Strong Women Quotes

"It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always." ~ Oprah Winfrey

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." ~ Maya Angelou

"But life is a battle: may we all be enabled to fight it well!" ~ Charlotte Bronte

Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.

- Anaïs Nin

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
- C. S. Lewis

 To accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can;
And wisdom to know the difference.
- Reinhold Niebuhr


It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
- Chinese proverb often quoted by Eleanor Roosevelt
Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
- St. Francis of Assisi

God grant me the serenity
Where there is great love there are always miracles.
- Willa Cather

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak.
Strong convictions precede great actions.
- Louisa May Alcott

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
- Marlene Dietrich

We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.
- Anaïs Nin

Loving is the most unmitigated and courageous act I perform in a day.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

I'm not afraid of storms for I'm learning how to sail my ship.
- Louisa May Alcott

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.

The other is as though everything is a miracle.
- Albert Einstein

Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
- Helen Keller

When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.
- Lee Ann Womack

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...
It's about learning how to dance in the rain.
- Vivian Greene

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
- Helen Keller

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
- Marianne Williamson

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.
- Marianne Williamson

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
- Helen Keller

As we light a path for others, we naturally light our own way.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Never allow a person to tell you No who doesn't have the power to say Yes.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

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

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
- Erica Jong

Quotes about Strong Women
Well-behaved women seldom make history.
- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual,
you have an obligation to be one.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.
- Marianne Williamson

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

It is our choices ... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
- J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets)

Science may have found a cure for most evils;
but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all --
the apathy of human beings.
- Helen Keller

You must do the things you think you cannot do.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.
Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
- Helen Keller

You have to accept whatever comes
and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage
and with the best that you have to give.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be.
Because of all I may become, I will close my eyes and leap.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Being a leader is like being a lady,
if you have to go around telling people you are one, you aren't.
- Margaret Thatcher

CALM IN CHAOS
In the midst of the flurry - clarity.
In the midst of the storm - calm.
In the midst of divided interests - certainty.
In the many roads - a certain choice.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.
Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
- Marie Curie

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

When one door of happiness closes, another opens,
but often we look so long at the closed door that
we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
- Helen Keller

We tell the real truth of our life by the stories we repeatedly tell.
Dare to dream of your great success.
Become intimate with those things which deeply motivate you
and regularly work toward the realization of that mission.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
- Mother Teresa

Security is mostly a superstition.
It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.
Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
- Helen Keller

Sharpen your pencil as you create the story of your life.
Ask today as you consider the many choices in your view -
what is the highest and best use of your talents, skills and abilities?
When you answer that, seize the opportunity to sharpen those qualities
even more sharply by applying your focused effort.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

It is never too late to be what you might have been.
Courage doesn't always roar.
Sometimes courage is the quiet voice
at the end of the day saying,
"I will try again tomorrow."
- Mary Anne Radmacher

"The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source." ~ Lucretia Mott

"I do not wish them to have power over men, but over themselves." ~ Mary Wollstonecraft

"It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less." ~ Susan B. Anthony


"Rise to the occasion which is life!" ~ Virginia Euwer Wolff

"Champions have the courage to keep turning the pages because they know a better chapter lies ahead." ~ Paula White

"It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you." ~ Million Dollar Baby

"Try, reach, want, and you may fall. But even if you do, you might be okay anyway. If you don't try, you save nothing, because you might as well be dead." ~ Ann Brashares (Girls in Pants) as Tibby Tomko-Rollins

"A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy." ~ George Jean Nathan

"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

"If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them." ~ Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)

"The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more:women, their rights and nothing less." ~ Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906)

"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 never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)

"I think the key is for women not to set any limits." ~ Martina Navratilova

"People think at the end of the day that a man is the only answer [to fulfillment]. Actually a job is better for me." ~ Princess Diana

"The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract him, but it is the woman who appeals to his imagination who gets him" ~ Helen Rowland

"Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away." ~ Barbara De Angelis


"The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain." ~ Jennifer Anniston

"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much." ~ Mother Teresa

"Love one person, take care of them until you die. You know, raise kids. Have a good life. Be a good friend. And try to be completely who you are. And figure out what you personally love. And like go after it with everything you've got no matter how much it takes." ~ Angelina Jolie

"Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around." ~ Katharine Hepburn

"A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. It's complicated by the fact that in most nations women receive substantially less education than men." ~ Melinda Gates

"I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you." ~ Oprah Winfrey

"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

"Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really matters are feelings. That's what music is to me." ~ Janis Joplin

"Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future." ~ Audrey Hepburn

"Love is anterior to Life, Posterior to Death, Initial of Creation, and The Exponent of Earth." ~ Emily Dickinson

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." ~ Helen Keller

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." ~ Marianne Williamson, popular spiritual activist, author, lecturer.

"You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness." ~ Julia Roberts

"Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him." ~ Marilyn Monroe

"One's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into action ... which bring results." ~ Florence Nightingale

"To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt." ~ Madonna.

"Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country" ~ Margaret Thatcher, first female prime minister of UK.

"We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must
 be attained." ~ Marie Curie

"You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back." ~ Barbara De Angelis

"Sometimes questions are more important than answers." ~ Nancy Willard

"When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win." ~ Steffi Graf, German Tennis Player

"When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It's a whole different way of thinking." ~ Elayne Boosler

"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it." ~ Maya Angelou

"When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system." ~ Kalpana Chawla, Indian American scientist and Astronaut, lost her life in The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster In 2003.

"Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences. ~ J. K. Rowling, J. K. Rowling Official Website "

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

"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, French born American author of short stories

"When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end." ~ Stephenie Meyer as Bella Swan in Twilight