Inspirational Feminist Quotes

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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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

Motivational, Strong Women, Voice

Sheryl Sandberg's Commencement Address Barnard College in New York City, New York, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 17, 2011.

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Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings

Cheris Kramarae

Women, Bad Ass, Radical Feminism

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A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

Gloria Steinem

Hilarious, Heartbreak, Funny Love

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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

Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

"Madeleine Albright: An Exclusive Interview". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2010.

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I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that's me.

Maya Angelou

Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

"Phenomenal Woman" l. 6 (1978)

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Women have two choices: Either she's a feminist or a masochist.

Gloria Steinem

Two, Choices, Feminist

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I hate men who are afraid of women's strength.

Anais Nin

Hate, Heart, Independent

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I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.

Anais Nin

Love, Inspirational, Strength

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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

Katharine Hepburn

Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

Katharine Hepburn (1987). “The making of The African Queen, or, How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall, and Huston and almost lost my mind”, Alfred A. Knopf

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You know I have never met a woman who is not strong. They don't exist.

Diane von Furstenberg

Strong Women, Feminist, Empowering

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I've never met a woman who is not strong, but sometimes they don't let it out. Then there's a tragedy, and then all of a sudden that strength comes. My message is let the strength come out before the tragedy.

Diane von Furstenberg

Motivational, Strong Women, Empowering

"How Diane von Furstenberg Is Like a Cowboy". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.nytimes.com. June 28, 2013.

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Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.

Amelia Earhart

Motivational, Strong Women, Blessing

"On a wing and a prayer" by Maxie Szalwinska, www.theguardian.com. July 25, 2007.

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As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.

Virginia Woolf

Inspirational, Country, Strong Women

Three Guineas pt. 3 (1938)

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I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.

Malala Yousafzai

Motivational, Strong Women, Voice

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The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.

Susan B. Anthony

Inspiring, Strong Women, Sex

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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

Oprah Winfrey

Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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

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No man is ever as anti-feminist as a really feminine woman.

Frank O'Connor

Men, Feminist, Feminism

"My Oedipus complex and other stories".

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I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity.

Angelina Jolie

Motivational, Strong Women, Cancer

"Angelina Jolie's mastectomy account raises awareness of gene testing" by Ed Pilkington and Haroon Siddique, www.theguardian.com. May 14, 2013.

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I'm a feminist. I've been a female for a long time now. It'd be stupid not to be on my own side.

Maya Angelou

Women, Stupid, Long

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Women's Day Women are the real architects of society.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Strong Women, Real, Empowering

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I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century.

Hillary Clinton

Motivational, Girl, Badass

"The Hillary Doctrine". Interview with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, www.newsweek.com. March 6, 2011.

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Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.

Coco Chanel

Motivational, Mother, Strong Women

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I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

Jane Austen

Strength, Hate, Women

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