International Women's Day Quotes

• Women themselves have the right to live in dignity, in freedom from want and freedom from fear. On this International Women's Day, let us rededicate ourselves to making that a reality.

  Kofi Annan

  Women, Reality, Want

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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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• 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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• Success is only meaningful - and enjoyable - if it feels like your own.

  Michelle Obama

  Success, Meaningful, Feels

  Michelle Obama's Commencement Address at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 17, 2012.

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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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• What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.22, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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

  Coco Chanel

  Strong Women, Empowering, Empowerment

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• Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be.

  J. K. Rowling

  Littles, Absurd, International Women's Day

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• We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Motivational, Inspiring, Strong Women

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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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• Girls can wear jeans, cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots, 'cause it's okay to be a boy, but for a boy to look like a girl is degrading.

  Charlotte Gainsbourg

  Girl, Cutting, Boys

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  A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself.

  Loretta Young

  Empowerment, Crowds, Empowering Women

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• If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Inspirational, Funny, Wise

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

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• Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Women, Empowerment, Gender Equality

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.157, A&C Black

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  Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

  Joseph Conrad

  Funny, Hilarious, Strong Women

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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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• 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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  A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Funny, Strength

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• A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive.

  Samuel Richardson

  Beautiful, Steps, Happy Womens Day

  Samuel Richardson (1755). “A collection of the moral and instructive sentiments, maxims, cautions, and reflexions, contained in the histories of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison: Digested under proper heads, with references to the volume, ...”, p.232

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• Whatever glory belongs to the race for a development unprecedented in history for the given length of time, a full share belongs to the womanhood of the race.

  Mary McLeod Bethune

  Inspirational, Time, Women

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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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• God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.

  Farrah Fawcett

  Women, Memorable, Empowerment

  "Love and Intimate Relationships: Journeys of the Heart" by Norman M. Brown, Ellen S. Amatea, sychology Press, (p. 297), 2000.

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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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• A free race cannot be born of slave mothers.

  Margaret Sanger

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Mothers Day

  "Woman and the New Race" by Margaret Sanger, New York: Brentanos Publishers, (Chapter 8), 1922.

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• I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was to fulfill my profession, which I entered before my husband was in public life

  Hillary Clinton

  Life, Husband, Women

  Campaign remarks, Chicago, Ill., 16 Mar. 1992

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