Inspirational Women Quotes - Page 2

• 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, Strong Women

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

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• Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.

  Coco Chanel

  Motivational, Mother, Strong Women

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  When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

  Audre Lorde

  Strong Women, Honesty, Silence

  Audre Lorde (1995). “The Black Unicorn: Poems”, p.25, W. W. Norton & Company

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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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• I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Motivational, Strong Women, Voice

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• We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success.

  Arianna Huffington

  Positive, Success, Business

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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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• A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.

  Marge Piercy

  Strength, Inspiring, Strong Women

  Marge Piercy (2013). “Moon Is Always Female”, p.76, Knopf

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• The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

  Anna Quindlen

  Confidence, Letting Go, Being Yourself

  Anna Quindlen (2009). “Being Perfect”, p.15, Random House

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• The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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

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• I will follow you to the ends of the world.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Cute Love, I Love Him, Romantic Love

  Khaled Hosseini (2010). “The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set”, p.413, A&C Black

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• 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

  Moving On, Spiritual, Strong Women

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from May 01, 2009

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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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• If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.

  Hillary Clinton

  Inspiring, Strong Women, Empowerment

  "Living History".

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  The best protection any woman can have... is courage.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Motivational, Inspiring, Sad

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• A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

  Gloria Steinem

  Hilarious, Heartbreak, Funny Love

  Attributed

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• Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

  Erica Jong

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Oct 18, 2014

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• And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

  Erica Jong

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "Fear of Flying". Book by Erica Jong, 1973.

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  Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!

  Audrey Hepburn

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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  If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Katharine Hepburn (1987). “The making of The African Queen, or, How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall, and Huston and almost lost my mind”, Alfred A. Knopf

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• If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.

  Melinda Gates

  Positive, Success, Inspiration

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

  James A. Garfield

  Teacher, Encouragement, Strong Women

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  Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

  Ella Fitzgerald

  Love, Inspirational, Motivational

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• Being a princess isn't all it's cracked up to be.

  Princess Diana

  Women, Princess, History

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• 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

  Strong Women, Courage, Struggle

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

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