“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.” —Serena Williams
“Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help,
and brave enough to ask for it.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour
“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
“You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to
follow through.” – Rosalynn Carter
“In a world that wants women to whisper, I choose to yell.” —Luvvie Ajayi
“Success requires competence and confidence. You must be good at what
you do; you must speak up and take credit for your work. One of
the other just won’t cut it.” — Michelle Bomberger, CEO and managing
attorney, Equinox Business Law Group
“On my own, I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn’t,
I’ll create something else. I don’t have any limitations on what I think I
could do or be.”— Oprah Winfrey
“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
“‘No’ today doesn’t mean ‘no’ tomorrow.” —Yvonne Orji
“You never know if you can actually do something against all odds until you
actually do it.” —Abby Wambach
“A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just
blooms.” —Hannah Lavon, founder of Pals Socks
“Surround yourself with people and things that inspire you. Learn everything
you can.” —Jameela Jamil
“Let your creativity be a river, not a destination.” —Elizabeth Gilbert
“Limit your ‘always’ and your ‘nevers.'” —Amy Poehler
“Let your compassion fuel your passion.” — Achea Redd, founder of Real Girls
F.A.R.T.
“Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.”
—Michelle Obama
“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
“We have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly
possible.” —Beyonce
“One of the biggest qualities is having an awareness outside of yourself,
and understanding that the world doesn’t revolve around your needs.”— Brie
Larson
“It’s really important for us to be unapologetic. To be bold. To be brave.
And to take huge risks.” —Awkwafina
“A strong woman stands up for herself. A stronger woman stands up for
everybody else.” – Unknown
“And one day she discovered that she was fierce and strong, and full of
fire and that not even she could hold herself back because her passion
burned brighter than her fears.” – Mark Anthony
“She was a wild one; always stomping on eggshells that everyone else
tip-toed on.” – Kaitlin Foster
“Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in.”
—Hillary Clinton
“Celebrate the wins in life but never be complacent.” — Danielle Takata,
co-founder, and creative director, Dreambox Creations Los Angeles
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very
different from my own.”—Audre Lorde
“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, We Should All Be Feminists
“She was powerful not because she wasn’t scared but because she went on so
strongly, despite the fear.” – Atticus
“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
“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
“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The
fearful are caught as often as the bold.” – Helen Keller
“You had the power all along my dear.”
—Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
“Every day is a new opportunity to change your life and be who you want to
be.” —Demi Lovato
“You will not determine my story. I will.” —Amy Schumer
“Don’t be like the rest of them darling.” —Coco Chanel
“Boss up and change your life.” —Lizzo
“Stay committed and consistent and you will achieve your goals. Never give
up.” —Kelly Rowland
“A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by
her scars.” – Carly Simon
“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.” –
Ayn Rand
“Run your own race. Don’t be distracted by what others are doing. Set
and go after your own goals.”— Jen Gouldstone, founder and president, Garden
Streets
“Find your ‘why’ so that you have the strength and resilience to push
through those times when everything else is telling you no.”— Lisa
Wimberger, founder, of The Neurosculpting Institute
“Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. And,
when you stumble, keep the 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
“Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.”—Audre
Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“I like being present in spaces where I am not welcome because you do not
deserve to feel comfortable just because you’re racist or sexist or
small-minded.”—Scaachi Koul, One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will
Matter
“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this
diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.” – Rosa
Parks
“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
“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
“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
“I will have my voice: Indian, Spanish, white. I will have my serpent’s
tongue—my woman’s voice, my sexual voice, my poet’s voice. I will overcome
the tradition of silence.”—Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera
“‘You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?’
Aunty Ifeka said. ‘Your life belongs to you and you alone.’”—Chimamanda
Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun
“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
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”—Nora Ephron
“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
“A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to
find that voice can be remarkably difficult.” – Melinda Gates
“You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect. You
should expect it.”—Sarah Dessen, Keeping the Moon
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”—Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s
Tale
“I can’t think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is
unafraid to be yourself.” —Emma Stone
“A strong woman looks a challenge dead in the eye and gives it a wink.”
—Gina Carey
“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
“Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be
imperfect.” —Brene Brown
“The warrior knows that her heartbreak is her map.” —Glennon Doyle
“I am no bird; no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an
independent will, which I now exert to leave you.”—Charlotte Bronte, Jane
Eyre
“You have to be consistent. You have to be yourself. You have to be
committed to what you’re doing. You have to not be afraid to be ambitious.”
—Roxane Gay
“It’s not your job to be likable. It’s your job to be yourself.
Someone will like you anyway.” —Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Especially not
yourself.” —Mindy Kaling
Inspiring Quotes for Black History Month: ‘Freedom Is Never Given’
“A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just
blooms.” —Hannah Lavon, founder of Pals Socks
“Surround yourself with people and things that inspire you. Learn everything
you can.” —Jameela Jamil
“Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.”
—Michelle Obama
“There were times I was underestimated a lot. It gave me a unique benefit.”
—Elaine Welteroth
“Why not take a chance and bet on happiness? —Jenny Han
“Every time someone writes that I play ‘strong women, they’re implying that most women aren’t. How about I just play well-written parts?” —
Jessica Chastain
“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
“We have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly
possible.” —Beyonce
“One of the biggest qualities is having an awareness outside of yourself,
and understanding that the world doesn’t revolve around your needs.”— Brie
Larson
“It’s really important for us to be unapologetic. To be bold. To be brave.
And to take huge risks.” —Awkwafina
“Run your own race. Don’t be distracted by what others are doing. Set
and go after your own goals.”— Jen Gouldstone, founder and president, Garden
Streets
“Find your ‘why’ so that you have the strength and resilience to push
through those times when everything else is telling you no.”— Lisa
Wimberger, founder, of The Neurosculpting Institute
“Everything is figure outable.”— Marie Forleo
“Once you know who you are, you don’t have to worry anymore.” —Nikki
Giovanni
“The trouble was, I hated the idea of serving men in any way. I wanted to
dictate my own thrilling letters.”—Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead
of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our
lives.”—Jane Austen, Persuasion
0 Comments