Most lists of persuasive quotes are dominated by men’s
attorneys, and this is certainly not the case for women lacking discreet words.
So, I’ve compiled a list of my favorite quotes – from survivors, activists and
athletes, writers and actors, to heroes and lovers – all from women. Each of
these is powerful; Together, they make a motivational curry, encourage you to
take over life and move on to success.
1. “If I stop kicking every barking dog, I’m not going
anywhere.” – Jackie Jonner-Kersey
2. “Optimism is the belief that leads to
achievement.” – Helen Keller
3. “You are the one who holds the key to your
existence. You carry a passport for your pleasure.” – Diane von
Furstenberg
4. “I would be very clever to go through any door that
opened.” – Zone Rivers
5. “Vigilant, cautious people, always broadcast to maintain
their reputation do not affect improvement.” – Susan B. Anthony
6. “When the whole world is silent, even one voice
becomes powerful.” – Malala Yousafzai
9. “Make the most of yourself by fanning small, inner
sparks into the flames of possibility.” – The Golden Mir
9. “Knowing what to do takes away the fear.” –
Rosa Parks
9. “I didn’t get it or expect it, but by working for
it.” – Estee Lauder
9. “The power is not given to you.” You have to
take it. ”- Beyonc నో
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9. “The most difficult thing is the decision to be
made. The rest is just sanity.” – Amelia Earhart
12. “The difference between successful people and
others is how long they have to forgive themselves.” – Barbara Corcoran
13. “You can draw your lifelines or you can live your
life by crossing them.” – Shonda Rhimes
9. “I regret what I have done. Instead of regretting
what I have done.” – Lucille Ball
15. “I hope that little fathers and mothers will look
at them and say, ‘Yes, women can.’” – Dilma Rousseff
16. “Changeless care; It is the mother of all deadly sins.
”- Edith Wharton
17. “If you don’t risk anything, you risk more.” –
Erica Jong
18. “I’m standing on a mountain with no one
around.” – B. Smith
19. “The way we talk to our children becomes their inner
voice.” – Peggy O’Mara
20. “You can’t leave footprints if you’re always
running in tiptoe.” – Lema Gobi
21. “If you don’t like the road you’re walking on, pave
another way.” – Dolly Parton
22. “If you think it’s selfish to take care of
yourself, change your mind.” If you are not, you are carrying out your
responsibilities. ”- Ann Richards
23. “You can’t give up! If you don’t give up, you’ll be
just like everyone else.” – Chris Evert
24. “No matter how hard and painful it is, nothing
seems to be true for the soul.” – Martha Beck
25. “Better than Absolute.” – Sheryl Sandberg
26. “One of the secrets to being young is to always
learn and do things that you don’t know what to do.” – Ruth Reichel
27. “Be the first and be alone.” – Ginny Rometty
28. “No one can achieve anything without
stupidity.” – Eva Peron
29. “Look your best – who says love is blind?” –
May West
30. “It took me a long time to develop a voice. Now
that I have it, I won’t be quiet.” – Madeline Albright
31. “Don’t take too much credit for your children – or
blame them too much!” – Deborah Spur
32. “You can put a man in prison, but not the idea. You can
banish the man, but not the idea. You can kill a man, but not the idea. ”-
Benazir Bhutto
33. “Get out of history that pushed you back. Step into a
new story you are ready to create. ”- Oprah Winfrey
34. “What you do makes a difference, and you have to
decide what difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodall
35. “I firmly believe that you should not spend your
time in anything past.” – Condoleezza Rice
36. “I may be wearing makeup, but at the same time I’m
throwing a fastball at you.” – Jenny Finch
37. “A good deal means everyone cooperates.” –
Angela Merkel
38. “A strong woman is a woman who is determined to do
an undetermined thing.” – Marge Piercy
39. “I will choose the best I can for the rest of my
life.” – Louise Hi
40. “Drama is important in life: you have to come up with a
bang. You never want to go out with a whisper. ”- Julia Child
41. “If the atmosphere of your home is good and
peaceful and light, then your life is good and easy.” – Lori Greener
42. “To be irreparable must always be different.”
– Coco Chanel
43. “The question is not who will let me go; it will
stop me. – Ion Rand
44. “Extend love wherever you go. No one will let you down
without making you happy. ”- Mother Theresa
45. “Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If
criticism has truth or merit, try to learn from it. If not, turn it off
already. – Hillary Clinton
46. “We are afraid that our words will not be heard or
welcomed. But we are afraid even when we are silent. So it is good to talk. ”-
Audrey Lord
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47. “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live
up to everything.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
48. “Only when men share the responsibility of bringing
men to the next generation can women have real equality.” – Ruth Bader
Ginsburg
49. “Above all, be the hero for your life, not as a
victim.” – Nora Efron
50. “You should think of your business as a business
you don’t want to fail.” – Lisa Ling
51. “This is one of the greatest gifts you can forgive
yourself.” Forgive everyone ”- Maya Angelou
52. “Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the
future, with no delay.” – Simon de Beauvoir
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53. “If you don’t make some significant mistakes,
you’re certainly not pursuing enough business and professional
opportunities.” – Sally Krachek
54. “A surplus of effort can offset a lack of
trust.” – Sonia Sotomayor
55. “Doubt is a killer. You need to know who you are
and what you stand for.” – Jennifer Lopez
56. “You can be a leader in your own life.” –
Kerry Washington
57. “When you feel cheated, remember that people can
only go where you already are. They don’t know where you are going next.”
