Top 50 Powerful Women Quotes

She would rather walk alone in darkness than follow anyone else’s shadow.R. G. MOON

Top Strong Women Quotes

She may be broken for a while, but that’s ok. She’s working on her, cause she’s not one to leave a mess lying around.

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“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

“Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. And, when you stumble, keep 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

“You had the power all along my dear.”—Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

“And really, how insulting is it that to suggest that the best thing women can do is raise other people to do incredible things? I’m betting some of those women would like to do great things of their own.”—Jessica Valenti

“Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.”—Audre Lorde

“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

“‘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

“Some women get erased a little at a time, some all at once. Some reappear. Every woman who appears wrestles with the forces that would have her disappear. She struggles with the forces that would tell her story for her, or write her out of the story, the genealogy, the rights of man, the rule of law. The ability to tell your own story, in words or images, is already a victory, already a revolt.”—Rebecca Solnit

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

“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

“You’re not too fat. You’re not too loud. You’re not too smart. You’re not unladylike. There is nothing wrong with you.”—Jessica Valenti

“Before the moon I am, what a woman is, a woman of power, a woman’s power, deeper than the roots of trees, deeper than the roots of islands, older than the Making, older than the moon.”—Ursula K. Le Guin

“Be as pissed off as you want to be. Don’t hold back because you think it’s unladylike or some such nonsense. We shouldn’t be shamed out of our anger. We should be using it. Using it to make change in our own lives, and using it to make change in the lives around us. (I know, I’m cheesy.) So the next time someone calls you emotional, or asks if you’re PMSing, call them on their bullshit.”—Jessica Valenti

“I’m a womanPhenomenally.Phenomenal woman,That’s me.”—Maya Angelou

“The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.”—bell hooks

“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.”—Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“Fill your life with women that empower you, that help you believe in your magic and aid them to believe in their own exceptional power and their incredible magic too. Women that believe in each other can survive anything. Women who believe in each other create armies that will win kingdoms and wars.”—Nikita Gill

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will, which I now exert to leave you.”—Charlotte Bronte

“The trouble was, I hated the idea of serving men in any way. I wanted to dictate my own thrilling letters.”—Sylvia Plath

“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

“You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect. You should expect it.”—Sarah Dessen

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”—Margaret Atwood

She’s proof that you can walk through hell and still be an angel.R. H. Sin

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

“When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.”– Helen Keller

“Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.”– Margaret Thatcher

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

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”– Maya Angelou

“Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.”– Janis Joplin

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

“If you don’t like being a doormat then get off the floor.”– Al Anon

“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