Courageous Women Quotes

• I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Intelligent, Powerful Women

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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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• Meg Ryan is a beautiful and courageous woman. I grieve the loss of her companionship, but I haven't lost her friendship. We still phone each other for a good chat.

  Russell Crowe

  Friendship, Beautiful, Loss

  "My 15 minutes with Russell Crowe". Interview with Emma Brocke, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2001.

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• I wish I'd known from the beginning that I was born a strong woman. What a difference it would have made! I wish I'd known that I was born a courageous woman; I've spent so much of my life cowering. How many conversations would I not only have started but finished if I had known I possessed a warrior's heart? I wish I'd known that I'd be born to take on the world; I wouldn't have run from it for so long, but run to it with open arms.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Running, Strong Women, Heart

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (1999). “Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self”, G K Hall & Company

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• I don't know what kind of courage it took thousands of years ago, but I know how courageous women need to be today.

  Beth Moore

  Years, Needs, Today

  Beth Moore (2010). “So Long, Insecurity: You've Been a Bad Friend to Us”, p.152, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• I am very proud of my mom and consider her the most courageous woman I know. With perseverance, sacrifice and hard work, she raised a family of Olympic athletes and gave us the tools and the spirit to succeed. That is something that my brothers and I will always be thankful for.

  Diana Lopez

  Mom, Perseverance, Brother

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• I want to thank all the shoulders of the strong and brave and courageous women that I am standing on.

  Audra McDonald

  Strong, Brave, Want

  "Billie Holiday: A Singer Beyond Our Understanding". www.npr.org. April 7, 2015.

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• How many brave Men, courageous Women, and innocent Children did I see butcher'd, to do God good Service?. .. I went to the Irish Rebellion, where I saw more than three hundred thousand Souls murder'd in cold Blood.crying, Nits will become Lice, destroy Root and Branch: with a thousand other Barbarities, too tedious as well as too dreadful to repeat, beside what has been transacted abroad.

  Mary Davys

  Children, Women, Blood

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• No buts," he said, "because there are none. You see yourself as someone who couldn't get away. I see the courageous woman who escaped. You see yourself as someone who should be ashamed or guilty because she let it happen. I see a kind, beautiful woman who should feel proud because she stopped it from happening ever again. Not many women have the strength to do what you did.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Beautiful, Proud, Courageous

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• Skydiving is something I've never done! And I am very excited to take the leap with a community of like-minded courageous women.

  Anne Bancroft

  Community, Done, Courageous

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