Women are respected in our society. Find here the list of some inspirational quotes for women to know the power of a woman. A woman has the power to make the world strong. Apart from these inspirational women quotes, you can also read our other motivational quotes on Black History Month, disorganized thinking, mind-body-spirit, and growth process.
Let’s read the collection of inspirational quotes for women.
Short Inspirational Quotes for women
1. “A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want.” – Madonna
2. “A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. A woman must do what he can’t.” – Rhonda Hansome
3. “A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.” — Carly Simon
4. “A strong woman builds her own world. She is one who is wise enough to know that it will attract the man she will gladly share it with” — Ellen J. Barrier
5. “A strong woman Is one who is able to smile this morning like she wasn’t crying last night.” ― Unknown
6. “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.” — Unknown
7. “A strong woman looks a challenge dead in the eye and gives it a wink.” — Gina Carey
8. “A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.” ― Diane Mariechild
9. “A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.” — Melinda Gates
10. “Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” — Nora Ephron
11. “Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.” — W. Clement Stone
12. “Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.”— Margaret Thatcher
13. “Be a Girl with a mind, a woman with attitude, and a Lady with class.” ― Unknown
14. “Be messy and complicated and afraid and show up anyways.” — Glennon Doyle Melton
15. “Be there for others, but never leave yourself behind.” — Dodinsky
16. “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” — Audre Lorde
17. “Do Not Judge You Don’t Know What Storm I’ve Asked Her To Walk Trough.” ― God
18. “Do not tame the wolf inside you just because you’ve met someone who doesn’t have the courage to handle you.” — Belle Estreller
19. “Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.” — Byron Katie
20. “Don’t be afraid to speak up for yourself. Keep fighting for your dreams!” ― Gabby Douglas
Inspirational Quotes for women at work
21. “Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.” — Janis Joplin
22. “Don’t think about making women fit the world — think about making the world fit women.” — Gloria Steinem
23. “Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.” ― Jennifer Lopez
24. “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
25. “Everything is within your power, and your power is within you.” ― Janice Trachtman
26. “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
27. “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
28. “Girls should never be afraid to be smart.” — Emma Watson
29. “I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” — Lily Tomlin
30. “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” — Audre Lorde
31. “I am thankful for my struggle because, without it, I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength.” — Alex Elle
32. “I don’t go by the rule book. I lead from the heart, not the head.” ― Princess Diana
33. “I don’t know a woman alive who isn’t courageous.” ― Reese Witherspoon
34. “I encourage women to step up. Don’t wait for somebody to ask you.” — Reese Witherspoon
35. “I found that ultimately 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
36. “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
37. “I need to listen well so that I hear what is not said.” – Thuli Madonsela
38. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” — Estée Lauder
39. “I raise up my voice—not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard… We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” — Malala Yousafzai
40. “I try to live in a little bit of my own joy and not let people steal it or take it.” – Hoda Kotb
Daily Inspirational Quotes for women
41. “I want to do it 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.” – Amelia Earhart
42. “I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all.” — Simone Biles
43. “I’m tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.” — Madonna
44. “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
45. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” — Milton Berle
46. “If you can dance and be free and not be embarrassed, you can rule the world.” — Amy Poehler
47. “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” — Napoleon Hill
48. “If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” — Erica Jong
49. “If you don’t see a clear path for what you want, sometimes you have to make it yourself.” — Mindy Kaling
50. “If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” – Katharine Hepburn
51. “If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not making decisions.” — Catherine Cook
52. “In a world that wants women to whisper, I choose to yell.” — Luvvie Ajayi
53. “In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.” — Sheryl Sandberg
54. “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
55. “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
56. “It’s possible to climb to the top without stomping on other people.” – Taylor Swift
57. “Justice is about making sure that being polite is not the same thing as being quiet. In fact, often times, the most righteous thing you can do is shake the table.” — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
58. “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
59. “My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
60. “No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.” – Billie Jean King
Inspirational Quotes for women leaders
61. “No today doesn’t mean ‘no’ tomorrow.” — Yvonne Orji
62. “Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention.” — Pink
63. “Power to me is the ability to make a change in a positive way.” ― Victoria Justice
64. “Power’s not given to you. You have to take it.” – Beyoncé Knowles Carter
65. “Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine.”— Mario Fernández
66. “Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream.” — Oprah Winfrey
67. “She does not know what the future holds, but she is grateful for slow and steady growth.” — Morgan Harper Nichols
68. “She was powerful not because she wasn’t scared but because she went on so strongly, despite the fear.” ― Atticus
69. “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
70. “Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.” – Oprah Winfrey
71. “Strong women don’t have ‘attitudes’, we have standards.”— Marilyn Monroe
72. “The beauty of being a feminist is that you get to be whatever you want. And that’s the point.” — Shonda Rhimes
73. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched — they must be felt with the heart.”— Helen Keller
74. “The best protection any woman can have … is courage.” – Elizabeth Cady Stanton
75. “The challenge is not to be perfect…it’s to be whole.” – Jane Fonda
76. “The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.” — Barbara Corcoran
77. “The king may rule the kingdom, but it’s the queen who moves the board.” — D.M. Timney
78. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” — Alice Walker
79. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” ― Coco Chanel
80. “The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” — Ayn Rand
Inspirational Quotes for women in business
81. “The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.” — Peggy O’Mara
82. “There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.” ― Maria Mitchell
83. “There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” — Michelle Obama
84. “We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” — Malala Yousafzai
85. “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
86. “What makes you different or weird, that’s your strength.” — Meryl Streep
87. “Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.” — Charlotte Whitton
88. “When you learn how much you’re worth, you’ll stop giving people discounts.” — Helen Keller
89. “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
90. “Women are like teabags. We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
91. “Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses.” – Madame Marie du Deffand
92. “Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
93. “Women have discovered that they cannot rely on men’s chivalry to give them justice.” — Helen Keller
94. “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.” ― A.A. Milne
95. “You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.” ― Melissa Etheridge
96. “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
97. “You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.” ― Brigham Young
98. “You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.” — Barbara De Angelis
99. “You’re not in competition with other women. You’re in competition with everyone.” — Tina Fey
100. “Your silence will not protect you.” — Audre Lorde
101. “Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.” — Iyanla Vanzant
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