It’s not easy to find inspirational quotes for women that only apply to women. All of the inspirational quotes listed on this site apply to both men and women, in my opinion. However, I have carefully selected some motivational and inspiring quotes that I feel are suitable and appropriate for this category. I hope you will find these quotations to be a source of inspiration.
“A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.”
– Diane Mariechild
“Well-behaved women rarely make history.”
– Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
“Women have to harness their power; it’s absolutely true. It’s just learning not to take the first no. And if you can’t go straight ahead, you go around the corner.”
– Cher
“Just put on your makeup and get out there and do it.”
– Emma Bunton
“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
“Women are the real architects of society.”
– Harriet Beecher Stowe
“Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.”
– Bella Abzug
“Woman are like modern paintings. You can’t enjoy them, if you try to understand them.”
– Freddie Mercury
“In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.”
– Margaret Thatcher
“Though I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, it hasn’t changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I’m just wearing better shoes.”
– Oprah Winfrey
“Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.”
– James Thurber
“An actress can only play a woman. I’m an actor, I can play anything.”
– Whoopi Goldberg
“Women are always beautiful.”
– Ville Valo
“I want to do it 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
“I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.”
– Susan B. Anthony
“If a woman can only succeed by emulating men, I think it is a great loss and not a success. The aim is not only for a woman to succeed, but to keep her womanhood and let her womanhood influence society.”
– Suzanne Brogger
“Nature says to a woman: ‘Be beautiful if you can, wise if you want to, but be respected, that is essential’.”
– Pierre Beaumarchais
“The fastest way to change society is to mobilize the women of the world.”
– Charles Malik
“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 am convinced that the influence of an army of godly women will be incalculable in our homes, our churches, and our culture. Will you be one of those women?”
– Nancy Leigh DeMoss
“Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.”
– Margaret Sanger
“Just watch, all of you men. I’ll show you what a woman can do… I’ll go across the country, I’ll race to the moon… I’ll never look back.”
– Edna Gardner Whyte
“As long as you smile, have sparkly eyes and stick your shoulders back, nobody’s going to notice your bum or your waist or your feet, for that matter.”
– Cat Deeley
“Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.”
– Henri Frederic Amiel
“I’ve been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that’s a job where I don’t think sex plays much part.”
– Nadia Boulanger
“Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives. The struggle for equality continues unabated, and the woman warrior who is armed with wit and courage will be among the first to celebrate victory.”
– Maya Angelou
More inspirational quotes for women will be added in the future.
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