I love to see women out there in a male dominated world to seize what is rightfully theirs. The world is indeed looking for such women. The majority looks to the few women who have managed to carve out a niche for themselves and the fact remains that you can become one of them. If you still have doubts about how to do this, we have a way out for you. If you want to be like the many independent women out there, just follow their steps and do what they did, or better yet, listen to what they have to say about independence and I’m sure you will know where to go from there. Here are some independent and powerful quotes from women that have been proven to give you encouragement.
Powerful quotes about women
1. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” – Maya Angelou
2. “As an intellectual, many questions arise and no answers. You can fill your life with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really matters are feelings. This is music for me. – Janis Joplin
3. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anaïs Nin
4. “Joy of life is the best cosmetics for women.” – Rosalind Russell
5. “Woman must not accept; She has to challenge. She must not be impressed by what has been built around her. She needs to adore the woman within who is struggling to express herself. – Margaret Sanger
6. “A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman. However, finding that voice can be remarkably difficult. – Melinda Gates
7. “You can have incredible intelligence, you can have connections, you can have opportunities to fall out of the sky. But in the end, hard work is the true, enduring trait of successful people. – Marsha Evans
8. Never underestimate a woman’s strength and power. Women can do almost anything that men can do.
10. The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it became apparent that they could command better from there.
11. She believed in dreams, but she also believed in doing something about them… When her prince charming wasn’t coming, she went to the palace and got him.
12. “When we do our best, we never know what a miracle will happen in our life or in someone else’s life.” – Helen Keller
13. “Any woman who understands the problems of running a home is closer to understanding the problems of running a country.” – Margaret Thatcher
14. “If you follow all the rules, you miss all the fun.” – Katharine Hepburn
15. “The best protection a woman can have is… courage.” – Elizabeth Cady Stanton
16. “We must believe that we are gifted for something and that that thing must be achieved at all costs.” – Marie Curie
17. I know what I’m bringing to the table, so trust me when I say I’m not afraid to be alone.
18. A woman of wisdom carries herself with humble, quiet grace, and yet her presence is powerful.
20. Women are strong and independent. People think we’ll break down if they leave, but it only makes us stronger and kills them if we move on.
21. Women cry, sometimes meekly and submissively. But once lit or motivated; They are much stronger than men.
22. It’s hard being a woman. You have to think like a man, act like a lady, look like a young girl and work like a horse.
23. A strong woman can smile this morning like she didn’t cry last night.
24. Behind every beautiful woman is a man who made her wrong and empowered her.
25. A strong woman is independent, knows who she is, achieves her goals, does not depend on anyone and can overcome any obstacle that gets in her way.
27. “You may meet many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to experience defeat so that you know who you are, what you can rise from, and how you can still emerge from it. – Maya Angelou
28. “Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses.” – Madame Marie du Deffand
29. When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that is open to us. – Helen Keller
30. “If you look at what you have in life, you will always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you will never have enough.” — Oprah Winfrey
31. “Whatever women do, they have to do twice as much as men to be considered half as good. Luckily that’s not difficult. —Charlotte
Whitton
32. “The most common way people give up their power is thinking they don’t have it.” – Alice Walker
33. “One likes men far better when they are crushed by a mighty siege of misfortune than when they triumph.” -Virginia Woolf
34. “If you don’t like being a doormat, get off the floor.” – AlAnon
35. “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’ll stand out.” — Anita Roddick
36. Many people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want. “- Madonna
37. “A woman is like a teabag – you never know how strong she is until she’s been dipped in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
38. Girls aren’t moody, they just have days when they’re less comfortable with your shit.
39. A woman’s greatest strength is her emotion, but she is also her greatest weakness.
40. A woman who knows her worth does not measure herself against another woman but stands strong, calm and confident.
42. Women are always being tested…but ultimately each of us must define who we are and then do the best job possible to grow into it.
43. They can break a woman temporarily, but a real woman will always pick up the pieces, rebuild herself and come back stronger than ever.
44. A woman who walks on purpose need not chase people or opportunity, her light makes people and opportunities pursue her.
45. She is sensitive but not sensitive. She is friendly to everyone but has judgment. She is confident but not arrogant. She is who I hope to be.
