Strong Women Quotes - Page 10

• ...but even strong women need an arm to lean on now and then. (Anna Whitney in Glory in Death)

  Nora Roberts

  Needs, Arms, Glory

  "Glory In Death". Book by J. D. Robb, 1995.

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• Strong women are absolutely unpredictable.

  Anne Rice

  Strong, Unpredictable

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• Be that strong girl that everyone knew would make it through the worst, be that fearless girl, the one who would dare to do anything, be that independent girl who didn’t need a man; be that girl who never backed down.

  Taylor Swift

  Girl, Stay Strong, Independent

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

  Lady Gaga

  Dream, Inspiration, Humor

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

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• I’ve often thought it unfair that women are expected to stay at home when there’s a fight to be won. If a woman has the strength to bear a child, she can swing a sword as well as any man.

  Karen Hawkins

  Children, Home, Fighting

  FaceBook post by Karen Hawkins from Jan 13, 2013

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• I grew up around strong women; weak men were pickled and salted. The women wouldn't waste time raising a weak boy.

  Robert Jordan

  Boys, Weak Man, Waste

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• Women asking for raises should not only know their value, but they should ask with the confidence that they're helping the company to be successful.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Inspiring, Successful, Asking

  "Meet Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (and Take Her Work Advice)". Interview with Cindi Leive, www.glamour.com. March 11, 2014.

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• I think probably like seeing women fight because we're generally not thought to be strong, especially in the case of this movie.

  Chiaki Kuriyama

  Fighting, Thinking, Cases

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• The woman must be restored to her rightful place, as the strong, loving maternal leader of peace and reason.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Strong, Leader, Reason

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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, Voice, Empowering

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• “I'm not going anywhere.” Gently, he stroked her back, cradled her head. Was there anything more astounding or more frightening to a man, he wondered, than a strong woman in tears? “I've been right here all along. I love you, Eve, almost more than I can stand.” “I need you. I can't help it. I don't want to.” “I know. He eased back, tucking a hand under her chin to lift her face to his. “We’re going to have to deal with it.” He kissed one wet cheek, then the other. “I really can’t do without you.“

  Nora Roberts

  Love You, Hands, Tears

  "Glory in Death". Book by Nora Roberts, December 1995.

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• When you're through changing you're through.

  Bruce Barton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "On the Story" with Mary Snow, edition.cnn.com. August 27, 2005.

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• We can do no great things-only small things with great love.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Life, Sad

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• Happy girls are the prettiest girls.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Happiness, Beauty, Being Strong

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• How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.

  Anais Nin

  Love, Inspirational, Dream

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  If you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?

  RuPaul

  Beauty, Being Yourself, Love You

  Song: Can I Get an Amen, Album: Born Naked

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• If anyone ever boos you off stage, that is simply applause from ghosts.

  Sharon Needles

  Ghost, Applause, Stage

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• Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.

  Bella Abzug

  Equality, Heartless, Being A Strong Woman

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• Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.

  Ella Fitzgerald

  Inspirational, Graduation, Giving Up

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• I grew up in a family of strong women and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother and big sister. They taught me to respect women in a way where I've always felt a strong emotional connection to women, which has also helped me in the way I approach my work as an actor.

  Ryan Gosling

  Mother, Emotional, Big Sister

  "Ryan Gosling interview - 'Gangster Squad'". www.viva-press.com.

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

  Ginni Rometty

  Female, Done, Powerful Women

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• It doesn't matter what word we use, if it has the same content, it will be treated in the same way. There are other words - there's "womanist," there's "mujerista," there's "women's liberationist" - all mean the same thing and they get the same ridicule. I think we just need to choose what word we feel comfortable with that says women are full human beings, and whatever that word is, it will get a lot of opposition. But it will also attract a lot of support. But this is a revolution, not a public relations movement.

  Gloria Steinem

  Mean, Thinking, Support

  "Celebrating Gloria Steinem’s 80th Birthday" by Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 24, 2014.

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• My mother is such an incredibly strong woman. She raised a family of five boys extremely well. She made us all strong, loving, caring people. We all support each other. I'm really thankful to her.

  Henry Cavill

  Mother, Caring, Boys

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• I'm a very stubborn woman and I'm from a very stubborn family of headstrong women. I have sisters, so the women rule the coop in my house.

  Evangeline Lilly

  House, Stubborn, Headstrong

  "Lost: Season 2 interview - Evangeline Lilly (Kate)" compiled by Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I think that we're in a really amazing time, where there are really a lot of really fantastic female actresses and comedians. I imagine there's just a lot of opportunity for women to have powerful roles. Or it's just that there's more women writing TV. Women tend to maybe write strong women.

  Whitney Cummings

  Powerful, Writing, Opportunity

  "I Wrote The Jokes That People Assumed Men Would Write". Interview with John Scott Lewinski, www.askmen.com. September 15, 2011.

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