Being A Strong Woman Quotes

• When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Perseverance

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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  I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

  Mary Wollstonecraft

  Life, Strong Women, Independent

  "The original suffragette: the extraordinary Mary Wollstonecraft" by Bee Rowlatt, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2015.

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• Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.

  Bella Abzug

  Strong Women, Equality, Heartless

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• A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.

  Carly Simon

  Strong Women, War, Scar

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• Women have always been the strong ones of the world.

  Coco Chanel

  Strong Women, Empowering, Empowerment

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• When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Strong Women, Courage, Fear

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  Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

  Nora Ephron

  Life, Inspiring, Encouraging

  FaceBook post by Nora Ephron from Jun 26, 2012

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• Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  Motivational, Strong Women, Empowering

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• Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.

  Timothy Leary

  Funny, Hilarious, Girly

  "Third and Possibly the Best 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said". Book by Robert Byrne, No. 40, 1986.

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• The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.

  Roseanne Barr

  Inspirational, Being Strong, Strong Women

  "Heard the one about ..." by Andy Barker, www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2006.

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• Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.

  Charlotte Whitton

  Funny, Hilarious, Strong Women

  Canada Month, June 1963. A later satirical version of this saying added to the end "Luckily, this is not difficult" (Paul Dickson, The Official Rules [1978]). See Eleanor Roosevelt 2

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• Whatever you do, be different. If you're different, you will stand out.

  Anita Roddick

  Strong Women, Young Entrepreneurs, Empowering

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• Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Life, Motivational, Strength

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.

  Margaret Sanger

  Strong Women, Courage, Struggle

  Margaret Sanger (2005). “Woman and the New Race”, p.99, Cosimo, Inc.

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• The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

  Coco Chanel

  Strength, Inspiring, Courage

  "Believing in Ourselves" by Armand Eisen, (p. 39), 1992.

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• You know, there's nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women.

  Ginger Rogers

  Strong Women, Needs, World

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must not, for whatever reason, turn his back on life." Another "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Strong Women, Empowering, Curiosity

  Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

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• A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.

  Natalie Martinez

  Strong Women, Strong, Latina

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• You know, there's nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. There are a lot of strong women you do not see who are guiding, helping, mothering strong men. They want to remain unseen. It's kind of nice to be able to play a strong woman who is seen.

  Ginger Rogers

  Strong Women, Nice, Play

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Motivational, Strong Women, Philosophy

  The Second Sex vol. 2, pt. 1, ch. 1 (1949) (translation by H. M. Parshley)

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• 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

  Inspirational, Success, Mother

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• A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.

  Melinda Gates

  Inspirational, Strong Women, Independent Women

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• We ask justice, we ask equality, we ask that all the civil and political rights that belong to citizens of the United States, be guaranteed to us and our daughters forever.

  Susan B. Anthony

  Inspiring, Daughter, Strong Women

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Gage, Harriot Stanton Blatch, Ida H. Harper (2017). “THE HISTORY OF WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE - Complete 6 Volumes (Illustrated): Everything You Need to Know about the Biggest Victory of Women’s Rights and Equality in the United States – Written By the Greatest Social Activists, Abolitionists & Suffragists”, p.2594, e-artnow

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