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Inspirational Quotes for Women:

- “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker
- “A woman is like a tea bag — you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” – Audre Lorde
- “The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another.” – Serena Williams
- “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.'” – Mary Anne Radmacher
- “You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.” – Rosalynn Carter
- “When anyone tells me I can’t do anything … I’m just not listening anymore.” – Florence Griffith Joyner
- “Women must try to do as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.” – Amelia Earhart

- “Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, ‘I’m possible!'” – Audrey Hepburn
- “A strong woman knows she has strength enough for the journey, but a woman of strength knows it is in the journey where she will become strong.” – Unknown
- “I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.” – Maya Angelou
- “Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” –Golda Meir
- “You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.” – Melissa Etheridge
- “If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” – Margaret Thatcher
- “Be the type of girl that climbs the ladder wrong by wrong.” – Mae West
- “A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.” – Coco Chanel
- “The best protection any woman can have … is courage.” – Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- “I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.” – Coco Chanel

- “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
- “Women asking for raises should not only know their value but should ask with the confidence that they’re helping the company to be successful.” – Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
- “If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not making decisions.” – Catherine Cook
- “I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity.” – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- “A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman.” – Melinda Gates
- “We do not need magic to change the world; we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.” – J.K. Rowling
- “Do not live someone else’s life and someone else’s idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you.” – Viola Davis

- “I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow.” – Marissa Mayer
- “Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.” – Ingrid Bergman
- “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” – Coco Chanel
- “Expect the unexpected, and whenever possible, be the unexpected.” – Lynda Barry
- “Strong women don’t have ‘attitudes’, we have standards.” – Unknown
- “Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half their inferior.” – Charlotte Whitton
- “Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” – Simone de Beauvoir
- “The way in which we think of ourselves has everything to do with how our world sees us and how we see ourselves successfully acknowledged by the world.” – Arlene Rankin
- “You have to work hard, sacrifice yourself, only have a few friends.” – Caster Semenya
- “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
- “Doubt is a killer; you just have to know who you are and what you stand for.” – Jennifer Lopez
- “Everyone has inside of her a piece of good news.” – Anne Frank
- “A strong woman understands that her gifts such as logic, decisiveness, and strength are just as feminine as intuition and emotional connection.” – Nancy Rathburn

- “It’s not your job to like me; it’s mine.” – Byron Katie
- “A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing.” – Maya Angelou
- “Giving up doesn’t always mean you’re weak; sometimes you’re just strong enough to let go.” – Taylor Swift
- “We can do no great things; only small things with great love.” – Mother Teresa
- “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Alicia Keys
- “The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
- “I always wanted to be a femme fatale.” – Ava DuVernay
- “Life’s a bitch; you’ve got to go out and kick ass.” – Maya Angelou
- “Women are the real architects of society.” – Cher
- “Don’t think about making women fit the world — think about making the world fit women.” – Bozoma Saint John
- “A woman with thoughts and questions and sh*t to say.” – Amy Schumer
- “We realize the importance of our voices only when they are silenced.” – Malala Yousafzai
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