Strong Women Quotes

I wanted to collect some strong women quotes for you today as I was reminded just how strong minded my wife is after speaking to her and being so impressed with her tenaciousness.

I totally understand why, throughout history, men have oppressed, ridiculed, put down, and made women to feel like second class citizens. It's because men fear the strength of women and the only way that men could have any semblance of control was to oppress and vilify them.

That being said, look at what is happening today, women are fighting back big time. However, society still has a long way to go until there are equal rights across the board.

Equally so, nowadays what I don't like is this rhetoric that we need to have a certain number of women as CEOs or more women in politics, or more women in this field and that field. What we do need is the right person for the job whether that be female or male but we need the decisions that are made of who is right for the job to be balanced as well.

I used to consider myself as a feminist but I am not I am a humanist and want equal rights for everyone.

That being said here are 49 strong women quotes that I have collected on my social media travels.

49 Strong Women Quotes

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“I believe in strong women. I believe in the woman who is able to stand up for herself. I believe in the woman who doesn't need to hide behind her husband's back. I believe that if you have problems, as a woman you deal with them, you don't play victim, you don't make yourself look pitiful, you don't point fingers. You stand and you deal. You face the world with a head held high and you carry the universe in your heart.”
C. JoyBell C

“She has fought many wars, most internal. The ones that you battle alone, for this, she is remarkable. She is a survivor.”
Nikki Rowe

“women don't endure simply because we can; no, women endure because we aren't given any other choice. They wanted us weak but forced us to be strong.”
Amanda Lovelace

“I’ve often thought it unfair that women are expected to stay at home when there’s a fight to be won. If a woman has the strength to bear a child, she can swing a sword as well as any man.”
Karen Hawkins

“Everything is within your power, and your power is within you.”
Janice Trachtman

“Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.”
Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor

“She wears strength and darkness equally well, The girl has always been half goddess half hell”
Nikita Gill

“You have never been and you won’t ever be wrong for choosing yourself!
Read that again …”
Samiha Totanji

“Fearlessly Be You…Faith feels like your falling off a cliff…but you find the courage you jump anyway!”
Positively Sherry

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"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness."
Oprah Winfrey

"She would rather walk alone in darkness than follow anyone else’s shadow."
R. G. Moon

"The most dangerous woman of all is the one who refuses to rely on your sword to save her because she carries her own."
R. H. Sin

"The world needs strong women. Women who will lift and build others, who will love and be loved. Women who live bravely, both tender and fierce. Women of indomitable will."
Amy Tenney

Give a woman pain and she’ll turn it into power. Give that woman chaos and she’ll create peace."
R. H. Sin

"Do not tame the wolf inside you just because you’ve met someone who doesn’t have the courage to handle you."
Belle Estreller

"You don’t have to play masculine to be a strong woman."
Mary Elizabeth Winstead

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

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
Anais Nin

“Whatever you do, be different – that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can’t think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you’re different, you will stand out.”
Anita Roddick

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“A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want.”
Madonna

“A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.”
Eleanor Roosevelt

“The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.”
Susan B. Anthony

“I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.”
Oprah Winfrey

“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

“I want to do is because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.”
Amelia Earhart

“The best protection any woman can have … is courage.”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, “She doesn’t have what it takes.” They will say, “Women don’t have what it takes.”
Clare Boothe Luce

“The way in which we think of ourselves has everything to do with how our world see us and how we see ourselves successfully acknowledged by the world.”
Arlene Rankin

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

“Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.”
Charlotte Whitton

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“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”
Alice Walker

“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

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

"Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of,"
Angelina Jolie

"I know my worth. I embrace my power. I say if I'm beautiful. I say if I'm strong. You will not determine my story. I will,"
Amy Schumer

"Don't let the bastards grind you down,"
Margaret Atwood

"I've just never cared what people think. It's more if I'm happy and I'm confident and feeling good. That's always been my thing. And more so now, since having a family—I don’t seek out any other acceptance,"
Kelly Clarkson

"Worry about being respected, never worry about being liked. Because that's the trap,"
Jada Pinkett Smith

"I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. And I want to be respected in all of my femaleness because I deserve to be,"
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"You have to believe in yourself and believe in your ability to prove yourself wrong,"
Erin Foster

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“I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness,"
Drew Barrymore

"If you’re comfortable with yourself and know yourself, you’re going to shine and radiate, and other people are going to be drawn to you,"
Dolly Parton

"You must do the things you think you cannot do,"
Eleanor Roosevelt

"Embrace the glorious mess that you are,"
Elizabeth Gilbert

“Each person is born with very individual qualities and potential. We as a society owe it to women to create a truly supportive environment in which they too can grow and move forward,”
Princess Diana