100+ Strong Proudful Short Inspirational Quotes For Women

“If you’re scared to speak up, it’s usually a sign that you should.” —Tati Westbrook, YouTuber and Halo Beauty founder and CEO

“Just start. And once you do, don’t stop. Keep moving forward and find a way.” —Shannon Latham, owner and lead designer of Little English

“I realized that if I was willing to step up and be in the spotlight, I’d be able to make everyone else around me much more powerful as well.” —Alaina Percival, CEO of Women Who Code

“Whatever it is that you think you want to do, and whatever it is that you think stands between you and that, stop making excuses. You can do anything.” —Katia Beauchamp, CEO and co-founder of Birchbox

“I am responsible for what I see.” —Gabrielle Bernstein

“You have to be careful when you’re getting feedback because people will give you conflicting feedback all the time, but ultimately you end up following your own inner guide.” —Natalie Portman

“She remembered who she was and the game changed.” —Lalah Deliah

“Life-fulfilling work is never about the money—when you feel true passion for something you instinctively find ways to nurture it.” —Eileen Fisher

“Choose your dream. Work to the extreme.” —Tyra Banks

“Buckle up, and know that it’s going to be a tremendous amount of work, but embrace it.” –Tory Burch

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“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.”— Florence Nightingale

“What makes you different or weird, that’s your strength.”— Meryl Streep

“Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.” – Anne Sweeney

“Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.” – Bette Midler

“One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do, to keep learning.” – Ruth Reichl

Successful women are not liked. I think the biggest danger for women in science is colleagues who are not as good as you are.” – Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

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“Whenever you see a successful woman, look out for three men who are going out of their way to try to block her.” – Yulia Tymoshenko

“You can’t please everyone, and you can’t make everyone like you.” – Katie Couric

“I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.” – Estée Lauder

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand

“The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.” – Barbara Corcoran

“You can be the lead in your own life.” – Kerry Washington

“You can waste your life drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” – Shonda Rhimes

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“The challenge is not to be perfect…it’s to be whole.” – Jane Fonda

“If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” – Erica Jong

“I need to listen well so that I hear what is not said.” – Thuli Madonsela

“You can’t give up! If you give up, you’re like everybody else.” – Chris Evert

“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” — Estée Lauder

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“Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.”– Margaret Thatcher

“A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. A woman must do what he can’t.”– Rhonda Hansome

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

“I do not wish [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.”— Mary Wollstonecraft

“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.”— Melinda Gates

“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship.”— Louisa May Alcott

“Don’t let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It’s your place in the world; it’s your life.”— Dr. Mae Jemison

“Words have power. TV has power. My pen has power.”— Shonda Rhimes

“Power is not given to you. You have to take it.”—Beyoncé Knowles

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“Change takes courage.” — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

“Love yourself first, and everything else falls in line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” – Lucille Ball

“Keep working even when no one is watching.” — Alex Morgan

“We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list.” – Michelle Obama

“None of us will have any impact or any influence if we are quiet. So don’t be quiet. Be loud as hell.” – Bozoma Saint John

“It is not your job to be everything to everyone.” – Courtney Carver

“In each moment, what we choose to say and do plants the seed of our future.” – Tara Brach

“You’re beautiful when you’re generous and even more when you have self-respect.” – Maxime Lagacé

“Taking good care of yourself means the people in your life receive the best of you rather than what is left of you.” – Lucille Zimmerman

“Your only responsibility is to be yourself. If they leave, it’s on them.” – Mel Robbins

“We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” – Mother Teresa

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win. Steffi Graf

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame. Erica Jong

You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer. Byron Katie

Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use. Ruth Gordon

Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to require the most from you. Caroline Myss

Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be. Elizabeth Gilbert

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. Rosalynn Carter

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman. Simone de Beauvoir

“No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth.” – Martha Beck

“When you’re through changing, you’re through.” – Martha Stewart

“Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.” – Bette Midler

“Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.” – Rachel Zoe

“Whenever you are blue or lonely or stricken by some humiliating thing you did, the cure and the hope is in caring about other people.” – Diane Sawyer

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“I need to listen well so that I hear what is not said.” – Thuli Madonsela

“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.” – Oprah Winfrey

“I try to live in a little bit of my own joy and not let people steal it or take it.” – Hoda Kotb

“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” – Coco Chanel

“If you can’t go straight ahead, you go around the corner.” – Cher

“Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.” – Anne Lamott

“If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” – Angelina Jolie

“If you’re someone people count on, particularly in difficult moments, that’s a sign of a life lived honorably.” – Rachel Maddow

“You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the water slide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.” – Tina Fey

“There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.” – Indira Gandhi

“All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can’t bat a thousand all the time.” – Julie Andrews

“If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love.” – Princess Diana

“A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.” – Marge Piercy “If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” – Erica Jong

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” – Maya Angelou

“Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses.” – Madame Marie du Deffand

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“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” – Helen Keller

“Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.” – Ruth Gordon

“Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to require the most from you.” – Caroline Myss

“Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

“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.” – Sheila Murray Bethel

“It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.” – J.K. Rowling

“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 man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. A woman must do what he can’t.” – Rhonda Hansome

“You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.” – Rosalynn Carter “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.” – Simone de Beauvoir

Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. ~ Pink (singer and songwriter)

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt (former U.S. First Lady)

I do not wish [women] to have power over men, but over themselves. ~ Mary Wollstonecraft (writer and women’s advocate)

I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship. ~ Louisa May Alcott (novelist)

Don’t let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. ~ Dr. Mae Jemison (physician and NASA astronaut)

Power is not given to you. You have to take it. ~ Beyonce Knowles (singer)

A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. ~ Jane Austen (author)

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. ~ Charlotte Bronte (novelist)

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. ~ Nora Ephron (writer)

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. ~ Audre Lorde (poet and feminist)

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt (diplomat and activist)

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow’. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher (author)

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Strong Proudful Short Inspirational Quotes For Women 

Next time, ask: what’s the worst that will happen? Then push yourself a little further than you dare. ~ Audre Lorde (writer and activist)

A lot of people would say ‘sexy’ is about the body. But to me, ‘sexy’ is a woman with confidence. I admire women who have very little fear. ~ Allegra Versace (Italian heiress and socialite)

I’ve learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom – how great is that? ~ Soledad O’Brien (broadcaster)

Don’t let fear or insecurity stop you from trying new things. Believe in yourself. Do wh

at you love. And most importantly, be kind to others, even if you don’t like them. ~ Stacy London (stylist)

Some days, 24 hours is too much to stay put in, so I take the day hour by hour, moment by moment. I break the task, the challenge, the fear into small, bite-size pieces. I can handle a piece of fear, depression, anger, pain, sadness, loneliness, illness. I actually put my hands up to my face, one next to each eye, like blinders on a horse. ~ Regina Brett (author and newspaper columnist)

“We have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.” —Beyonce

“One of the biggest qualities is having an awareness outside of yourself, and understanding that the world doesn’t revolve around your needs.”— Brie Larson

“It’s really important for us to be unapologetic. To be bold. To be brave. And to take huge risks.” —Awkwafina

“Run your own race. Don’t be distracted by what others are doing. Set and go after your own goals.”— Jen Gouldstone, founder and president, Garden Streets

“Find your ‘why’ so that you have the strength and resilience to push through those times when everything else is telling you no.”— Lisa Wimberger, founder, The Neurosculpting Institute

“Everything is figureoutable.”— Marie Forleo

“Once you know who you are, you don’t have to worry anymore.” —Nikki Giovanni