Top 35 Life Quotes for Women

1. “As women, we must stand up for ourselves. We must stand up for each other. We must stand up for justice for all.”

— Michelle Obama

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2. “The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”

— Anna Quindlen

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Self-Care Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes, Identity Quotes

3. “Well-behaved women seldom make history.”

— Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

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4. “Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you’ll put up a good fight and lose. Sometimes you’ll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but to let go. Acceptance is a small, quiet room.”

— Cheryl Strayed

Also featured in: Failure Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Acceptance Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Sad Quotes About Life

5. “When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”

— Audre Lorde

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Meaningful Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Motivational Quotes for Women

6. “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.”

— Charlotte Brontë

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Fiction Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Choices Quotes, Being Strong Quotes

7. “Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”

— Nora Ephron

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8. “Choose people who lift you up.”

— Michelle Obama

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9. “So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

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10. “The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Personality Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Women, Personal Development Quotes

11. “I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Personality Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Identity Quotes, Smart Quotes

12. “Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Optimistic Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Women

13. “The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure you’re very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble.”

— Serena Williams

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14. “Be that strong girl that everyone knew would make it through the worst, be that fearless girl, the one who would dare to do anything, be that independent girl who didn’t need a man; be that girl who never backed down.”

— Taylor Swift

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Confidence Quotes, Self-Love Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Positive Quotes for Women

15. “You deserve to take up space.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Also featured in: Acceptance Quotes, Self-Love Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Individuality Quotes, Rights Quotes

16. “Feminist politics aims to end domination, to free us to be who we are – to live lives where we love justice, where we can live in peace. Feminism is for everybody.”

— Bell Hooks

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Women, Positive Quotes for Women, Justice Quotes, Women Empowerment Quotes

17. “You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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18. “You want to be in the driver’s seat of your own life because if you are not, life will drive you.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Sunday Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes, Fulfillment Quotes, Influence Quotes

19. “Loving myself and thinking joyful, happy thoughts is the quickest way to create a wonderful life.”

— Louise Hay

Also featured in: Self-Love Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes, Self-Care Quotes, Wellness Quotes, Love Yourself Quotes

20. “It’s only too late if you don’t start now.”

— Barbara Sher

Also featured in: New Beginnings Quotes, Monday Morning Quotes, Procrastination Quotes, Friday Morning Quotes

21. “Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.”

— Coco Chanel

Also featured in: Positive Quotes for Women, Smart Quotes, Personal Branding Quotes

22. “Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.”

— Drew Barrymore

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength

23. “I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.”

— Veronica Roth

Also featured in: Be Kind Quotes, Positive Quotes for Women, Smart Quotes, Hero Quotes

24. “Just live well. Just live.”

— Jojo Moyes

Also featured in: Self-Care Quotes, Positive Quotes for Women, Fulfillment Quotes, Good Day Quotes

25. “God, teach me to be patient, teach me to go slow.”

— Helen Steiner Rice

Also featured in: Patience Quotes, Sunday Quotes

26. “If your life were a book, and you were the author, how would you want your story to go?”

— Amy Purdy

27. “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”

— Simone de Beauvoir

Also featured in: Women Empowerment Quotes, International Women's Day Quotes

28. “I’ll never know, and neither will you, of the life you don’t choose. We’ll only know that whatever that sister life was, it was important and beautiful and not ours. It was the ghost ship that didn’t carry us. There’s nothing to do but salute it from the shore.”

— Cheryl Strayed

Also featured in: Sad Quotes About Life, Longing Quotes

29. “There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.”

— Audre Lorde

Also featured in: Identity Quotes, Women Empowerment Quotes

30. “Life is meant to be lived.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

31. “I’m just a simple country girl.”

— Dolly Parton

Also featured in: Country Quotes

32. “There's more to life than dating the boy on the football team.”

— Taylor Swift

33. “Never forget, your family should always have priority over your work.”

— Mary Kay Ash

Also featured in: Family Quotes, Mother's Day Quotes

34. “What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.”

— Muriel Rukeyser

Also featured in: Strong Women Quotes, International Women's Day Quotes

35. “I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable and beautiful and afraid of nothing as though I had wings.”

— Mary Oliver

Also featured in: Life is Beautiful Quotes

36. “Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.”

— Sarah Kay

Also featured in: Life is Hard Quotes, Stay Strong Quotes, You Got This Quotes, Survival Quotes

37. “A true friend is someone who is always there for you, with no agenda other than the friendship itself. We rely on our friends to lift us up in bad times, to keep us grounded in good times, but most importantly, to be there for us when we need nothing at all.”

— Tonya Hurley

Also featured in: Friendship Quotes