“We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.” - Maya Angelou.
“It’s hard not to be a fighter when you’re constantly under siege.” - Cassandra Duffy.
My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me." ― Jane Austen, Pride and PrejudiceĤ0 Quotes Giving Teachers Some Well-Deserved Honor Empowering Quotes from Female Writers
"There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others.
"You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it." ― Sarah Dessen, Keeping the Moon.
"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." ― Jane Goodall.
With them it's grand and great." -Lucy Maude Montgomery, Ann of Avonlea Life would be a sorry business without them.
"We must have ideals and try to live up to them, even if we never quite succeed.
"I believe great people do things before they are ready." ― Amy Poehler, Yes Please.
When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.” ― Marissa Mayer
“I always did something I was a little not ready to do.
No need to be anybody but oneself." ― Virginia Woolf If that makes me a bitch, okay." ― Madonna
"I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want.
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"I am no bird and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will." ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre.
Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong." ― Sarah Dessen "What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." ― Jane Goodall Women Empowerment Quotes from Books I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.” ― Arianna Huffington Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” - Ella Fitzgerald
“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
“Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts hence, grappling with hard work.” - Adrienne Rich.
You’ve got to go out and kick ass.” - Maya Angelou
"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.
"It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent." ― Madeleine Albright.
“I am no bird and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” ― Charlotte Bronte.
But when we are silent, we are still afraid.
“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed.
“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.” ― Melinda Gates.
You never want to go out with a whimper.” ― Julia Child
“Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang.
Or you can live your life crossing them.” ― Shonda Rhimes
“You can waste your lives drawing lines.
“I am no bird and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” ― Charlotte Bronte Empowering Women Quotes
“One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.” ― Michelle Obama.
"The price way pay for being ourselves is worth it.” - Eartha Kitt.
"We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.” ― Sheryl Sandberg.
“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” ― Maya Angelou.
“How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?” ― Anaïs Nin.
“Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.” - Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” - Mother Teresa
"Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” - Nora Ephron.
“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.
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” - Eleanor Roosevelt.
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