Here’s our collection of strong women quotes. These quotes exemplify the strength, grace, and wisdom all women possess. Use these powerful women’s quotes to remind girls of all ages how wonderful they really are!
So, here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we raise them. And, may we be them.
Inspirational Quotes About Strong Women
1.) A strong woman looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink.
Unknown
2.) I figure if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and be one.
Calamity Jane
3.) Never apologize for being a powerful woman.
Unknown
4.) She was a wild one, always stomping on eggshells that everyone else tip-toed on.
Kaitlin Foster
5.) Life is tough, my darling, but so are you.
Stephanie Bennett-Henry
6.) The woman who doesn’t require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet.
Mohadesa Najumi
Powerful Women Quotes
7.) We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free.
Kavita Ramdas
8.) Family first, and that’s what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game.
Serena Williams
9.) A strong woman stands up for herself. A stronger woman stands up for everybody else.
Unknown
10.) A strong woman is one who feels deeply and loves fiercely. Her tears flow as abundantly as her laughter. A strong woman is both soft and powerful; she is both practical and spiritual. A strong woman, in her essence, is a gift to the world.
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11.) She is free in her wildness; she is a wanderess, a drop of free water. She knows nothing of borders and cares nothing for rules or customs. ‘Time’ for her isn’t something to fight against. Her life flows clean, with passion, like fresh water.
Roman Payne
12.) Strong women don’t play the victim, don’t make themselves look pitiful, and don’t point figures. They stand, and they deal.
Mandy Hale
Women in Sports Quotations
13.) True champions aren’t always the ones that win but those with the most guts.
Mia Hamm
14.) Champions keep playing until they get it right.
Billie Jean King
15.) I am just like the millions, not one in the millions. I am no different from others. Any girl can do what I did; all they need is doggedness, determination, the will to push hard and push through boundaries, and a never-ending commitment to achieve their goal.
Sakshi Malik – Indian Wrestler
16.) If I, being a mother of two, can win a medal, so can you all. Take me as an example, and don’t give up.
Mary Kom, Olympic Bronze Medalist
17.) Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.
Wilma Rudolph
Courageous Woman Quotes
18.) A strong woman understands that gifts such as logic, decisiveness, and strength are just as feminine as intuition and emotional connection. She values and uses all of her gifts.
Nancy Rathburn
19.) And one day, she discovered that she was fierce and strong and full of fire and that not even she could hold herself back because her passion burned brighter than her fears.
Mark Anthony
20.) A strong woman is someone who raises other women up instead of tearing them down.
Unknown
21.) I love the person I’ve become because I fought to become her.
Kaci Diane
22.) A woman can be completely unstoppable after she realizes how much she is worth.
Unknown
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Determined Woman Quotes
23.) You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.
Diane von Furstenberg
24.) The most dangerous woman of all is the one who refuses to rely on your sword to save her because she carries her own.
R.H. Sin
25.) A strong woman is not just born strong. She is forged through the fires of life.
Unknown
26.) She believed she could, so she did.
Unknown
27.) The strongest actions for a woman are to love herself, be herself, and shine amongst those who never believed she could.
Unknown
28.) It takes a certain grace, strength, intelligence, fearlessness, and nerve to never take no for an answer.
Rihanna
29.) I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody’s passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn’t mind learning.
Amy Poehler
Motivational Quotes
30.) We all move forward when we recognize how resilient and striking the women around us are.
Rupi Kaur
31.) One of the strongest things you can do as a woman is to know who you are and not be ashamed of it.
Unknown
32.) She would rather walk alone in darkness than follow anyone else’s shadow.
R. G. Moon
33.) Feminism isn’t about making women strong. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.
G.D. Anderson
34.) There will be people who say to you, ‘You are out of your lane.’ They are burdened by only having the capacity to see what has always been instead of what can be. But don’t you let that burden you.
Vice President Kamala Harris
35.) We’re here for a reason. I believe that reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.
Whoopi Goldberg
36.) Always be a first-rate version of yourself instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
Judy Garland
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Famous Quotes on Women’s Strength
37.) Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.
Diana Ross
38.) We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.
Malala Yousafzai
39.) Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
Mae Jemison
40.) In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman.
