new everyday."

- Dolly Parton

"By the grace of God, I am what I am."

"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made."

"Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."

"Declare over yourself: ‘God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind.’"

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

"God is within her, she will not fall."

"She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"She needed a hero. So that’s what she became."