Strong Women Quotes - Page 3

• 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

  Courage, Struggle, Power

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

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• Being brave enough to just be unapologetic for who you are‚ that's a goddess.

  BANKS

  Brave, Unapologetic, Goddess

  "Banks: 'I'm being as honest as I can'". Interview with Kate Hutchinson, www.theguardian.com. August 30, 2014.

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• We want women leaders today as never before. Leaders who are not afraid to be called names and who are willing to go out and fight. I think women can save civilization. Women are persons.

  Emily Murphy

  Leadership, Fighting, Thinking

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• If strength is measured by intelligence, honesty and depth of character, then yes, strong women are hot as hell.

  Paget Brewster

  Honesty, Character, Depth

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  I don't need easy, I just need possible.

  Bethany Hamilton

  Inspirational, Positivity, Surfing

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• My best successes came on the heels of failures.

  Barbara Corcoran

  Inspirational, Empowering, Empowerment

  Twitter post from Apr 14, 2017

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• One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph.

  Virginia Woolf

  Adversity, People, Triumph

  Virginia Woolf (2003). “A Writer's Diary”, p.48, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Most people who meet my wife quickly conclude that she is remarkable. They are right about this. She is smart, funny and thoroughly charming... Often, after hearing her speak at some function or working with her on a project, people will approach me and say something to the effect of "You know, I think the world of you, Barack, but your wife... wow!"

  Barack Obama

  Smart, Thinking, People

  "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream". Book by Barack Obama, October 17, 2006.

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• Women think with their whole bodies and they see things as a whole more than men do.

  Dorothy Day

  Thinking, Body, Whole

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• Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform.

  Susan B. Anthony

  Inspiration, People, Women Empowerment

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• Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Running, Country, Powerful

  1979 Interviewed by the Observer four days after becoming Britain's first woman Prime Minister, 8 May.

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• Knowing what must be done does away with fear.

  Rosa Parks

  Inspiring, Fear, Knowing

  Rosa Parks, Gregory J. Reed (1994). “Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman who Changed a Nation”, Zondervan

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• When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth.

  Tyler Perry

  Moving, Heaven, African American

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• Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

  Anais Nin

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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• Every time I fail I assume I will be a stronger person for it.

  Joan Benoit

  Being Strong, Running, Failure

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• Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?

  Barbra Streisand

  Women, Men, Obsessed

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• Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.

  J. K. Rowling

  Destiny, Names, Choices

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

  Ginger Rogers

  Needs, World, Being A Strong Woman

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The secret of getting ahead is getting started

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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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• I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Courage, Believe, Giving

  Louisa May Alcott (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated)”, p.1565, Delphi Classics

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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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• If women ran the world, we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.

  Robin Williams

  Inspirational, Funny, War

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

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• I grew up in a family with two very strong women, my mother and my older sister, and they were big influences on my life. I've spent a life loving women, and studying them as much as I can, or am allowed to.

  Darren Aronofsky

  Mother, Two, Study

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• Strong women- precious jewels all- their humanness is evident in their accessibility. We are able to enter into the spirit of these women and rejoice in their warmth and courage.

  Maya Angelou

  Humanness Is, Jewels, Able

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