Positive Woman Quotes for Empowerment & Inspiration

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. – Louisa May Alcott.

A strong woman stands up for herself; a stronger woman stands up for others. – Unknown.

She believed she could, so she did. – R.S. Grey.

Well-behaved women seldom make history. – Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.

I am my own muse, the subject I know best. – Frida Kahlo.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. – Eleanor Roosevelt.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. – Coco Chanel.

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become. – Carl Jung.

There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish. – Michelle Obama.

I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. – Malala Yousafzai.

Success isn’t about how much money you make; it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives. – Michelle Obama.

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

Confidence is not 'they will like me.' Confidence is 'I'll be fine if they don't.' – Christina Grimmie.

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

Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got. – Janis Joplin.

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

I am enough. I am powerful. I am capable. – Unknown.

Your self-worth is determined by you. Nobody can tell you who you are. – Beyoncé.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. – William James.

Nothing can dim the light that shines from within. – Maya Angelou.

To succeed, we must first believe that we can. – Nikos Kazantzakis.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. – Samuel Johnson.

You don’t need to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle. – Christian D. Larson.

If you want something done, ask a busy woman. – Margaret Thatcher.

Ambition is not something to be ashamed of; it is something to be proud of. – Meryl Streep.

The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me. – Ayn Rand.

Dream big, work hard, stay focused, and surround yourself with good energy. – Unknown.

Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you. – Unknown.

Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally, it comes from what you do consistently. – Marie Forleo.

Hustle until your haters ask if you’re hiring. – Unknown.

Don’t wait for opportunity. Create it. – George Bernard Shaw.

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

Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there. – Bo Jackson.

Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise. – Frank Ocean.

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

Loving yourself isn’t vanity, it’s sanity. – Katrina Mayer.

You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously. – Sophia Bush.

Self-care is how you take your power back. – Lalah Delia.

Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love. – Brené Brown.

Be gentle with yourself. You’re doing the best you can. – Unknown.

You owe yourself the love that you so freely give to other people. – Unknown.

You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody. – Maya Angelou.

To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness. – Robert Morley.

Fill your cup first. You can’t pour from an empty vessel. – Unknown.

Self-love is the greatest revolution. – Unknown.

You are worthy of love and respect, simply because you exist. – Unknown.

Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line. – Lucille Ball.

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. – Maya Angelou.

Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t. – Rikki Rogers.

Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient. – Steve Maraboli.

Surviving is important. Thriving is essential. – Gloria Gaynor.

When I was broken, I learned how beautiful I could rebuild myself. – Nayyirah Waheed.

Sometimes the strongest thing you can do is ask for help. – Unknown.

She stood back up, not because she had to, but because she refused to stay down. – Unknown.

Out of difficulties grow miracles. – Jean de La Bruyère.

I didn’t lose. I either won or learned. – Nelson Mandela.

Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. – J.K. Rowling.

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’ – Mary Anne Radmacher.

We are not fragile creatures. We are resilient, powerful, and full of fire. – Unknown.

Feminism isn’t about making women strong. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength. – G.D. Anderson.

We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. – Audre Lorde.

A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men. – Gloria Steinem.

Equality is not a concept. It’s not something we should be striving for. It’s a necessity. – Maya Angelou.

Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. – Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

I demand to be taken seriously as a human being and a professional. That makes me a feminist. – Bella Abzug.

The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights. – Gloria Steinem.

There is no gene for gender inequality. – Tarana Burke.

We must raise both the ceiling and the floor. – Hillary Clinton.

Empowered women empower women. – Unknown.

Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development, and building good governance. – Kofi Annan.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. – Abraham Lincoln.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. – Mahatma Gandhi.

Independence is happiness. – Susan B. Anthony.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. – Eleanor Roosevelt.

I am not accountable to anyone but myself. – Simone de Beauvoir.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. – Mahatma Gandhi.

To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great. – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. – Audre Lorde.

Liberty has never come from government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. – William Pitt.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be. – Daniel J. Boorstin.

I must not forget that I am free only when all are free. – Desmond Tutu.

True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline. – Mortimer J. Adler.

Courage is grace under pressure. – Ernest Hemingway.

Have the courage to be imperfect, to make mistakes, and to show your true self. – Brené Brown.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. – E.E. Cummings.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. – Nelson Mandela.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. – Eleanor Roosevelt.

Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid. – Franklin P. Jones.

It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit. – J.R.R. Tolkien.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision. – Winston Churchill.

Do one thing every day that scares you. – Eleanor Roosevelt.

What would you do if you weren’t afraid? – Sheryl Sandberg.

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen. – Brené Brown.

You can choose courage, or you can choose comfort. You cannot have both. – Brené Brown.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. – Alice Walker.

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. – Maya Angelou.

Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it. – Epictetus.

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

Live simply, give generously, and love deeply. – Unknown.

Peace begins with a smile. – Mother Teresa.

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

Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. – J.K. Rowling.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world. – Mahatma Gandhi.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. – Mark Twain.

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

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. – Robert Frost.

Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day. – Alice Morse Earle.

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

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. – C.S. Lewis.

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. – Arthur Ashe.

The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on. – Charles Dickens.

Today is a new day. Don’t let yesterday’s failures ruin today’s chances for success. – Unknown.

Rise up, start fresh, see the bright possibility in each day. – Unknown.

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

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt.

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will. – Zig Ziglar.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. – Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude. – Confucius.