Strong Women Quotes To Inspire You

There are many well-known strong women in history, including Joan of Arc, Harriet Tubman, and Oprah. Women became an unstoppable collective force that helped raise entire generations, won the right to vote, and made countless significant scientific discoveries. Check out all of our favorite strong women quotes below whenever you need a reminder of how courageous and influential women can be. There is always a good reason to recognize the perseverance and strength of all the women in our lives, but certain events make these sayings even more meaningful.

Although there are key moments when your actions or skills make you feel powerful, there are other times when you need a reminder that you're a strong, confident woman. These sayings can serve as a gentle reminder of your own strength when it feels like the entire world is conspiring to bring you down.

Powerful Women Quotes

Never apologize for being a powerful woman. – Unknown

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

Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women. –Maya Angelou

A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform. – Diane Mariechild

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

A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done. – Marge Piercy

I figure, if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and be one. – Calamity Jane

Brave Women Quotes

A strong woman stands up for herself. A stronger woman stands up for everybody else. – Unknown

And one day she discovered that she was fierce, and strong, and full of fire, and that not even she could hold herself back because her passion burned brighter than her fears. – Mark Anthony

She was a wild one; always stomping on eggshells that everyone else tip-toed on. – Kaitlin Foster

She was powerful not because she wasn’t scared but because she went on so strongly, despite the fear. – Atticus

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

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. – Helen Keller

I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. – Rosa Parks

Strong Confident Woman Quotes

We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free. – Kavita Ramdas

Strong women don’t play the victim. Don’t make themselves look pitiful and don’t point fingers. They stand and they deal. – Mandy Hale

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 learning. – Amy Poehler

A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. – Melinda Gates

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. We must believe we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. – Marie Curie

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. – Nora Ephron

Independent Women Quotes

Be a first-rate version of yourself, not a second-rate version of someone else. – Judy Garland

Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. – Pink

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

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

Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it. – Ziad K. Abdelnour

Figure out who are you separate from your family, and the man or woman you’re in a relationship with. Find who you are in this world and what you need to feel good alone. I think that’s the most important thing in life. Find a sense of self. With that, you can do anything else. – Angelina Jolie

The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before. – Albert Einstein

Don’t let anyone speak for you, and don’t rely on others to fight for you. – Michelle Obama