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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• 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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• 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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• 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 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 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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• No woman gets an orgasm from shining the kitchen floor.

  Betty Friedan

  Shining, Feminist, Kitchen

  "Feminist icon Betty Friedan dies aged 85" by Jamie Doward, www.theguardian.com. February 4, 2006.

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• I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that's me.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  "Phenomenal Woman" l. 6 (1978)

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• None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

  Jane Austen

  Women, Equality, Water

  "Persuasion". Book by Jane Austen, www.theguardian.com. 1817.

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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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• 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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  Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

  Joseph Conrad

  Funny, Hilarious, Strong Women

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  No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.

  Margaret Sanger

  Mother, Independent, Doe

  Woman and the New Race ch. 8 (1920)

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

  Gloria Steinem

  Hilarious, Heartbreak, Funny Love

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  So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

  Beauty, Beautiful, Girl

  Ulysses S. Grant, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Stephen Crane, Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Modern Library Civil War Bookshelf 5-Book Bundle: Personal Memoirs, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Red Badge of Courage, Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings, The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln”, p.1027, Modern Library

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• No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body.

  Margaret Sanger

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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  We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Motivational, Strong Women, Voice

  Sheryl Sandberg's Commencement Address Barnard College in New York City, New York, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 17, 2011.

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• Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.

  Mae West

  Relationship, Women, Independent

  Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”

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• Dream the dreams that have never been dreamt.

  David Bower

  Dream, Women, Gender Equality

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• Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Positive, Wisdom, Famous Inspirational

  "3 Inspiring Business Lessons From Billionaire Media Mogul Oprah Winfrey" by Kim Lachance Shandrow, www.foxnews.com. August 2, 2016.

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• Remember the dignity of your womanhood. Do not appeal, do not beg, do not grovel. Take courage, join hands, stand besides us, fight with us.

  Christabel Pankhurst

  Inspirational, Women, Fighting

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• Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams.

  Lady Gaga

  Dream, Strong Women, Inspiration

  "Lada Gaga Offers Career, Love Advice". pagesix.com. February 28, 2010.

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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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• A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience.

  Naomi Wolf

  Motivational, Beauty, Women

  Naomi Wolf (2013). “The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women”, p.187, Random House

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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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