Women Empowerment Quotes

• Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  Motivational, Strong Women, Empowering

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  Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.

  Amelia Earhart

  Motivational, Strong Women, Blessing

  "On a wing and a prayer" by Maxie Szalwinska, www.theguardian.com. July 25, 2007.

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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 women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free.

  Kavita Ramdas

  Education, Strong Women, Passion

  "'Having it all doesn't mean doing it all': Women's grad advice to women" by Eun Kyung Kim, www.today.com. October 14, 2016.

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• We simply can no longer afford to deny the full potential of one half of the population. The world needs to tap into the talent and wisdom of women. Whether the issue is food security, economic recovery, health, or peace and security, the participation of women is needed now more than ever.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Wisdom, Women, Recovery

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• We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Motivational, Inspiring, Strong Women

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• No girl should ever forget that she doesn't need anyone who doesn't need her.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Break Up, Girl, Breakup

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• It is the women who are the leaders in change and without their participation poverty can never be removed.

  Ela Bhatt

  Change, Women, Leader

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• Successful people understand that you don't need to make things complicated.

  Anne McKevitt

  Inspirational, Women, Successful

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• In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

  Hillary Clinton

  Girl, Strong Women, Independent Women

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• You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

  Brigham Young

  Family, Education, Strong Women

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• The data is clear: If you give a woman an opportunity, she will make a huge difference.

  Carly Fiorina

  Inspirational, Independent Women, Opportunity

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  If society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled.

  Elizabeth Blackwell

  Women, Memorable, History

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• If non-violence is the Law of our being, the future is with Women.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Equality, Law, Violence

  Mahatma Gandhi, K. Swaminathan (1988). “A Gandhi Reader”, Stosius Incorporated/Advent Books Division

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• When you speak up about any sense of unfairness or injustice, you're told that you're overreacting, you're too angry, too silly-shut up already. It takes a tremendous amount of fortitude to be able to live in this world as a woman, let alone a woman who wants things to change.

  Kathleen Hanna

  Change, Strong Women, Silly

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  Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

  Nora Ephron

  Life, Inspiring, Encouraging

  FaceBook post by Nora Ephron from Jun 26, 2012

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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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• I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century.

  Hillary Clinton

  Motivational, Girl, Badass

  "The Hillary Doctrine". Interview with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, www.newsweek.com. March 6, 2011.

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• Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.

  Walt Whitman

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Women

  Walt Whitman (2005). “Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass”, p.68, Oxford University Press

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• A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.

  Gloria Steinem

  Women, Equality, Empowering

  "Happy 80th, Gloria Steinem" by Kathleen McCartney, www.cnn.com. March 25, 2014.

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• We want women leaders today as never before. Leaders who are not afraid to be called names and who are willing to go out and fight. I think women can save civilization. Women are persons.

  Emily Murphy

  Leadership, Strong Women, Fighting

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• People with clenched fists can not shake hands.

  Indira Gandhi

  Women, Inspirational Life, Hands

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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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• I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Women, Community, Progress

  "The Ultimate Book of Quotations". Book by Joseph Demakis, 2012.

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• We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Strong Women, Powerful, Empowering

  Malala Yousafzai's Speech to the UN General Assembly, www.independent.co.uk. July 12, 2013.

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