Best Inspirational Quotes For Women
Here are the best inspirational quotes for women. These quotes remind women about their inner strength and to dream beyond their imagination.
Women were born to lead, care, create, and so much more. Women inspire us every day, whether they be our mothers, writers, singers, bosses, or friends.
Inspirational Quotes for Women
1.) No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
2.) You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.
Melissa Etheridge
3.) Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion
Oprah Winfrey
4.) I can’t think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself.
Emma Stone
5.) Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
Janis Joplin
Inspiring Sayings
6.) If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these together ought to be able to turn it back and get it right side up again.
Sojourner Truth
7.) What makes you different or weird that’s your strength.
Meryl Streep
8.) How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
Anne Frank
9.) If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.
Katharine Hepburn
10.) I can’t think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself.
Emma Stone
11.) Some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not lived at all-in which case, you fail by default.
J.K. Rowling
12.) She believed she could. So she did.
Unknown
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Motivational Reflections for Women
13.) Success isn’t about how much money you make; it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.
Michelle Obama
14.) The kindest words my father said to me, women like you drown oceans.
Rupi Kaur
15.) I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femininity. And I want to be respected in all my femaleness because I deserve to be.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
15.) One isn’t born courageous; one becomes it.
Marjane Satrapi
16.) Run to the fire, don’t hide from it.
Meg Whitman
17.) Do not live someone else’s life and someone else’s idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you.
Viola Davis
18.) If it doesn’t scare you, you’re probably not dreaming big enough.
Tory Burch
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Uplifting Quotations
19.) I don’t know a woman alive who isn’t courageous.
Reese Witherspoon
20.) In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.
Coco Chanel
21.) A successful woman is one who can build a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at her.
Unknown
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22.) The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.
Alice Walker
23.) A champion is defined not by their wins but by how many times they recover when they fall.
Serena Williams
24.) I encourage women to step up. Don’t wait for somebody to ask you.
Reese Witherspoon
25.) And though she be but little, she is fierce.
William Shakespeare
26.) 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
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Encouraging Words For Women
27.) I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship.
Louisa May Alcott
28.) Don’t be afraid to speak up for yourself. Keep fighting for your dreams!
Gabby Douglas
29.) My coach said I run like a girl. And I said if he ran a little fast he could too.
Mia Hamm
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30.) I am not afraid. I was born to do this.
Joan of Arc
31.) The power you have is to be the best version of yourself you can be, so you can create a better world.
Ashley Rickards
32.) She is clothed in strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.
Unknown
33.) You have what it takes to be a victorious, independent, fearless woman.
Tyra Banks
34.) 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
35.) Above all, be the heroine of your life. Not the victim.
Nora Ephron
36.) She wasn’t looking for a knight, she was looking for a sword.
Atticus
37.) If there’s one thing I’m willing to be on, it’s myself.
Beyonce
38.) There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.
Michelle Obama
39.) It is amazing what a woman can do if only she ignores what men tell her she can’t.
Carol K. Carr
40.) The woman who does not require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet.
Mohadesa Najumi
Moving Insights Sayings
41.) You had the power all along, my dear.
Glinda
42.) The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.
Roseanne Barr
43.) To all the little girls who are watching, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams.
Hillary Clinton
44.) We all have a Wonder Woman inside us.
Unknown
45.) 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
46.) 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
Strong Women Quotes
47.) 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
48.) A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
Eleanor Roosevelt
49.) You are the one who possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.
Diane von Furstenberg
50.) There’s something special about a woman who dominates in a man’s world. It takes a certain grace, strength, intelligence, fearlessness and the nerve to never take no for an answer.
Rihanna
51.) One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I’m a woman. That is the way all females should feel.
Marilyn Monroe, Actress
52.) Whatever you do, be different – that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can’t think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you’re different, you will stand out.
Anita Roddick
Short Inspirational Quotes For Women
53.) Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
Helen Keller
54.) I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.
Audrey Hepburn
55.) The most successful entrepreneurs I know are optimistic. It’s part of the job description.
Caterina Fake
56.) There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.
Michelle Obama, Former First Lady
57.) A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.
Melinda Gates, Philanthropist and Global Advocate.
58.) I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
Audre Lorde
Powerful Quotes By Women
59.) 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.
Jane Fonda
60.) 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
61.) Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.
Oprah Winfrey
62.) You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.
Tina Fey
63.) A strong woman understands that 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
64.) You never have to ask anyone permission to lead. When you want to lead, you lead.
Kamala Harris
65.) 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
By Michael O’Halloran
Michael O’Halloran founded Greeting Card Poet in 2014 and has worked as its publisher and editor ever since. He has co-authored four books on kids’ trivia and four on coaching. Previously, Michael was the president of Magnetic Poetry. He has invented and brought to market over 75 new gift and toy products, most of which involve wordplay. Mike is married and a father of four daughters.
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