International Women's Day Quotes

• Women themselves have the right to live in dignity, in freedom from want and freedom from fear. On this International Women's Day, let us rededicate ourselves to making that a reality.

  Kofi Annan

  Women, Reality, Want

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  No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

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  As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.

  Virginia Woolf

  Inspirational, Country, Strong Women

  Three Guineas pt. 3 (1938)

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• Women have always been the strong ones of the world.

  Coco Chanel

  Strong Women, Empowering, Empowerment

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• Success is only meaningful - and enjoyable - if it feels like your own.

  Michelle Obama

  Success, Meaningful, Feels

  Michelle Obama's Commencement Address at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 17, 2012.

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• What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.22, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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  A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself.

  Loretta Young

  Empowerment, Crowds, Empowering Women

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• Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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• Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be.

  J. K. Rowling

  Littles, Absurd, International Women's Day

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• If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.

  Aristotle Onassis

  Funny Love, Witty, Money

  Quoted in Barbara Rowes, The Book of Quotes (1979)

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• I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.

  Audre Lorde

  Feminist, Fearless, Different

  Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.132, Crossing Press

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• Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

  Janis Joplin

  Life, Positive, Encouraging

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• I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are.

  Nora Ephron

  Writing, Interesting, Trying

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

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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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• I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas.

  Hillary Clinton

  Women, Home, Feminist

  Campaign remarks, Chicago, Ill., 16 Mar. 1992

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• They said, “You are a savage and dangerous woman.” I am speaking the truth. And the truth is savage and dangerous.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Independent, Savages, Truth Is

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  Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Survival, Ingredients, International Women's Day

  "At Lunch with Aung San Suu Kyi". Interview with Cherno Jobatey, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2014.

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• I love women. They're the best thing ever created. If they want to be like men and come down to our level, that's fine.

  Mel Gibson

  Love, Funny, Women

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Women are like cars: we all want a Ferrari, sometimes want a pickup truck, and end up with a station wagon.

  Tim Allen

  Funny, Witty, Dating

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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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• All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women.

  Germaine Greer

  Death, Women, Independent

  Germaine Greer (1985). “Sex and destiny: the politics of human fertility”

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• And who knows? Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President's spouse. I wish him well!

  Barbara Bush

  Inspirational, Women, White

  Barbara Bush's Commencement Address at the Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, www.wellesley.edu. June 1, 1990.

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• I am from Britain and think it is right that as a woman I am paid the same as my male counterparts. I think it is right that I should be able to make decisions about my own body. I think it is right that women be involved on my behalf in the policies and decision-making of my country. I think it is right that socially I am afforded the same respect as men. But sadly I can say that there is no one country in the world where all women can expect to receive these rights.

  Emma Watson

  Country, Men, Thinking

  "Will Feminism Be Reborn? A Sign of Hope" by Kathleen Kelley Reardon, bigthink.com. 2017.

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• If you want something done, ask a busy person.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Strong Women, Want Something, Iron

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• The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that...women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves.

  Louise Otto-Peters

  Inspirational, Women, Thinking

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