100+ Best Women Empowerment Quotes to Inspire Every Female
Women Empowerment Quotes
“Empowering women means trusting them.” —Isabel Allende
“If you empower women, you can change the world.” —Meg Ryan
“Empowering women isn’t for women, but for the world.” —Amy Richards
“Empowering women is key to building a future we want.” —Amartya Sen
“Societies that empower women are less violent in every way.” —Steven Pinker
“Empower us women and we will change this whole entire world.” —Alicia Keys
“The empowered woman is powerful beyond measure and beautiful beyond description.” —Steve Maraboli
“Women empowering other women.They get the psycho-social support. They become part of a community.” —Annie Lennox
“Empowering women isn’t just the right thing to do – it’s the smart thing to do.” —Barack Obama
“When you empower women and help them thrive, you help their communities thrive. Women shoulder the burden disproportionately.” —Joy Bryant
“If we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.” —Melinda Gates
“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
“I think the most important thing people can do to save our planet and the human race is to empower women! —Robert Ballard
“Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.” —Margaret Thatcher
“We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.” —Beyoncé
“A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.” —Melinda Gates
“A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.” —Melinda Gates
“As women are empowered, violence can come down, for a number of reasons. By all measures, men are the more violent gender.” —Steven Pinker
“I have always felt strongly about empowering women. I’m living proof that, with confidence and by believing in yourself, you can accomplish any goal.” —Queen Latifah
“The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.” —Aung San Suu Kyi
“By empowering a woman, we empower a child. By educating a girl child, we make it possible for her to grow up to become an empowered woman.” —Winnie Byanyima
“The true wealth of a community is measured by how carefully it listens to its women and how sincerely it values their wisdom. Empowering women empowers us all.” —Forest Whitaker
“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
“Women have to harness their power – it’s absolutely true. It’s just learning not to take the first no. And if you can’t go straight ahead, you go around the corner.” —Cher
“If you really want to change a culture to empower women improve basic hygiene and health care and fight high rates of infant mortality the answer is to educate girls.” —Greg Mortenson
“A strong woman understands that the gifts such as logic, decisiveness, and strength are just as feminine as intuition and emotional connection. She values and uses all of her gifts.” —Nancy Rathburn
“Since violence is largely a male pastime, cultures that empower women tend to move away from the glorification of violence and are less likely to breed dangerous subcultures of rootless young men.” —Steven Pinker
“If you economically empower a woman, she represents enormous opportunity that can actually be transformative not only for her family and for her community, but at the aggregate level for the economy.” —Sheryl Wudunn
“We need to empower women: provide them with work for their own income, and teach them to become independent of men so they will never have to have their children suffering the same torture.” —Waris Dirie
“Economic freedom is very important for women empowerment. They must be partners in economic development also. I have seen that women are very good at adapting to latest technology. We should link women and technology up-gradation.” —Narendra Modi
“That’s not to say that women’s priorities are better than men’s. Rather, when women are empowered, when they can speak from the experience of their own lives, they often address different, previously neglected issues. And families and whole communities benefit.” —Dee Dee Myers
“We need to empower women. Give women a voice in the decision-making process. Give women a political voice where they can champion, for their own welfare. And, of course, for us. United Nations – organizations, agencies – we need to do our part.” —Margaret Chan
“Women are leaders everywhere you look—from the CEO who runs a Fortune 500 company to the housewife who raises her children and heads her household. Our country was built by strong women, and we will continue to break down walls and defy stereotypes.” —Nancy Pelosi
“I wanted to be an empowered woman, and I became an empowered woman. And now I want to empower every woman. And I do it through my clothes, I do it through my words, I do it through my money, I do it through everything.” —Diane Von Furstenberg
Best Women Empowerment Quotes
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
“Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.”
“Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.”
“Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.”
“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself.”
“You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”
“A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.” —Diane Mariechild.
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me?” —Ayn Rand, Russian American Author / Philosopher
“One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in and where you want to go.”
“I am grateful for all my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties.”
“Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.” —Margaret Sanger
Inspiring Quotes For Empowering Women
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
“A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.” —Coco Chanel
“There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” —Michelle Obama
“Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.” —Maya Angelou
“Women have discovered that they cannot rely on men’s chivalry to give them justice.” —Helen Keller
“You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.” —Rosalynn Carter
“Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong, it’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.” —G.D. Anderson
“When we empower girls hungry for education, we cultivate women who are emboldened to effect change within their communities and globally.” —Megan Markle
“The circles of women around us weave invisible nets of love that carry us when we’re weak and sing with us when we’re strong.” —S.a.r.k.
“You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement.” —Marie Curie
Female Empowerment Quotes
“Feminism is for everybody.” —Bell Hooks, American author
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.” —Helen Keller, American Author
“If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” —Erica Jong, American Writer
“Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.” —Ruth Gordo, American actress
“Power is not given to you. You have to take it.” —Beyoncé, American Singer
“Women have always been the strong ones of the world.” —Coco Chanel, American fashion icon
“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” —Katherine Hepburn, American Actress
“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.” —Melinda Gates, American Philanthropist
“The triumph can’t be had without the struggle.” —Ndey Njie Fatou, Gambian Designer and Founder
“Words have power. TV has power. My pen has power.” —Shonda Rhimes, American Television Producer
“While we may be individually strong, we are collectively powerful.” —Rakhi Voria, Manager at Microsoft
“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” —Amelia Earhart, American Aviation Pioneer
“It’s possible to climb to the top without stomping on other people.” —Taylor Swift, American singer
“The road to success is always under construction.” —Lily Tomlin, American actress, comedian, writer and producer
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” —Oprah Winfrey, American media executive, talk show host, television producer, philanthropist
“There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” —Michelle Obama, American writer and lawyer
“I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.” —Mary Shelley, British writer
“If you’re given an opportunity to dance outside your comfort zone, bring your best dance moves.” —Anonymous
“The biggest barrier for women is the thought that they can’t have it all.” —Cathy Engelbert, CEO Deloitte
“You could certainly say that I’ve never underestimated myself, there’s nothing wrong with being ambitious.” —Angela Merkel, German Chancellor
“Life is not about reaching finishing lines, it is a continuum.” —Helena Morrissey, British Financer and CEO of Newton Investment Management
“Fear is not a plan. Courage is a plan because courage is about our future.” —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American politician and activist
“In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.” —Sheryl Sandberg, American technology executive, activist, author
“I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.” —Madonna, American Singer
“I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.” —Elizabeth Candy Stanton, American Suffragist, Social Activist
“Human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights, once and for all.” —Hillary Clinton, American politician, diplomat, lawyer, writer.
“I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.” —Estée Lauder, Founder Cosmetics Company
“If you want something said ask a man, if you want something done ask a woman.” —Margaret Thatcher, Former British Prime Minister
“We’ve heard a lot about the Internet of Things – I think we need an Internet of Women.” —Christine Lagarde, Managing Director IMF
“I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.” — Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM
“The way to achieve your own success is to be willing to help somebody else get it first.” —Iyanla Vanzant, American Inspirational Speaker
“If you think you’re too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito.” —Anita Roddick, Founder of the Body Shop
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” —Audre Lorde, American writer and feminist
“What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow. But what you know today cannot affect what you did yesterday.” —Condoleezza Rice, American Politician
“Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper.” —Julia Child, American Chef
“Focus on your skills, whether it’s working in a kitchen, working on a trading floor, running a household. You can go do anything.” —Stacey Cunningham, President NYSE
“Getting past those labels, form me, was pretty much really easy because I define myself. No one can define you. Only you.” —Serena Williams, American tennis pro
“Women are always saying, ‘We can do anything that men can do’ but men should be saying, ‘We can do anything that women can do.’” —Gloria Steinem, American feminist
“Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.” —Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of United States
“I would like to be remembered as someone who was not afraid to do what she wanted to do, and as someone who took risks along the way in order to achieve her goals.” —Sally Ride, American Astronaut
“It’s not about how many times you get rejected or fall down or are beaten up, it’s about how many times you stand up and are brave and you keep on going.” —Lady Gaga, American singer, Grammy and Oscar winner
“I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody’s passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn’t mind leading.” —Amy Poehler, American actress and comedian