46. It’s amazing how strong a woman can be when the man she loves says he loves her back. It’s just as amazing how easily her heart can be shattered with a little lie.
47. A strong woman perseveres regardless of odds and circumstances. You don’t know how strong you are until you hit the ground and survive.
48. “You become completely removed from reality when you believe there is a legitimate reason for suffering.” – Byron Katie
49. “Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it through commitment. -Ruth Gordon
50. “Always make the choice that scares you the most, because that is the choice that challenges you the most.” – Caroline Myss
51. “Success breeds confidence.” – Beryl Markham
52. “Because I’m a woman, I have to go to extraordinary lengths to be successful. 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
53. “The way we think about ourselves has everything to do with how our world sees us and how we see ourselves successfully recognized by the world.” – Arlene Rankin
54. “A man must do what a man must do. A woman must do what he cannot.” — Rhonda Hansome
55. “We still live in a world where a significant proportion of people, including women, believe that a woman belongs and wants to belong solely at home.” – Rosalyn Sussman
57. “One is not born, one becomes a woman.” – Simone de Beauvoir
58. Women of strong character are always beautiful.
59. People are surprised by a confident, pretty girl who knows what she wants in life and who doesn’t let anyone get in her way. And do you know what it’s about? Jealousy.
60. Women want attention, love and care. No matter how strong they are, no matter how dependent they become, no matter how old they get, they still want someone who can guide them, control them, show them affection, and protect them.
Quotes about independent women
61. A girl doesn’t need someone who doesn’t need her.
62. A strong woman is one who deeply loves and deeply loves. Her tears flow as hard as her laughter. A strong woman is soft and powerful at the same time. She is both practical and spiritual… A strong woman in her essence is a gift to the WORLD!
63. “It was us, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor we, the male citizens; but we, all the people who formed the union…men, their rights and nothing more; Women, their rights and nothing less. ”—Susan B.Anthony
64. “A strong woman understands that the gifts of logic, determination and strength are just as feminine as intuition and emotional connection. She appreciates and uses all her gifts. -Nancy Rathburn
65. “A woman comes full circle. It has the power to create, nurture and transform. – Diane Mariechild
66. “I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things like men have tried. If they fail, their failure need only be a challenge to others. – Amelia Earhart
67. “Be careful, all you men. I’ll show you what a woman can do… I’ll run across the country, I’ll run to the moon… I’ll never look back. – Edna Gardner Whyte
68. There is a beauty in a woman whose confidence comes from experience. Who knows she can fall, get up and keep going.
69. Women have to work twice as hard as men to be at the same level… luckily it’s not that hard.
70. You say I’m a slut… I say I’m a woman with a strong personality who doesn’t play well with others.
72. Women are like cops, they can have all the evidence in the world, but they still want a confession…
73. Any strong woman can do it alone, but a stronger man would not allow it.
74. “I know God won’t give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish he hadn’t trusted me so much.” – Mother Teresa
75. “Fate is a name often used in hindsight for decisions that had dramatic consequences.” – JK Rowling
76. “At no age could I be satisfied with taking my seat by the fireplace and just watching. Life should be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for any reason, turn one’s back on life. – Eleanor Roosevelt
77. “The day will come when men will recognize woman as his equals not only at the hearth but also in the councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect companionship, the ideal union between the sexes, which will lead to the highest development of the breed. —Susan B.Anthony
78. “We demand justice, we demand equality, we demand that all civil and political rights belonging to the citizens of the United States be guaranteed forever to us and to our daughters.” – Susan B. Anthony
79. “Stop wearing your wishbone where your spine should be.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
80. “One of the bravest things you can do is identify yourself, knowing who you are, what you believe in, and where you want to go.” — Sheila Murray Bethel
81. “It takes a lot of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.”
-JK Rowling
82. Strong women wear their pain like stilettos. No matter how painful it is, all you see is the beauty of it.
83. You are a woman and you are beautiful. Remember that you are worthy of being loved. No girl and no doll to play with.
84. I feel bad for all the little girls who read fairy tales about princes coming and saving them. They should learn that they can be strong, independent women who don’t need a man to bolster their self-esteem.
