In this article, we have compiled a list of inspirational quotes for women. These women empowerment quotes will inspire you to break the glass ceiling.
This is the list of best inspirational quites for women. Scroll down for a dose of inspiration!
A woman is an epitome of strength and power, hard externally while soft internally, beautiful inside and out, and much more. Around the world, we have seen and heard of women like Serena Williams, Indira Gandhi, Joan of Arc, Florence Nightingale and many more who have inspired us in many ways.
If you closely look at all of these women they stand tall and run shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts who are most likely to overshadow them.
We will go through inspirational quotes for women to empower women in their daily walks of life.
"I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity." - Michelle Obama
"We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already." - J.K. Rowling
"Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life." - Dr. Mae Jemison
"I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability." - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders." - Sheryl Sandberg
"The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who is going to stop me." - Ayn Rand
"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud." - Coco Chanel
"The only way to do something in depth is to work hard. The moment you start being in love with what you're doing, and thinking it's beautiful or rich, then you're in danger." - Miuccia Prada
"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
"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness." - Oprah Winfrey
"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." - Maya Angelou
"I hope the fathers and mothers of little girls will look at them and say 'yes, women can.'" - Dilma Rousseff
"You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe." - Leymah Gbowee
"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 learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that’s not pulling the trigger." - Mia Hamm
"Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement." - Golda Meir
"The only way to survive is by taking care of one another." - Grace Lee Boggs
"Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you." - Hillary Clinton
"You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are." - Melissa Etheridge
"I tell my daughters to have their voice in this world, and it became clear I needed to role-model that." - Melinda Gates
"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples." - Mother Teresa
"I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being." - Maya Angelou
"One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman." - Simone de Beauvoir
"In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders." - Sheryl Sandberg
"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." - Maya Angelou
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any." - Alice Walker
"We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored." - Sheryl Sandberg
"Women are the real architects of society." - Harriet Beecher Stowe
"There's something so 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
"There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish." - Michelle Obama
"Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength." - G.D. Anderson
"I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves." - Mary Shelley
"A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water." - Eleanor Roosevelt
"I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me." - Maya Angelou
"The future of our world is only as bright as the future of our girls." - Michelle Obama
"Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights." - Hillary Clinton
"A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman." - Melinda Gates
"A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done." - Marge Piercy
"I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own." - Audre Lorde
"The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation." - Susan B. Anthony
A strong woman is a powerful woman. Let us take a look at some strong and powerful quotes for women.
"The strength of a woman is not measured by the impact that all her hardships in life have had on her; but the strength of a woman is measured by the extent of her refusal to allow those hardships to dictate her and who she becomes." - C. JoyBell C.
"I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay." - Madonna
"I am my best work - a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles, and prayers from the front lines." - Audre Lorde
"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship." - Louisa May Alcott
"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun." - Katharine Hepburn
"Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got. There is no yesterday, no tomorrow, it's all the same day." - Janis Joplin
"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
"The most effective way to do it, is to do it." - Amelia Earhart
"The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up." - Serena Williams
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." - Maya Angelou
"Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of." - Bethany Hamilton
"Do not wait for someone else to come and speak for you. It's you who can change the world." - Malala Yousafzai
"Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you." - Hillary Clinton
"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." - C.S. Lewis
"Don't be afraid to speak up for yourself. Keep fighting for your dreams!" - Gabby Douglas
"She was powerful not because she wasn't scared but because she went on so strongly, despite the fear." - Atticus
"The power you have is to be the best version of yourself you can be, so you can create a better world." - Ashley Rickards
"I was smart enough to go through any door that opened." - Joan Rivers
"I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done." - Lucille Ball
"Never underestimate the power of a woman." - Nellie McClung
"The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible." - Charles Kingsleigh
"Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later." - Bob Goff
"Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim." - Nora Ephron
"Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will." - Suzy Kassem
"You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you." - Brian Tracy
"There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise." - W.E.B. Du Bois
"Believe you can and you’re halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt
"You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop." - Rumi
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Find out who you are and do it on purpose." - Dolly Parton
