Great Women Quotes - Page 3

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  I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

  Mary Wollstonecraft

  Life, Strong Women, Independent

  "The original suffragette: the extraordinary Mary Wollstonecraft" by Bee Rowlatt, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2015.

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• You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.

  Melissa Etheridge

  Inspirational, Beautiful, Being Strong

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• I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Strong Women, Memorable, Feminist Art

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow.

  Marissa Mayer

  Motivational, Strong Women, Successful

  "Google's Marissa Mayer: Passion is a gender-neutralizing force" by Felicia Taylor, edition.cnn.com. April 5, 2012.

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• Your playing small doesn't serve the world.

  Marianne Williamson

  Confidence, Fear, Insecure

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• I learned to always take on things I'd never done before.

  Ginni Rometty

  Strong Women, Female, Done

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• People will never forget how you made them feel.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou”, p.37, Random House

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• Happy girls are the prettiest girls.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Happiness, Beauty, Being Strong

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  Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• 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

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

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• I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint

  Oprah Winfrey

  Strong Women, Believe, Unique

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• You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, God, Christian

  Marianne Williamson (2012). “A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever”, p.230, Hay House, Inc

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• You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

  Indira Gandhi

  Life, Friendship, Leadership

  "Indian and Pakistani Armies Confront Each Other Along Borders". The New York Times, October 20, 1971.

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• 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

  Inspirational, Success, Spiritual

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• Laughing is the best calorie burner.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Being Strong, Strong Women, Believe

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• All great men usually are awakened by the great women in their lives. No matter what friction is there, if that relationship was there, that usually is their best friend, at the end of the day.

  Mandy Patinkin

  Men, Great Men

  Source: deadline.com

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• We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.

  Marianne Williamson

  Confidence, Fear, Famous Motivational

  Marianne Williamson (2012). “A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever”, p.230, Hay House, Inc

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• Your playing small does not serve the world. Who are you not to be great?

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspiring, Confidence, Fear

  "A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a 'Course in Miracles'". Book by Marianne Williamson, 1992.

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• We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.

  Marianne Williamson

  Confidence, Children, Fear

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• It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

  Marianne Williamson

  Confidence, Fear, Light

  A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

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• There were these great women in Montgomery, [Rosa Louise] Parks was among them. Jo Ann Robinson [who organized the bus boycott] was among them. It's always these ordinary women and men of grace who have been waiting and seething and planning to change things that are unjust that bring movement.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Men, Waiting, Grace

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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 learned to always take on things I'd never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.

  Ginni Rometty

  Positive, Inspiring, Strong Women

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• You are more powerful than you think.

  Tim Cook

  Uplifting, Strong Women, Powerful

  Twitter post from Apr 23, 2014

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• You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

  Mae West

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Mae West: 'YOLO,' Before YOLO Was a Thing", bigthink.com. September 25, 2015.

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