85. A real woman knows what it feels like to be hurt and leaves behind the strength to keep her going.
87. “Love is before life, after death, the initial of creation and the exponent of earth.” – Emily Dickinson
88. “The question is not who will let me; this will stop me.” – Ayn Rand
89. “Most people who meet my wife are quick to conclude that she is remarkable. You’re right. She is smart, funny and thoroughly charming. A lot of times when you hear her speak at an event or work with her on a project, people will come up to me and say something that amounts to me thinking the world of you, Barack, but your wife, wow! “- Barack Obama, the boldness of hope
90. “People think, at the end of the day, that a man is the only answer [to fulfillment]. Actually, a job is better for me. -Princess
Diana
91. “A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman. However, finding that voice can be remarkably difficult. – Melinda Gates
92. A despised woman seeks revenge, a strong woman moves on.
93. A truly open-minded woman can do everything on her own, but a truly wise man will not allow it.
94. No man makes it without a good wife, wife or mother. If he has both, he is twice blessed.
95. It is sad to see women struggling to have the same rights as men when their fate is said to be vastly superior to them.
96. “I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling, as unique as a fingerprint — and that the best way to succeed is to find what you love and then share it with others Offering Services You work hard and are guided by the energy of the Universe. – Oprah Winfrey
97. “When you lose a couple of times, you realize how hard it is to win.” – Steffi Graf
98. “You take your life into your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing not to blame anyone. – Erica Jong
100. “A strong woman builds her own world. She is one smart enough to know that attracts the man she will be happy to share it with. – Ellen J.
101. “We women talk too much, but even then we don’t tell half of what we know.” – Nancy Astor, the Viscountess Astor
102. “A man in the house is worth two in the street.”
103. “Don’t be content with stories of how things went with others. Develop your own myth.” – Rumi, The Essential Rumi
104. Freedom (n.): To ask for nothing. Expect nothing. Rely on nothing. – Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
105. “I’m single because I was born that way.” – Mae West
106. “I would rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me.” – William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
107. “Most men say they fancy driven, independent, and confident women. Yet when confronted with such a creature, awe often turns to resentment. Because just like women, men need to be needed. – TiffanyMadison
108. “I’d rather die my way than yours.” – Lauren Oliver, Delirium
109. “I worry about myself. The lonelier, the ruder, the more untenable I am, the more I will respect myself. – Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
110. “I do not think, sir, that you have a right to command me just because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; Your claim to superiority depends on the use of your time and experience. – Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
111. “I’m not an angel,” I assured. And I won’t be until I die; i will be myself Mr. Rochester, you must not expect or demand anything heavenly from me – for you will get it no more than I will get it from you: which I do not anticipate at all. – Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
112. “Marriage is a good institution, but I’m not ready for an institution.” – Mae West
113. I am not a bird; and no net surrounds me: I am a free man with an independent will. – Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
114. “The bravest act is still to think for yourself. Noisy. – Coco Chanel
115. “How wrong is it for a woman to expect man to build the world she wants instead of creating it herself?”
– Anaïs Nin
116. “I will not be ‘famous,’ ‘great. I will continue to be adventurous, change, open my mind and eyes, and refuse to be labeled and stereotyped.’ The thing is to free yourself: to let it find its dimensions, not to be impeded. – Virginia Woolf
, Diary of a Writer
117. “I didn’t live as a woman. I lived as a man. I just did what the fuck I wanted and I’ve made enough money to support myself and I’m not scared of being alone. “- Catherine Hepburn
118. “People have only so much freedom as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to have.” – Emma Goldman
119. “Be an independent thinker at all times and ignore anyone who tries to limit you.”
