Powerful Women Quotes - Page 2

• Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.

  Ruth Gordon

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• Do one thing every day that scares you.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Positive, New Year

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• If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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

  Benjamin Franklin

  Strong Women, Want Something, Iron

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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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• 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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• Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.

  Sara Blakely

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

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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 have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

  Rosa Parks

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

  Rosa Parks, Gregory J. Reed (1994). “Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman who Changed a Nation”, Zondervan

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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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• Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

  Erica Jong

  Funny, Being Strong, Spiritual

  FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Oct 02, 2015

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• Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.

  Susan B. Anthony

  Witty, Strong Women, Independent

  Motto of The Revolution (newspaper), 8 Jan. 1868

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• Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.

  Byron Katie

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.30, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

  Audre Lorde

  Inspirational, Strength, Success

  "The Cancer Journals". Book by Audre Lorde, 1980.

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• I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

  Maya Angelou

  Love, Inspirational, Girl

  Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). “Conversations with Maya Angelou”

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• I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Mar 04, 2013

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• Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

  Dale Carnegie

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.102, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

  Unknown

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Anne Frank from Dec 25, 2011

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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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• You are more powerful than you think.

  Tim Cook

  Uplifting, Strong Women, Powerful

  Twitter post from Apr 23, 2014

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• 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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• 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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• I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow. When there's that moment of 'Wow, I'm not really sure I can do this,' and you push through those moments, that's when you have a breakthrough.

  Marissa Mayer

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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

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• Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success.

  Arianna Huffington

  Women, Failure, Successful

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

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