Celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th with these inspiring and empowering quotes.
Without a doubt, women should be celebrated everyday.
But having a global celebration marked in the calendar makes it just extra special.
It’s a day to acknowledge the significant contributions and strides women have made and continue to make for their families, communities and the world.
In honour of all the beautiful women, here are 100 International Women’s Day quotes to share with the important ladies in your life.
100 International Women’s Day Quotes
“Here’s to strong women: May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.”
— Unknown
“A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” — Audre Lorde
“The future of our world is only as bright as the future of our girls.” — Michelle Obama
“I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.” — Malala Yousafzai
“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
“There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” — Michelle Obama
“As women achieve power, the barriers will fall. As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“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
“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” — Angela Davis
“Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.”
— Maya Angelou
“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.” — Melinda Gates
“We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” — Malala Yousafzai
“Every woman’s success should be an inspiration to another. We’re strongest when we cheer each other on.” — Serena Williams
“You can always tell who the strong women are. They are the ones you see building one another up instead of tearing each other down.” — Unknown
“Women should be celebrated every day…It doesn’t just honor the iconic women who have changed history, but encourages new generations to dream big and know that anything is possible.” — Molly McCook
“How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants rather than to create it herself.” — Anais Nin
“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” — Coco Chanel
“The best protection any woman can have is courage.” — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“When women lose themselves, the world loses its way. We do not need more selfless women. What we need right now is more women who have detoxed themselves so completely from the world’s expectations that they are full of nothing but themselves. What we need are women who are full of themselves. A woman who is full of herself knows and trusts herself enough to say and do what must be done. She lets the rest burn.” — Glennon Doyle
“A charming woman doesn’t follow the crowd; she is herself.”
— Loretta Young
“Where there is a woman, there is magic.” — Ntozake Shange
“I embrace the label of bad feminist because I am human. I am messy. I’m not trying to be an example. I am not trying to be perfect. I am not trying to say I have all the answers. I am not trying to say I’m right. I am just trying—trying to support what I believe in, trying to do some good in this world, trying to make some noise with my writing while also being myself.” — Roxane Gay
“Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.” — Hillary Clinton
“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” — Katherine Hepburn
“To all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful, and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams.” — Hilary Clinton
“Little girls with dreams become women with vision.” — Unknown
“Women will be hidden no more. We will not remain hidden figures. We have names… It was woman that gave you Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It was woman that gave you Malcolm X. And according to the Bible, it was a woman that gave you Jesus. Don’t you ever forget it.” — Janelle Monáe
“A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. A woman must do what he can’t.” — Rhonda Hansome
“Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.” — Maya Angelou
“A girl should be two things: Who and what she wants.”
— Coco Chanel
“There’s something about a woman with a loud mind that sits in silence, smiling, knowing she can crush you with the truth.” — R.G. Moon
“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.” — Oprah Winfrey
“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” — Shirley Chisholm
“Women are the real architects of society.” — Cher
“After all those years as a woman hearing, ‘not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not thin enough, not that enough,’ almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, ‘I am enough.’”
— Anna Quindlen
“She believed she could, so she did.” — Unknown
“She was a wild one. Always stomping on eggshells that everyone else tip-toed on.” — Kaitlin Foster
“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
“Women should be respected as well! Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn’t women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers?” — Anne Frank
“The strongest action for a woman is to love herself, be herself, and shine amongst those who never believed she could.”