– Liz Long *
58. “You can’t please everyone and make everyone like
you.” – Katie Kartik
59. “No one will change the world that is not
mad.” – Billy Jean King
60. “Even when people or situations try to pull you
down, hold your head and your standards high.” – Tory Johnson *
61. “The best thing in life is to hold each
other.” – Audrey Hepburn
62. “There is nothing to expect of the General; it is
something to be avoided.” – Jodie Foster
63. “I am always busy. This is the main reason why I am
always well.” – Elizabeth Cady Stanton
64. “I knew there was something worse than losing the
target, and it wasn’t pulling the trigger.” – Mia Hm
65. “When I am hungry, I eat. When I am thirsty, I
drink and say when I feel I need to say something.” – Madonna
66. “It’s hard to own our story but it’s hard not to
run our lives.” – Brain Brown
67. “I try not to dance better than everyone else. I’m only
trying to dance better than myself. ”- Ariana Huffington
68. “I always get out of my comfort zone.” – Tory
Burch
69. “If you can’t go straight, you’ll turn the
corner.” – Cher
70. “If you don’t get out of the box you choose, you
won’t realize how big the world is.” – Angelina Jolie
71. “All shall shine; and the right light shall be
given.” – Susan Caine
72. “If you trust someone, especially in difficult
situations, this is a sign of life, it is a life of honor.” – Rachel
Madavo
73. “When you start to weep, when you embrace your
difference, your DNA, your form or heritage, or your religion or your unusual
name.” – Bethany Frankel
74. “You can’t have children standing on top of a
waterfall. Separate it. You have to go down the slope.” – Tina Fey
75. “If you are only willing to be liked, you will
always be willing to compromise on anything, and you will achieve
nothing.” – Margaret Thatcher
76. “The challenge is not complete … it must be
comprehensive.” – Jane Fonda
77. “Don’t look at your feet to see if you’re doing it
right. Dancing.” – Anne Lamotte
78. “There are two types of people who work and people
who take credit. Try to stay in the group first; there is less
competition.” – Indira Gandhi
79. “All careers are like friendship, like marriage,
like anything, and you can’t bat a thousand.” – Julie Andrews
80. “If a person can do something 80 percent of the
time, and you think you’ve done it yourself, then you have to let it
happen.” – Sarah Blakely
81. “This journey will always take us to another coast
of our own. Whatever it is, that dream will continue.” – Diana Nade
82. “You believe what you think. If you try to save yourself
and appease everyone, you can’t. ”- Annie Leibovitz
83. “If you love someone in your life, you get that
love.” – Princess Diana
84. “We don’t need magic to change the world. We
already have all the power we need: we have the power to imagine better.”
– jk Rowling
85. “When you turn, you are.” – Martha Stewart
86. “We need to start working with the idea that we’re
going to learn every day.” I learn, even every day. – Subscription Kochhar
87. “What makes you forever special, if it doesn’t, you
really take the gamble.” – Bet Midler
88. “Style is the way to tell who you’re talking
to.” – Rachel Jo
89. “Dying seems less tragic than living too
little.” – Gloria Stenham
90. “When I believe in something, I am like a dog with
a bone.” – Melissa McCarthy
91. “Growing women should not only know their value,
but also ask them to believe that they are helping the company succeed.” –
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
92. “When you feel blue or lonely or disrespectful,
treatment and hope are in the care of other people.” – Diane Sawyer
93. “I must listen well, so that I hear what is not
said.” – Tuli Madocela
94. “I try to live a little bit of my own pleasure and
don’t let people steal or take it.” – Hoda Kotb
95. “It’s not a lack of fear, it’s overcoming it. It
sometimes explodes to believe you.” – Emma Watson
96. “And the risk of being stiff in the bud has come to
a painful day rather than a flowering flower.” – Anas nin
97. “I have learned compassion by discriminating
against them.” Everything that happened to me taught me compassion. ”- Ellen
DeGeneres
98. “When I’m tired, I relax. ‘I’m not superwoman
today.’ ‘- Jada Pinkett Smith
99. “Don’t live life in the back alley.” –
Samantha Ettus
100. “Most people get advice, only benefit from
it.” – Harper Lee