Women Strength Quotes - Page 2

• When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Strong Women, Courage, Fear

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  There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.

  Madeleine Albright

  Strong Women, Business, Independent Women

  "Q&A with Arianna Huffington, co-founder of Huffington Post, on Donald Trump, sleep and the media". Interview with Laura Newberry, www.masslive.com. April 29, 2016.

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

  Ruth Gordon

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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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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• I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.

  Michelle Obama

  Girl, People, Empowerment

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• I've never met a woman who is not strong, but sometimes they don't let it out. Then there's a tragedy, and then all of a sudden that strength comes. My message is let the strength come out before the tragedy.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Motivational, Strong Women, Empowering

  "How Diane von Furstenberg Is Like a Cowboy". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.nytimes.com. June 28, 2013.

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• But I can tell you I myself have made many mistakes. Things sometimes I would be ashamed to admit. But if it weren't for those mistakes I wouldn't have seen the beauty in me. I wouldn't have awoken the goddess that lives in me. You see, goddesses although immortal were all flawed. They were all a bit extreme at their calling, and they were all betrayed and hurt at some point. They were even considered devious but what made them unique was their strength.

  Mirtha Michelle

  Hurt, Mistake, Unique

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• And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?

  Sojourner Truth

  Mother, Strong Women, Jesus

  Sojourner Truth, “Ain't I A Woman?”

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• I am not a feminist, but I do believe in the strength of women.

  Katy Perry

  Believe, Feminist

  'Woman of the Year' Acceptance Speech, Billboard Women in Music event, New York, www.billboard.com. November 30, 2012.

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• I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong

  Audrey Hepburn

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

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• We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

  Marie Curie

  Strength, Confidence, Perseverance

  "Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.

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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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• When women can cherish the vulnerability of men as much as men can exult in the strength of women, a new breed could lift a ruinous yoke from both.

  Marya Mannes

  Men, Yoke, Cherish

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• Women may fall when there's no strength in men.

  William Shakespeare

  Strength, Women, Fall

  William Shakespeare (1993). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.103, Heinemann

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• Every character that I play, even if it's a homemaker, there is an inherent, innate strength in her - you can find strength in every facet of a female personality. It doesn't just come from the physical strength of a woman.

  Priyanka Chopra

  Character, Play, Personality

  Interview with Matt Mullen, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 26, 2016.

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• Women's strength, women's industry, women's wisdom are humankind's greatest untapped resource. The challenge then for U.N. Women is to show our diverse constituencies how this resource can be effectively tapped in ways that benefit us all.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Challenges, Benefits, Way

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• A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

  Coco Chanel

  Beauty, Girl, Strong Women

  "The Gospel According to Coco Chanel : Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman". Book by Karen Karbo, 2009.

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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, Strong Women

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• He leaned a fraction closer. “My lovers have always been warrior women. Strength intrigues me.” She refused to let him play with her like this, even if her body disagreed. Vehemently. “Do knives intrigue you, too? Because touch me and I will cut you up. I don’t care if you throw me off the nearest balcony.

  Nalini Singh

  Warrior, Cutting, Knives

  Nalini Singh (2009). “Angels' Blood”, p.47, Penguin

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• I am not a feminist, but I do believe in the strength of women... This social revolution of feminism in the '70s really achieved so many of its goals-not every single one of them, obviously-but I think we should say it's great that these young women don't feel like they need to be feminists.

  Katy Perry

  Believe, Thinking, Goal

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

  Benjamin Franklin

  Strong Women, Want Something, Iron

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• Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

  Marie Curie

  Inspirational, Strength, Confidence

  "Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.

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• So I grew up feeling that I wasn't good enough, and that no-one would love me unless I was perfect. But no-one's perfect, we're not meant to be perfect. We're meant to be complete. But it's hard to be complete if you're trying to be perfect, so you kind of become disembodied. And I spent a lot of my life that way.""And if you don't own your strength... Women like me tend to always look over their shoulder to see who... "Who's the leader? Who's the smart one?" Never thinking it might be ME. Took a long time for me to get over that.

  Jane Fonda

  Inspiring, Smart, Thinking

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• Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nation's civil rights history.

  John Shimkus

  Hippie, Rights, Law

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• I hate men who are afraid of women's strength.

  Anais Nin

  Hate, Heart, Independent

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