women quotes
120. For women’s tears are only the sweat of the eyes. ~ Juvenal
121. like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn’t be a staring competition. ~Frank Sinatra
122. I do not wish for women to have power over men, but rather over themselves. ~ Mary Shelley
123. Women are incredibly together in groups. Dreadful. Men don’t wear anything. ~Michael Hutchence
124. Man does not control his own destiny. The women in his life do that for him. ~ Groucho Marx
125. Women will never be as successful as men because they have no women to advise them. ~ Dick Van Dyke
127. A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
128. I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anyone on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet. ~ Susan B Anthony
129. If you want something said, ask a man. If you want to get something done, ask a woman. ~Margaret Thatcher
130. Women need genuine moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance how much of ourselves we give away. ~ Barbara de Angelis
131. You see many smart men with stupid women, but you rarely see a smart woman with a stupid man. ~ Erica Jong
132. A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are spoken, and the smile that illuminates the firstborn baby and assures him of a mother’s love. ~ Thomas Chandler Haliburton
133. Women often postpone their lives, thinking that if they’re not with a partner, it doesn’t really count. In a way, they’re still looking for their prince. And as much as we don’t discuss it because it’s too embarrassing and too sad, I think it really does exist. ~ Jane Campion
134. There was a time when men thought it was sexy when a housewife waited for him to come home from work in her slippers, but in modern society I think an independent woman is even sexier. ~ Kat Graham
135. A woman should be like a single flower, not like a whole bouquet. ~ Anna Held
136. Whenever women come together with a collective purpose, it is a powerful thing. Whether it’s sitting down to make a blanket, in a kitchen to prepare a meal, in a club reading the same book, or playing place cards, or planning a birthday party, women with a collective intent come together, magic happens. ~ Phylicia Rashad
137. As always, behind every idiot is a great woman. ~John Lennon
138. Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid of failure. Failure is another step to greatness. ~ Oprah Winfrey
139. I think God made a woman strong and didn’t crush her under the feet of men. I’ve always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman without a husband. ~ Little Richard
140. In our society, the women who break down barriers are the ones who ignore borders. ~Arnold Schwarzenegger
142. There is no doubt that all women are crazy; it’s just a matter of degree. ~ W.C. Fields
143. How wrong it is for a woman to expect man to build the world she wants instead of creating it herself. ~ Anaïs Nin
144. I don’t know why women want any of the things that men have when one of the things that women have is men. ~ Coco Chanel
145. Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others. ~ Amelia Earhart
146. I don’t know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot. ~ Marilyn Monroe
147. I’ve been a woman for fifty years and I’ve never been able to figure out exactly what I am. ~ Jean Giraudoux
148. Honor your daughters. You are honorable. ~ Malala Yousafzai
149. Obviously older women, and especially older women who have lived active lives, or older women who are successfully maneuvering through their own family lives, have so much to learn about sharing, patience and wisdom. ~ Alice Walker
150. Women in love are less ashamed than men. You have less to be ashamed of. ~ Ambrose Bierce
151. A woman’s age means nothing. The best pieces are played on the oldest violins. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
152. Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent. ~ Frederick Nietzsche
153. Women who want to be equal to men lack ambition. ~ Timothy Leary
154. Women can’t complain about men anymore until they start to get a better taste in them. ~ Bill Maher
155. A woman who does not wear perfume has no future. ~ Coco Chanel
156. I think at the end of the day all women like to be appreciated and treated with respect and kindness. ~ Sofia Vergara
157. Girls have an unfair advantage over guys: If they can’t get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being stupid. ~ Yul Brynner
158. I write for those women who don’t speak, for those who don’t have a voice, because they were so scared, because we’re taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We were taught that silence would save us, but it won’t. ~ Audre Lorde
159. Women are lovers of young men, companions of middle age, and nurses of old men. ~ Francis Bacon
160. Being the boss of everything is lonely. Being a boss in a world made up mostly of men is especially important. ~Robert Frost
161. I measure the progress of a community by the progress made by women. ~ BR Ambedkar
162. Men are April when they court, December when they marry. Maids are May when they are maids, but heaven changes when they are women. ~ William Shakespeare
163. Most women try to change a man and when they have changed him they don’t like him. ~ Marlene Dietrich
164. It may be the rooster that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs. ~Margaret Thatcher
165. Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it mainly consists of dealing with men. ~ Joseph Conrad
166. Women are meant to be loved, not understood. ~ Oscar Wilde
167. After all those years as a woman hearing “not skinny enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not enough, not enough,” I woke up almost overnight thinking, “I’m enough.” ~ Anna Quindlen