Success doesn't come easily, does it? These women can certainly attest to that! Discover quotes, messages, reflections, and advice from inspiring women who show us the power of resilience, determination, and courage.
We've curated empowering messages from women across various fields, including sports, politics, entertainment, and activism. These words are true life lessons that will inspire you to face challenges head-on, embrace your strengths, and live with purpose and passion.
I pray that I may be all that [my mother] would have been had she lived in an age when women could aspire and achieve and daughters are cherished as much as sons.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
What I want young women and girls to know is: You are powerful and your voice matters.
Kamala Harris
I refuse to be quiet in the face of injustice.
Oprah Winfrey
For me, becoming isn't about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn't end.
Michelle Obama
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.
Maya Angelou
When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
Malala Yousafzai
I really think a champion is defined not by their wins, but by how they can recover when they fall.
Serena Williams
Black Girl Magic is a rallying call of recognition. Embedded in the everyday is a magnificence that is so easy to miss because we’re so mired in the struggle and what society says we are.
Ava DuVernay
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
Jane Goodall
We live in a strange world where children must sacrifice their own education in order to protest against the destruction of their future. Where the people who have contributed the least to this crisis are the ones who are going to be affected the most.
Greta Thunberg
So whatever you want to do, just do it…Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.
Gloria Steinem
Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary’s life. When one commits oneself to the struggle it must be for a lifetime.
Angela Davis
The most powerful and persuasive thing a person can say on any given issue is sharing their personal experience and personal story.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
We want to empower women to do exactly what they want, to be true to themselves, to have the opportunities to develop. Women should feel free.
Emma Watson
Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are.
Beyoncé
As I’ve grown older I’ve really got to understand how powerful one voice can be, my voice can be, or the team’s voice can be. So to hold that back or not to use that just seems selfish in a way.
Megan Rapinoe
You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
Rosa Parks
You are never too old to play. You are only too old for low-rise jeans.
Ellen Degeneres
Change is hard. And if you don’t fight for it, you can’t win. But change can happen.
Elizabeth Warren
A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want.
Madonna
We wanted any girl in the world, if she was good enough, to have a place to compete and be appreciated for her accomplishments, not her looks.
Billie Jean King
I feel myself becoming the fearless person I have dreamt of being. Have I arrived? No. But I'm constantly evolving and challenging myself to be unafraid to make mistakes.
Janelle Monáe
My advice: don’t waste so much time worrying about your skin or your weight. Develop what you do, what you put your hands on in the world.
Meryl Streep
When you put love out in the world it travels, and it can touch people and reach people in ways that we never even expected.
Laverne Cox
If you're someone people count on, particularly in difficult moments, that's a sign of a life lived honorably.
Rachel Maddow
Don't save your best for when you think the material calls for it. Always bring your full potential to every take, and be on top of your job, or they will replace you.
Gabrielle Union
If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.
Dolly Parton
I always believed that when you follow your heart or your gut, when you really follow the things that feel great to you, you can never lose because settling is the worst feeling in the world.
Rihanna
Some women choose to follow men, and some women 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
You're allowed to bore your friends and family, but to bore your audience is unforgivable.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
A successful competition for me is always going out there and putting 100 percent into whatever I’m doing. It’s not always winning ... People, I think, mistake that it’s just winning. Sometimes it could be, but for me it’s hitting the best sets I can, gaining confidence and having a good time and having fun.
Simone Biles
I’m constantly in a state of self-improvement, but I don’t beat myself up over it.
Mindy Kaling
We can't choose the family we were born into. But we can choose our actions. We all want to take care of the people we are closest to, those sitting at our table. But is there a world in which those who are blessed with more might build a larger table rather than building a higher fence?
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
As a woman, I have an inherent need to be all things to all people, to make certain everybody's taken care of. I know I can't sustain that level all the time, so I'm finding the proper balance and it's made me infinitely happier.
Sarah Jessica Parker
So we are speaking up for those who don’t have anyone listening to them, for those who can’t talk about it just yet, and for those who will never speak again.
Emma Gonzalez
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Amelia Earhart
In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.
Coco Chanel
Without discipline, there's no life at all.
Katherine Hepburn
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
Audrey Hepburn
Gender diversity is not just good for women; it’s good for anyone who wants results.
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 that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
Marie Curie
I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.
Lucille Ball
The problems of our time will be solved only when all of the best mind, conscience and talent in the community are brought to their solution.
Jane Addams
When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.
Queen Elizabeth II
When people come together to solve problems, they do not automatically become immune to the ways society and the economy are organized. We bring the things that shape us, consciously and unconsciously, everywhere we go. Unless we are intentional about interrupting what we've learned, we will perpetuate it, even as we are working hard for a better world.
Alicia Garza
You can't love other people until you love yourself.
Demi Lovato
Being called very, very difficult is the beginning of success. Until you’re called very, very difficult you’re really nobody at all.
Bette Davis
If you want to see the girl next door, go next door.
Joan Crawford
I am not lucky. You know what I am? I am smart, I am talented, I take advantage of the opportunities that come my way and I work really, really hard. Don’t call me lucky. Call me a badass.
Shonda Rhimes
You never completely have your rights, one person, until you all have your rights.
Marsha P. Johnson
you have to believe in yourself when no one else does that's what makes you a winner.
Venus Williams
Dangerous is the woman who can give herself what she used to seek from others.
Tarana Burke
I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
To me, leadership is not about necessarily being the loudest in the room, but instead being the bridge, or the thing that is missing in the discussion and trying to build a consensus from there.
Jacinda Ardern
I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean really, no fear!
Nina Simone
You may think I’m small, but I have a universe inside my mind.
Yoko Ono
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