Margaret Thatcher
41.) Women are like teabags. You never know how strong they are until they are in hot water.
Eleanor Roosevelt
42.) 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
43.) A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.
Diane Mariechild
44.) Women have discovered that they cannot rely on men’s chivalry to give them justice.
Helen Keller
45.) My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
46.) Find who you are in this world and what you need to feel good alone. I think that’s the most important thing in life. Find a sense of self. With that, you can do anything else.
Angelina Jolie
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I’m a Strong Woman Quotes
47.) I want to do it is because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.
Amelia Earhart
48.) Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.
Maya Angelou
49.) 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 we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
Marie Curie
50.) Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations, can never effect a reform.
Susan B. Anthony
51.) Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.
Nora Ephron
52.) I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
Audre Lorde
53.) What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
Jane Goodall
54.) A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined to not be done.
Marge Piercy
55.) Live your life like a butterfly. Take a rest sometimes, but never forget to fly.
Unknown
Strong Confident Woman Quotes
56.) A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.
Melinda Gates
57.) Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses.
Madame Marie du Deffand
58.) A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.
Coco Chanel
59.) It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
Madeleine Albright
60.) Women are always saying,’ We can do anything that men can do,’ but men should be saying, ‘We can do anything that women can do.
Gloria Steinem
61.) There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.
Michelle Obama
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Women Power Quotes by Celebrities
62.) Women have to work much harder to make it in this world. It really pisses me off that women don’t get the same opportunities as men do, or money for that matter. Because, let’s face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define their values and to define what’s sexy and what’s feminine, and that’s bullshit. At the end of the day, it’s not about equal rights; it’s about how we think. We have to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves.
Beyonce Knowles
63.) I’m tough and ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, Okay.
Madonna
64.) I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. And I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles.
Audrey Hepburn
65.) Being a strong woman is very important to me. But doing it all on my own is not.
Reba McEntire
Courageous Strong Women Quotes
66.) The most courageous act is still to think for yourself aloud.
Coco Chanel
67.) We have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.
Beyoncé
68.) I feel like young girls are told that they have to be a princess and fragile. It’s bullshit. I identify much more with being a warrior – a fighter.
Emma Watson
69.) Women will be hidden no more. We will not remain hidden figures. We have names…. It was a woman that gave you Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It was a woman that gave you Malcolm X. And according to the Bible, it was a woman that gave you Jesus. Don’t you ever forget it.
Janelle Monáe
Inspirational Sayings
70.) The success of every woman should be an inspiration to another. We should raise each other up.
Serena Williams
71.) You can waste your life drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.
Shonda Rhimes
72.) There are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success… but if you just focus on the work and you don’t let those people sidetrack you, someday, when you get where you’re going… you’ll know that it was you and the people who love you that put you there.
Taylor Swift
73.) 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
74.) I am a woman with thoughts and questions and shit to say. I say if I’m beautiful. (And) I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story–I will.
Amy Schumer
75.) “You’re going to be happy,” said life, “but first, I’ll make you strong.”
Unknown
76.) A strong woman looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink.
Gina Carey
Strong Women Quotes Short
77.) I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.
Coco Chanel
78.) One is not born a woman; one becomes one.
Simone de Beauvoir
79.) The key to success is to start before you’re ready.
Marie Forleo
80.) Whether women are better than men, I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
Golda Meir
81.) Never apologize for being a powerful woman.
Unknown
82.) Don’t stop until you’re proud.
Unknown
83.) Throw me to the wolves, and I will return leading the pack.
Unknown
84.) Don’t let someone dim your light simply because it’s shining in their eyes.
Unknown
85.) Well-behaved women rarely make history.
Eleanor Roosevelt
86.) Keep your heels, head, and standards high.
Coco Chanel
87.) Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.
Oprah Winfrey
88.) We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free.
Kavita Ramdas
89.) If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, then you are an excellent leader.
Dolly Parton
90.) Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead
91.) Champions keep playing until they get it right.”
Billie Jean King
92.) Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.
Amelia Earhart
Notable Quotes from Strong Women
93.) A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.
Marge Piercy
94.) A strong woman stands up for herself. A stronger woman stands up for everybody else.
