30 Powerful Good Woman Quotes and Sayings That’ll Inspire You

  • “There are few women whose charm survives their beauty.”
  • “Better to be strong than pretty and useless.” —Lilith Saintcrow
  • “Women are made to be loved, not understood.” —Oscar Wilde
  • “Women are never as strong as after their defeat.” —Alexandre Dumas
  • “Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.” —Alexandre Dumas
  • “Honor a good woman because she is virtuous and honorable.” —Delano Johnson
  • “A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.” —George Washington
  • “Cheating on a good woman is like choosing trash over treasure.” —Audrey Hepburn
  • “Women are seldom silent. Their beauty is forever speaking for them.” —Philip Moeller
  • “Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.” —James Thurber
  • “Don’t be the girl who fell. Be the girl who got back up.” —Jenette Stanley
  • “Women are in league with each other, a secret conspiracy of hearts and pheromones.” —Camille Paglia
  • “A woman is the full circle. Within her is the ability to create, nurture, and transform.”
  • “A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.”
  • “Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.” —Dorothy Parker
  • “If a woman is successful, she’d better duck, because they’ll be out to get her.” —Leona Helmsley
  • “A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.” —Diane Mariechild
  • “Don’t take a good woman for granted. Someday, someone will come along and appreciate what you didn’t.” —Darkskin
  • “You can be an absolute woman and also be smart and tough and not lose your femininity.” —Priyanka Chopra
  • “A good woman would rather be the mother of a genius than the wife of a hero.” —Gelett Burgess
  • “A good woman’s arms round a man’s neck is a lifebelt thrown out to him from heaven.” —Jerome K Jerome
  • “One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that, she’ll tell anything.” —Oscar Wilde
  • “Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher.” —Socrates
  • “A woman can’t do anything about her appearance. Either she’s pretty or she isn’t. But her character is quite another matter.” —Julie Garwood
  • “A good woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
  • “No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.” —Harold MacMillan
  • “A good woman inspires a man, a brilliant woman interests him, a beautiful woman fascinates him, but a sympathetic woman gets him.” —Helen Rowland
  • “Find a woman who makes you feel more alive. She won’t make life perfect but she’ll make it infinitely more interesting. And then love her with all that’s in you.” —Gayle Roper
  • “From birth to eighteen, a girl needs good parents, from eighteen to thirty-five she needs good looks, from thirty-five to fifty-five she needs a good personality, and from fifty-five on she needs cash.” —Sophie Tucker
  • “An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and has no hair under her arms.” —“The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them.” —John Ruskin