100+ Inspiring Quotes for Women to Empower and Inspire

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Dream big, start small, act now.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving them.

The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.

Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness.

Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.

Stars can't shine without darkness.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.

You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.

Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.

When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on so long in the first place.

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”

You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.

Rise up from the ashes and show the world what you’re made of.

I’m not lazy, I’m just conserving energy for later.

I told my phone I needed more battery, and it laughed at me.

I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not sure.

If laughter is the best medicine, my sides hurt from overdosing.

I put my phone on airplane mode, but it still won’t fly.

My bed is a magical place where I suddenly remember everything I was supposed to do.

I don’t need therapy, I just need a nap… and maybe tacos.

Adulting is hard. Can I return this life and get a refund?

I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why I’m right—with enthusiasm.

I followed my heart, and it led me to the fridge.

I’m not short, I’m concentrated awesome.

I didn’t lose my mind. I sold it on eBay.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to understanding ourselves.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Man is the measure of all things.

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I’m with you.

You are my today and all of my tomorrows.

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect, and I loved you even more.

In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.

Every moment with you feels like magic wrapped in ordinary time.

You’re the missing piece I didn’t know my heart was searching for.

Loving you is the best thing I’ve ever done.

I choose you. And I’ll choose you over and over and over. Without pause, without a doubt, in a heartbeat.

You’re my favorite notification.

I didn’t fall in love with you. I rose in it.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

She believed she could, so she did.

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.

You don’t need permission to be your authentic self.

Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.

Confidence is not ‘they will like me.’ Confidence is ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t.’

You were born to be real, not to be perfect.

Stop shrinking yourself to fit places you’ve outgrown.

You are enough just as you are.

My value doesn’t decrease with someone’s inability to see my worth.

Be the energy you want to attract.

Growth begins where comfort ends.

Create your own sunshine.

Stay close to anything that makes you glad you’re alive.

Progress over perfection.

Say less, mean more.

Do it scared.

Make peace with your past.

You got this.

Breathe. It’s just a bad day, not a bad life.

Kindness is free. Sprinkle it everywhere.

Small steps still move mountains.

To be or not to be, that is the question.

All that glitters is not gold.

Knowledge is power.

That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

I think, therefore I am.

Give me liberty, or give me death!

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.

Well-behaved women seldom make history.

Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.

It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.

Fail fast, fail forward, fail better.

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

Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent advantage.

You learn more from losing than winning. Losing teaches you humility.

A bend in the road is not the end of the road… unless you fail to make the turn.

Sometimes when you're in a dark place you think you've been buried, but you've actually been planted.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate.

Life isn’t about finding yourself. It’s about creating yourself.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

We don’t find meaning in life. We create it.

Life is not measured in years, but in the moments that take your breath away.

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

Live so that when your body dies, your spirit lives on in others.

Your life is your message to the world. Make sure it’s inspiring.

Meaning comes from contribution, not consumption.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.