60 Women Quotes About Voices of Strength and Wisdom

Woman is a tapestry woven from strength and grace, threads of resilience shimmering through hardship. Laughter lines etched around her eyes tell stories of joy and sorrow, each wrinkle a testament to life’s embrace. Her hands, calloused yet gentle, cradle dreams and knead comfort, wielding both fire and feather with unflinching purpose. In her quiet wisdom, universes bloom, whispering secrets of galaxies within. Undeterred by doubt, she dances with storms, a fierce flame defying the fading light. In her every breath, a symphony of compassion beats, her heart a refuge for weary souls. For she is a woman, a kaleidoscope of contradictions, a force both delicate and unyielding. Through her, life breathes, rebirths, and transforms, an endless echo of hope’s undying song.

Women Quotes

1. “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”
— Maya Angelou

2. “The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.”
— Ayn Rand

3. “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.”
— Carrie Green

4. “A woman is like a tea bag — you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt

5. “The difference between successful people and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”
— Vince Lombardi (quoted by Michelle Obama)

6. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
— Coco Chanel

7. “No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and the sun will rise again tomorrow.”
— Maya Angelou

8. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”
— Booker T. Washington (quoted by Oprah Winfrey)

9. “There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.”
— Michelle Obama

10. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (quoted by Hillary Clinton)

11. “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
— Rumi

12. “You don’t have to be loud to be heard. Be the best you can be.”
— Kamala Harris

13. “A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.”
— Caroline Myss

14. “I am grateful to be a woman. I must say that every single morning you wake up and realize you are a woman, life gets harder. But you get stronger.”
— Serena Williams

15. “No woman should be made to fear that she was not enough.”
— Emma Watson

16. “The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.”
— Ayn Rand

17. “Don’t let anyone speak for you, and don’t rely on others to fight for you.”
— Michelle Obama

18.”A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.”
— Deepak Chopra

19. “No one can break you unless you give them the power to do so.”
— Christine Lagarde

20. “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even though her shackles are very different from my own.”
— Audre Lorde

21. “Women belong in all places where decisions are being made.”
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

22. “Women are the architects of society.”
— Harriet Beecher Stowe

23. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt

24. “We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.”
— Malala Yousafzai

25. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
— Peter Drucker (quoted by Sheryl Sandberg)

26. “Leadership is not a position or a title. It’s a choice you make every day.”
— Simon Sinek (quoted by Indra Nooyi)

27. “If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”
— Roald Dahl (quoted by Emma Watson)

28. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
— Margaret Mead

29. “A girl should never be afraid to be smart.”
— Emma Watson

30. “The difference between successful people and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”
— Vince Lombardi (quoted by Michelle Obama)

31. “The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.”
— Blake Lively

32. “You are a woman. If that doesn’t fill you with power, I don’t know what does.”
— Unknown

33. “To love oneself is the beginning of an endless romance.”
— Oscar Wilde

34. “Comparison is the thief of joy.”
— Teddy Roosevelt

35. “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
― Marilyn Monroe

37. “Well—behaved women seldom make history.”
— Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

38. “The best protection any woman can have is courage.”
— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

39. “A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.”
— Coco Chanel

40. “I am my best work — a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles, and prayers from the front lines.”
— Audre Lorde

41. “Women hold up half the sky.”
— Chinese Proverb

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

43. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt

44. “A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture, and transform.”
— Diane Mariechild

45. “The question isn’t who’s going to let me, it’s who’s going to stop me.”
— Ayn Rand

46. “The most important thing one woman can do for another is expand her sense of actual possibilities.”
— Adrienne Rich

47. “Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.”
— Timothy Leary

48. “I do not wish women to have power over men, but over themselves.”
— Mary Shelley

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

50. “A woman’s place is everywhere.”
— Bella Abzug

51. “The most effective way to do it is to do it.”
— Amelia Earhart

52. “I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.”
— Simone de Beauvoir

53. “I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.”
— Louisa May Alcott

54. “A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.”
— Rudyard Kipling

55. “The more I wonder, the more I love.”
— Alice Walker

56. “A strong woman looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink.”
— Gina Carey

57. “She was powerful not because she wasn’t scared but because she went on so strongly, despite the fear.”
— Atticus Poetry

58. “I don’t know what the future holds, but I do know that I’m going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate.”
— Billie Eilish

59. “The most beautiful thing a woman can wear is confidence.”
— Blake Lively

60. “A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.”
— Melinda Gates