There was a time when women were considered the second sex and they were expected to be submissive, obedient, soft-spoken, and family-oriented. After decades of struggles by feminists around the globe, women have come a long way. The women of today are strong, bold and fearless. From going on solo trips to running big companies - determined and motivated women can do it all. Still, as she navigates untrodden roads, every woman needs occasional support and encouragement to overcome challenges.
So, here are some amazing women empowerment quotes by phenomenal women who are political leaders, prominent authors, well-known celebrities, and change makers. These quotes highlight the strength, grace, and courage of the women community, and once you read them, you will feel proud and powerful.
Inspiring Quotes from Women for Women
“I want to build a community where women of all races can communicate and share some of those secrets, so we can continue to support and take care of each other. I want to give women a space to feel their own strength and tell their stories. That is power.” - by Beyonce
"I say if I'm beautiful. I say if I'm strong. You will not determine my story — I will." - by Amy Schumer
“what’s the greatest lesson a woman should learn? / that since day one. she’s already had everything / she needs within herself. it’s the world that / convinced her she did not.” - by Rupi Kaur
"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness." - by Oprah Winfrey
“Feminism isn't about making women stronger. Women are already strong, it's about changing the way the world perceives that strength.” - by G. D. Anderson
“There is something threatening about a woman who is not occupied with children. There is something at-loose-ends feeling about such a woman. What is she going to do instead? What sort of trouble will she make?” - by Sheila Heti
"We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead." - by Beyonce
"There's something so special about a woman who dominates in a man's world. It takes a certain grace, strength, intelligence, fearlessness, and the nerve to never take no for an answer." - by Rihanna
"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." - by Sheryl Sandberg
"I think women are scared of feeling powerful and strong and brave sometimes. There’s nothing wrong with being afraid. It’s not the absence of fear, it’s overcoming it and sometimes you just have to blast through and have faith." - by Emma Watson
"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained." - by Marie Curie
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” - by Anais Nin
“Women’s history is women’s right — an essential, indispensable heritage from which we can draw pride, comfort, courage, and long range vision.” - by Gerda Lerner
“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.” - by Kofi Annan
“Hear me as a woman./Have me as your sister./On purpled battlefield breaking day,/So I might say our victory is just beginning,/See me as change,/Say I am movement,/That I am the year,/and I am the era/of the women.” - by Amanda Gorman
Some More Quotes that Women of All Races Can Feel Empowered to Use
- “I know people are not used to seeing confident, educated, happy, chunky African American girls, and I don’t care. They’re just going to have to get used to it.” - by Precious Lee
- “I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.” - by Rebecca West
- “I want to show that you can have fun and have purpose, be respectful and speak your mind. You can be both elegant and a provocateur. You can be curvy and still be a fashion icon. I wish this freedom for every person.” - by Beyonce
- “The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.” - by Adrienne Rich
- “Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women's liberation...none was more alarming than the suggestion that women would eventually become just like men.” - by Barbara Ehrenreich
- “If you are to free yourselves you must break the chains of oppression yourselves. Only then can we express our dignity, only when we have liberated ourselves can we co-operate with other groups. Any acceptance of humiliation, indignity or insult is acceptance of inferiority.” - by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
- “I didn’t see enough examples of different versions of how a woman can find happiness and joy and power and sensuality, sexuality, all of that, without it being through the lens of how I’m seen by a man. People are like, ‘You’re the poster child for being single.’ And I was like, ‘Great.’ But what I would prefer is that I’m the poster child for living my life on my terms. And that there’s a version of that for everyone.”- by Tracee Ellis Ross
- “I’ve survived [because] I want to live. I want to be here. Even in our troubled world. Even with all the greed and stupidity and terrible things that we’re all facing and reading in the news or experiencing, I want to be alive. I want to breathe. I want to do my work.” - by Patti Smith
- "On the day when it will be possible for woman to love not in her weakness but in strength, not to escape herself but to find herself, not to abase herself but to assert herself – on that day love will become for her, as for man, a source of life and not of mortal danger. In the meantime, love represents in its most touching form the curse that lies heavily upon woman confined in the feminine universe, woman mutilated, insufficient unto herself.” - by Simone de Beauvoir
- “Our response can’t be to shrug or to think only about our own countries, because we are all connected. This is a time to fight. If there is a fight in this life, it must be for freedoms and rights. And if we have our freedom, we must fight for others who don’t.” - by Angelina Jolie
- “That taught me that power has to come from inside. It has to come from knowing who you are, why you’re on earth, what is the meaning of your life. That’s power. If it’s all about armor, possessions, and weapons, that’s not power.” - by Jane Fonda
- “All women, whatever be their position, should demand political equality as a means of a freer life, and one calculated to yield rich blessings to society.” - by Clara Zetkin
- “I think transwomen, and transpeople in general, show everyone that you can define what it means to be a man or woman on your own terms. A lot of what feminism is about is moving outside of roles and moving outside of expectations of who and what you're supposed to be to live a more authentic life.” - by Laverne Cox
- “I can promise you that women working together – linked, informed and educated – can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.” - by Isabelle Allende
- “Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.” - by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Wrapping Up
These inspiring quotes echo the spirit of empowerment. From resilience to grace, self-discovery to assertiveness, each caption beautifully encapsulates the essence of tenacity and female strength.
So, bookmark these fantastic quotes and share them with your friends to make them feel empowered as well.