— Unknown
“It’s okay if you fall down and lose your spark. Just make sure that when you get back up, you rise as the whole damn fire.” — Colette Werden
“I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.” — Margaret Mead
“Women don’t need to find a voice, they have a voice, and they need to feel empowered to use it, and people need to be encouraged to listen.” — Meghan Markle
“I can promise you that women working together — linked, informed, and educated — can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.” — Isabel Allende
“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.” — Maya Angelou
“Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.” — Charlotte Whitton
“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.” — Ayn Rand
“A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and herself only.” — Maya Angelou
“At some point in a woman’s life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time. After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is.” — Elizabeth Gilbert
“Be free, be fierce, but most of all, have fun while being a feminist.” — Nimco Ali
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“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.” — Rupi Kaur
“Justice is about making sure that being polite is not the same thing as being quiet. In fact, oftentimes, the most righteous thing you can do is shake the table.” — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
“A strong woman can also be vulnerable. Just because there’s a crack in your armor, don’t doubt your strength for one moment.” — Unknown
“Do not live someone else’s life and someone else’s idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you.” — Viola Davis
“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face.” — Unknown
“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.” — Rihanna
“She’s everything; even when she’s treated like nothing.” — R.H. Sin
“A huge part of being a feminist is giving other women the freedom to make choices you might not necessarily make yourself.” — Lena Dunham
“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.”
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“You don’t know the background story of resilience, struggles and strength of beautiful and outgoing women. All you see is what is showcased.” — Germany Kent
“Our collective experience has shown that when women have the power to make their own choices, good things happen.” — Madeleine Albright
“Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. And, when you stumble, keep faith. And, when you’re knocked down, get right back up and never listen to anyone who says you can’t or shouldn’t go on.” — Hillary Clinton
“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.” — Brigham Young
“There will be people who say to you, ‘You are out of your lane’. They are burdened by only having the capacity to see what has always been instead of what can be. But don’t let that burden you.” — Kamala Harris
“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.” — Rebecca West
“I want every girl to know that her voice can change the world.” — Malala Yousafzai
“When a man gives his opinion, he’s a man; when a woman gives her opinion, she’s a bitch.” — Bette Davis
“I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else.” — Dolly Parton
“A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness, as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men — and people in general.” — Lorraine Hansberry
“When the world tells you to shrink, expand.” — Elaine Welteroth
“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” — Madeleine Albright
“Respect, Love, and Value yourself. Always remember to be good to yourself by taking care of yourself. Make yourself a priority and know that it’s okay. Don’t feel guilty for loving yourself, first! You’re just as important as anybody else.” — Stephanie Lahart
“As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.” — Virginia Woolf
“They’ll tell you you’re too loud — that you need to wait your turn and ask the right people for permission. Do it anyway.” — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
“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
“No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body.” — Margaret Sanger
“The biggest barrier for women is the thought that they can’t have it all.” — Cathy Engelbert
“Imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn’t have the weight of gender expectations.” — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.” — Kofi Annan
“Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power — not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.”
— Janet Mock
“If you truly pour your heart into what you believe in, even if it makes you vulnerable, amazing things can and will happen.” — Emma Watson
“Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to be themselves.” — Betty Friedan
“I am not ashamed to dress ‘like a woman’ because I don’t think it’s shameful to be a woman.” — Iggy Pop
“I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.” — Marissa Mayer
“Some leaders are born women.” — Geraldine Ferraro
“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
“I am a woman with thoughts and questions and shit to say. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story — I will.” — Amy Schumer
“A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.” — Diane Mariechild
“If you’re one of those people who has that little voice in the back of her mind saying, ‘Maybe I could do [fill in the blank],’ don’t tell it to be quiet. Give it a little room to grow, and try to find an environment it can grow in.” — Reese Witherspoon
“I’m not going to continue knocking that old door that doesn’t open for me. I’m going to create my own door and walk through that.” — Ava DuVernay
“Sometimes she will stop by and hold up a mirror for you. She will help you remember who you are.” — Glennon Doyle
“I want to encourage women to embrace their own uniqueness. Because just like a rose is beautiful, so is a sunflower, so is a peony. I mean, all flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that’s like women too.” — Miranda Kerr
“No one ever became a success without taking chances. One must be able to recognize the moment and seize it without delay.” — Estée Lauder
“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” — Maya Angelou
“Behind every great woman… is another great woman.” — Kate Hodges
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