Top 160 Motivational Quotes for Women (2025 Update)

1. “Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Positive Life Quotes

2. “You’ve got to follow your passion. You’ve got to figure out what it is you love – who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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3. “Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.”

— Mary Kay Ash

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Learning Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes

4. “Women and girls can do whatever they want. There is no limit to what we as women can accomplish.”

— Michelle Obama

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Empowering Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Positive Quotes for Women

5. “Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Self-Worth Quotes, Impact Quotes

6. “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

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Women, Impact Quotes, Positive Quotes for Women, Strong Women Quotes

7. “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

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Women, Positive Quotes for Women, Life Quotes for Women

8. “Women helping each other – coaching, mentoring, and providing tips – is a great way for us to be our own force.”

— Indra Nooyi

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Women, Positive Quotes for Women, Career Development Quotes, Diversity Quotes

9. “I don’t focus on what I’m up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.”

— Venus Williams

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Courage Quotes, Focus Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women

10. “Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Empathy Quotes, Care Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

11. “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

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Women

12. “Success is loving life and daring to live it.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Feel Good Quotes

13. “Beauty begins in the moment you decide to be yourself.”

— Coco Chanel

Also featured in: Inspirational Life Quotes, Identity Quotes, Encouraging Quotes, Being Yourself Quotes

14. “Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally, it comes from what you do consistently.”

— Marie Forleo

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Business Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

15. “VISUALIZE!!! See it, feel it! This is where action begins.”

— Rhonda Byrne

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Success, Positive Life Quotes, Law Of Attraction Quotes, Positive Thinking Quotes

16. “Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.”

— Billie Jean King

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Encouragement Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

17. “Trust your instincts. Intuition doesn’t lie.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Famous Quotes, Positive Quotes for Women

18. “There is no magic to achievement. It’s really about hard work, choices, and persistence.”

— Michelle Obama

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes

19. “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”

— Lucille Ball

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Care Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

20. “Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.”

— Brené Brown

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Psychology Quotes, Self-Love Quotes

21. “If you're lucky enough to be different, never change.”

— Taylor Swift

Also featured in: Self-Love Quotes, Personality Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Being Yourself Quotes

22. “Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.”

— Rikki Rogers

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Confidence Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Powerful Motivational Quotes

23. “Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Also featured in: Positive Inspirational Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Wednesday Motivational Quotes

24. “I come as one, but stand as 10,000.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Positive Inspirational Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Self-Worth Quotes, Empowering Quotes

25. “Banish doubt. When doubt is banished, abundance flourishes and anything is possible.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Personality Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

26. “Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

Also featured in: Motivational Work Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Smart Quotes, Graduation Quotes

27. “Joy, collected over time, fuels resilience – ensuring we’ll have reservoirs of emotional strength when hard things do happen.”

— Brené Brown

Also featured in: Resilience Quotes, Feel Better Quotes, Being Happy Quotes

28. “Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.”

— Lady Gaga

Also featured in: Empowerment Quotes, Career Development Quotes, Quotes About Dreams, Passion Quotes

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

— Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Also featured in: Changing the World Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Intelligent Quotes, Strong Women Quotes

30. “When we deny our stories, They define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.”

— Brené Brown

Also featured in: Emotional Quotes, Psychology Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes, Identity Quotes

31. “Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.”

— Brené Brown

Also featured in: Deep Quotes About Life, Emotional Quotes, Emotion Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Psychology Quotes

32. “Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.”

— Brené Brown

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Short Quotes, Positive Quotes for Women, Mental Health Quotes

33. “The best way to do it, is to do it!”

— Amelia Earhart

Also featured in: Personality Quotes, Commitment Quotes, Practice Quotes, Risk-Taking Quotes

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

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Positive Life Quotes, Focus On Yourself Quotes, Personality Quotes

35. “Your attitude determines your altitude. It really is true that If you think you can, you can; and if you think you can’t – you’re right.”

— Mary Kay Ash

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Believe in Yourself Quotes, Positive Quotes for Women, Perspective Quotes

36. “Don’t let anyone tell you what you can or cannot do, or cannot achieve. Do. Not. Allow. It.”

— Emma Watson

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes, Changing the World Quotes, Being Strong Quotes

37. “Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals.”

— Michelle Obama

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Personality Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes, Smart Quotes

38. “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: Positivity Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Perspective Quotes

39. “The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Dreaming Big Quotes, Fulfillment Quotes, Path Quotes

40. “You are your best thing.”

— Toni Morrison

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

41. “I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.”

— Kamala Harris

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

42. “Whatever your secret, live your own truth; life is too short.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Be Yourself Quotes, Strong Women Quotes, You Are Amazing Quotes

43. “There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Never Give Up Quotes, Growth Mindset Quotes, New Beginnings Quotes

44. “The power is within you. It always has been. How far are you willing to expand the horizons of your thinking and stir that power awake?”

— Louise Hay

Also featured in: Believe in Yourself Quotes, Manifestation Quotes, Wellness Quotes

45. “Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.”

— Bethany Hamilton

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

46. “I believe that every single event in life happens as an opportunity to choose love over fear.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Love Life Quotes, Love Yourself Quotes, Have a Great Day Quotes

47. “The strength of a woman is not measured by the impact that all her hardships in life have had on her; but the strength of a woman is measured by the extent of her refusal to allow those hardships to dictate her and who she becomes.”

— C. JoyBell C.

Also featured in: Positive Quotes for Women, Stay Strong Quotes, Strong Women Quotes, Know Your Worth Quotes

48. “What I know for sure is that every sunrise is like a new page, a chance to right ourselves and receive each day in all its glory. Each day is a wonder.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Serenity Quotes, Happy Friday Quotes, Gratitude Quotes

49. “Look in the mirror and tell yourself how wonderful you are.”

— Louise Hay

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Self-Care Quotes, Focus On Yourself Quotes, Self-Love Quotes, Wellness Quotes

50. “It’s not about eating healthy to lose weight. It’s about eating healthy to feel good.”

— Demi Lovato

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Wellness Quotes, Health Quotes