Top 200 Inspirational Quotes for Women (2025 Update)
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101. “I give myself permission to be all that I can be, and I deserve the very best in life.”

— Louise Hay

102. “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

103. “Woman is the light of God.”

— Rumi

104. “No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens.”

— Michelle Obama

105. “Your journey begins with a choice to get up, step out, and live fully.”

— Oprah Winfrey

106. “You are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.”

— Oprah Winfrey

107. “Be a dreamer. Have a sense of greatness. It has been said that if you can dream it, you can do it. And I believe that. Before your dream can become a reality, you have to see it in your own mind; see its fulfillment, whatever it may be.”

— Mary Kay Ash

108. “A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.”

— Maya Angelou

109. “Courage allows the successful woman to fail – and to learn powerful lessons from the failure – so that in the end, she didn’t fail at all.”

— Maya Angelou

110. “Feminine power is silent, dark, mysterious, healing, nurturing. A woman can walk into a room and control it. She doesn’t even have to open her mouth if she knows where her power is.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

111. “Just like moons and suns, With certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I’ll rise.”

— Maya Angelou

112. “I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.”

— Maya Angelou

113. “I’ve seen over and over how much self-belief drives outcomes. And that’s why I force myself to sit at the table, even when I am not sure I belong there – and yes, this still happens to me. And when I’m not sure anyone wants my opinion, I take a deep breath and speak up anyway.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

114. “There is a truth deep down inside of you that has been waiting for you to discover it, and that truth is this: you deserve all good things life has to offer.”

— Rhonda Byrne

115. “Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. And I also hope that you will choose to make some of that trouble on behalf of women.”

— Nora Ephron

116. “Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing.”

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés

117. “Be strong and of good courage. You are truly royal spirit daughters of Almighty God. You are princesses, destined to become queens. Your own wondrous story has already begun. Your “once upon a time” is now.”

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

118. “I was set free, because my greatest fear had already been realized, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”

— J.K. Rowling

119. “Though she be but little, she is fierce!”

— William Shakespeare

120. “You can have it all. Just not all at once.”

— Oprah Winfrey

121. “Your true passion should feel like breathing; it’s that natural.”

— Oprah Winfrey

122. “God first, family second, career third.”

— Mary Kay Ash

123. “Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.”

— Oprah Winfrey

124. “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”

— Audre Lorde

125. “It’s OKAY to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave.”

— Mandy Hale

126. “She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.”

— Elizabeth Edwards

127. “I believe God will make a way.”

— Lauryn Hill

128. “I don’t mind living in a man’s world, as long as I can be a woman in it.”

— Marilyn Monroe

129. “These things will be hard to do, but you can do hard things.”

— Glennon Doyle Melton

130. “I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.”

— Oprah Winfrey

131. “Empowering women is key to building a future we want.”

— Amartya Sen

132. “Gender equality must become a lived reality.”

— Michelle Bachelet

133. “I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.”

— Tracee Ellis Ross

134. “You were born not to be just fine.”

— Mel Robbins

135. “You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.”

— Coco Chanel

136. “Allow your passion to become your purpose, and it will one day become your profession.”

— Gabrielle Bernstein

137. “I don’t want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself.”

— Emma Watson

138. “If you feel beautiful, then you are. Even if you don’t, you still are.”

— Terri Guillemets

139. “Be bold, be courageous, be your best.”

— Gabrielle Giffords

140. “Always listen to your inner voice.”

— Oprah Winfrey

141. “You deserve to take up space.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

142. “That’s what life is about: about daring greatly, about being in the arena.”

— Brené Brown

143. “I love the big fresh starts, the clean slates like birthdays and new years, but I also really like the idea that we can get up every morning and start over.”

— Kristin Armstrong

144. “Even the smallest achievements pave a way to great success.”

— Mary Kay Ash

145. “Don’t be afraid to ask the ‘dumb’ question, everyone else will be relieved you had the guts to ask!”

— Sheryl Sandberg

146. “Tomorrow will be better.”

— Lauren Conrad

147. “No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

148. “You will never find what you are looking for in love, if you don't love yourself.”

— Lady Gaga

149. “By lifting each other up we lift ourselves up.”

— Lauren Fleshman

150. “The saddest thing for a girl to do is to dumb herself down for a guy.”

— Emma Watson