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"She believed she could, so she did." - R.S. Grey
"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me." - Ayn Rand
"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it." - Maya Angelou
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow." - Mary Anne Radmacher
"You are never too young to dream big." - Unknown
"If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one." - Dolly Parton
"The best protection any woman can have... is courage." - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
"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
"Done is better than perfect." - Sheryl Sandberg
"Don't just stand for the success of other women – insist on it." - Gail Blanke
"Power's not given to you. You have to take it." - Beyonce Knowles
"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." - Henry David Thoreau
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." - Albert Schweitzer
"I never dreamed about success. I worked for it." - Estée Lauder
"I didn't get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it." - Estée Lauder
"Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit." - Helena Rubinstein
"The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves." - Barbara Corcoran
"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
"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
"There is no scientific answer for success. You can't define it. You've simply got to live it and do it." - Anita Roddick
"It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends." - J. K. Rowling
"Your career is like a garden. It can hold an assortment of life’s energy that yields a bounty for you. You do not need to grow just one thing in your garden. You do not need to do just one thing in your career." - Jennifer Ritchie Payette
"You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them." - Shonda Rhimes
"You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas." - Shirley Chisholm
"You can't be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute." - Tina Fey
"Don't be afraid to take risks. If you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise." - Anonymous
"I want every little girl who's told she's bossy, to be told instead she has leadership skills." - Sheryl Sandberg
"My best successes came on the heels of failures." - Barbara Corcoran
"You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours." - Herb Brooks
"Do one thing every day that scares you." - Eleanor Roosevelt
"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." - Oscar Wilde
"The difference between try and triumph is a little umph." - Marvin Phillips
"Always concentrate on how far you've come, rather than how far you have left to go." - Unknown
"Believe in yourself and you can be anything." - Katy Perry
"When you can't find the sunshine, be the sunshine." - Unknown
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." - William James
"Your only limit is your mind." - Unknown
"Happiness is not by chance, but by choice." - Jim Rohn
"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity." - Albert Einstein
"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Jane Goodall
"When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go." - Carol Burnett
"You are enough just as you are." - Meghan Markle
"Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life." - Steve Jobs
"You have to believe in yourself when no one else does." - Serena Williams
"It’s possible to climb to the top without stomping on other people." - Taylor Swift
"The greatest act of courage is to be and to own all of who you are — without apology, without excuses, without masks to cover the truth of who you are." - Debbie Ford
"Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be." - Grandma Moses
"We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already." - J.K. Rowling
"Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use." - Ruth Gordo
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
"It is not the absence of fear, but the conquest of it that defines our courage." - Nelson Mandela
"Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you." - Bethany Hamilton
"Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently." - Maya Angelou
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." - Lao Tzu
"The best way out is always through." - Robert Frost
"Courage is grace under pressure." - Ernest Hemingway
"You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt
"Do not fear mistakes. There are none." - Miles Davis
"The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage." - Thucydides
"Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen." - Brené Brown
"It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else." - Erma Bombeck
"We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot." - Eleanor Roosevelt
"Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared." - Eddie Rickenbacker
"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience." - Paulo Coelho
"A hero is no braver than an ordinary woman, but she is brave five minutes longer." - Ralph Waldo Emerson (adapted)
"The best protection any woman can have is courage." - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it." - Lena Horne
"And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear." - Paulo Coelho
Well, we hope that the exhaustive list of inspirational quotes for women given above is enough to provide lots of motivation, inspiration, and self-confidence to all women.
We very well understand the struggles and challenges that women face in their daily life and these quotes can definitely act as a morale booster for them.
What are some of the best motivational movies for women?
Some of the best motivational movies for women include Little Women (2019), Coco Before Chanel (2009), Iron Lady (2011), Hidden Figures (2016), etc. These movies inspire everyday women and little girls to dream and achieve what they strive for.
What are some of the daily motivation books for women?
Some of the best motivational books for women include:
In the company of Women: Inspiration And Advice From Over 100 Makers, Artists, And Entrepreneurs (Grace Bonney)
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
The Source of Self-Regard (Toni Morrison)
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, And Lonely (Lysa TerKeurst)
Where to find some positive workout motivation videos for women?
You can find many motivational workout-related videos on YouTube. Also, meditation is a very good exercise to calm your mind. Check out some of these below.
Do women have more motivation than men?
A few studies indicate that men have higher motivational power than women while some others indicate no difference at all.