Unknown
95.) Females are the most beautiful, gorgeous creatures in the whole world. And I think that we are gorgeous no matter what size we are.
Alicia Keys
96.) I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. And I want to be respected in all of my femaleness because I deserve to be.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Michelle Obama — Strong Women Quotes
97.) Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.
98.) Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own.
99.) Failure is an important part of your growth and developing resilience. Don’t be afraid to fail.
100.) Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.
101.) 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.
102.) You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it’s important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.
103.) There’s power in allowing yourself to be known and heard, in owning your unique story, in using your authentic voice. And there’s grace in being willing to know and hear others.
104.) I am coming down from the mountaintop to tell every young person that is poor and working-class and has been told regardless of the color of your skin that you don’t belong, don’t listen to them. They don’t even know how they got at those seats.
105.) Don’t ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility. Make decisions based on what should happen, not what shouldn’t.
106.) Am I good enough? Yes, I am!
Amelia Earhart Quotations
107.) The most effective way to do it is to do it.
108.) Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn’t be done.
109.) Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
110.) Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.
111.) Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.
Lady Gaga Quotes on Strong Women
112.) Growing up, I was always told I was a rebel. People would say things like, “You’re defiant,” and “Why are you dressed that way?” But I continued to do what I wanted and wear what I wanted—because, clearly, I haven’t changed. For a long time, though, there was a shame that I carried with me. I’m an Italian Catholic—I grew up with a lot of guilt. But what I’ve started to realize is that my rebelliousness, if you want to call it that, is something that was passed along to me by a long line of tough people—and tough women—in my family.
113.) Being a lady today means being a fighter. It means being a survivor. It means letting yourself be vulnerable and acknowledging your shame or that you’re sad or you’re angry. (And) it takes great strength to do that.
114.) Health, happiness, love—these are the things that are at the heart of a great lady, I think. That’s the kind of lady I want to be.
Dianna, Princess of Wales Quotes
115.) Only do what your heart tells you.
116.) I like to be a free spirit. Some don’t like that, but that’s the way I am.
117.) Every one of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves.
118.) Family is the most important thing in the world.
119.) Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.
120.) Hugs can do great amounts of good — especially for children.
121.) When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.
Oprah Winfrey Quotes
122.) Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.
123.) Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
124.) Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
125.) The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
126.) Turn your wounds into wisdom.
Marie Curie Quotes
127.) Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
128.) I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.
129.) The older one gets, the more one feels that the present moment must be enjoyed, comparable to a state of grace.
130.) Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more so that we may fear less.
131.) All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.
132.) Have no fear of perfection; you’ll never reach it.
133.) First principle: never to let one’s self be beaten down by persons or by events.
134.) You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. to that end, each of us must work for our own improvement.
Amy Poehler Quotations
135.) If you can dance and be free and be embarrassed, you can rule the world.
136.) You deserve love, and you’ll get it.
137.) The earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have and not obsess about what you don’t have, the happier you will be.
Influential Women Quotes
138.) The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.
Alice Walker
139.) Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
140.) When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
Malala Yousafzai
141.) A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.
Coco Chanel
142.) Women are the real architects of society.
Cher
143.) Don’t think about making women fit the world — think about making the world fit women.
Gloria Steinem
144.) Once I learned to like me more than others did, then I didn’t have to worry about being the funniest or the most popular, or the prettiest. I was the best me, and I only ever tried to be that.
Issa Rae
145.) Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.
Nora Ephron
146.) The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.
Beyonce Knowles
147.) I raise up my voice—not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.
Malala Yousafzai
148.) If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.
Margaret Thatcher
149.) A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.
Melinda Gates
150.) I encourage women to step up. Don’t wait for somebody to ask you.
Reese Witherspoon
Ways That Women (and all People) Can Be Strong
Some folks mistakenly believe that the only strength is physical. That’s not the case. Here are some examples of how a person can be strong:
Mentally strong.
Spiritually powerful.
Strong-willed.
Displaying a strong personality when needed.
Strong endurance.
Powerful wisdom.
A powerful force in the community.
By M.J. O’Halloran
MJ lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and with the help of her husband, has raised four strong independent women.
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