50 Inspirational Quotes for Women that Every Girl Needs to Read

“I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles.” – Audrey Hepburn

“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.” ― Brigham Young

“Whenever you see a successful woman, look out for three men who are going out of their way to try to block her.” – Yulia Tymoshenko

“Some women choose to follow men, and some 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

“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

“I am a woman with thoughts and questions and sh*t to say. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story – I will.” – Amy Schumer

“It’s possible to climb to the top without stomping on other people.”  – Taylor Swift

“Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.” – Jennifer Lopez

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

“She was powerful not because she wasn’t scared but because she went on so strongly, despite the fear.” – Atticus

“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

“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a b*tch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.”— Maya Angelou

“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

“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” — Malala Yousafzai

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

“The best protection any woman can have … is courage.”– Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got. There is no yesterday, no tomorrow, it’s all the same day.” –Janis Joplin

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”– Alice Walker

“One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in and where you want to go.”– Sheila Murray Bethel

“Everyone has inside of her a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be, how much you can love, what you can accomplish, and what your potential is.” — Anne Frank

“Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.” – Jennifer Lopez

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

“You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.” ~ Melissa Etheridge

“Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.” ~ Byron Katie

“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

“If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.”– Oprah Winfrey

“You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.”– Rosalynn Carter

“If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not making decisions.” — Catherine Cook

“If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It’s much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.”— Grace Hoppe

“It’s not your job to like me, it’s mine.” — Byron Katie

“Buckle up, and know that it’s going to be a tremendous amount of work, but embrace it.” –Tory Burch

“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.”— Florence Nightingale

“What makes you different or weird, that’s your strength.”— Meryl Streep

“Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.” – Anne Sweeney

“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

“If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.” – Melinda Gates

“Whenever you see a successful woman, look out for three men who are going out of their way to try to block her.” – Yulia Tymoshenko

“Success as a woman has changed me. That’s what I feel is the first thing. When I feel like a successful woman as a rounded human being, then it feeds my work in a broader way so it becomes more interesting.”- Jacqueline Bisset

“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” — Estée Lauder

“Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention.” – Pink

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

“A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. A woman must do what he can’t.”– Rhonda Hansome

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

“I do not wish [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.”— Mary Wollstonecraft

“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.”— Melinda Gates

“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship.”— Louisa May Alcott

“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

“Words have power. TV has power. My pen has power.”— Shonda Rhimes

“Power is not given to you. You have to take it.”—Beyoncé Knowles

“A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” ― Jane Austen