Empowering Quotes from Inspirational Women

“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand

“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” – Amelia Earhart

“I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.” – Madonna

“Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts…good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt.” – Oprah Winfrey

“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Dr. Mae Jemison

“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.” – Janis Joplin

“Women are like teabags. We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius (quoted by Anna Quindlen)

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

“I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that’s not pulling the trigger.” – Mia Hamm

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill (quoted by Stacey Abrams)

“You can’t give up! If you give up, you’re like everybody else.” – Chris Evert

Empowering Quotes from Inspirational Women part 2

“You can’t please everyone, and you can’t make everyone like you.” – Katie Couric

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin

“The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.” – Maya Angelou

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey

“You must do the things you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to better.” – Frida Kahlo

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Sally Berger

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

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” – Malala Yousafzai

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

“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” – Amelia Earhart

“I am thankful for a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning, and gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home… I am thankful for the piles of laundry and ironing because it means my loved ones are nearby.” – Nancie J. Carmody

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.” – Sonia Johnson

“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.” – Plutarch (quoted by Helen Keller)

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius (quoted by Martha Stewart)

“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” – Margaret Thatcher

“A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“The best protection any woman can have is courage.” – Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” – Katharine Hepburn

“Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.” – Sara Blakely

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” – Maya Angelou

“A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want.” – Madonna

“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” – Audre Lorde

“I don’t want to just be a flash in the pan.” – Lady Gaga

“The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity.” – Viola Davis

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Taking joy in living is a woman’s best cosmetic.” – Rosalind Russell

“We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.” – Beyoncé