Women Quotes

"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship."

Louisa May Alcott

"The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice."

George Eliot

"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse."

Florence Nightingale

"We are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become law-makers."

Emmeline Pankhurst

"Courage calls to courage everywhere, and its voice cannot be denied."

Millicent Fawcett

"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them."

Ida B. Wells

"Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?"

Frida Kahlo

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

Anne Frank

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity."

Amelia Earhart

"Women belong in all places where decisions are being made."

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

"Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you."

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

"If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."

Toni Morrison

"Culture does not make people. People make culture."

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"Turn your wounds into wisdom."

Oprah Winfrey

"The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights."

Gloria Steinem

"That brain of mine is something more than merely mortal; as time will show."

"It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."

Grace Hopper

"Like what you do, and then you will do your best."

Katherine Johnson

"It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees."

Wangari Maathai

"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."

Jane Goodall

"Pressure is a privilege."

Billie Jean King

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."

"To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman."

"Let them be sea-captains, if you will."

Margaret Fuller

"Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals."

Dorothy Height