Top 180 Positive Quotes for Women (2025 Update)
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101. “I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.”

— Oprah Winfrey

102. “Express yourself, don’t repress yourself.”

— Madonna

103. “It was finally becoming clear to her that love wasn’t about finding someone perfect to marry. Love was about seeing through to the truth of a person, and accepting all their shades of light and dark. Love was an ability.”

— Lisa Kleypas

104. “The past doesn’t define you, your present does. It’s okay to create a vision of the future because it affects your behavior in the “now,” but don’t dwell on past mistakes. Learn from them and focus those lessons in the moment. That’s where change can really happen.”

— Jillian Michaels

105. “Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.”

— Joel Osteen

106. “Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is some thing in them.”

— Christian D. Larson

107. “Sometimes, you just have to take a step back and realise what’s important in your life, what you can live with, and more importantly, what you can’t live without.”

— Lauren Conrad

108. “Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

109. “When women take care of their health they become their own best friend.”

— Maya Angelou

110. “It’s not what the world holds for you. It’s what you bring to it.”

— L.M. Montgomery

111. “So I'm in love. That crazy, forget to eat, float around in a daze, talk on the phone all night and bounce out of bed every morning hoping to see him kind of love.”

— Cynthia Hand

112. “My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.”

— Maya Angelou

113. “I let go of all negativity that rests in my body and mind.”

— Louise Hay

114. “He's not your prince charming if he doesn't make sure you know that you're his princess.”

— Demi Lovato

115. “There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It’s why you were born. And how you become most truly alive.”

— Oprah Winfrey

116. “When people tell you, “No,” just smile and tell them, “Yes, I can.””

— Julie Foudy

117. “I want you to get excited about who you are, what you are, what you have, and what can still be for you. I want to inspire you to see that you can go far beyond where you are right now.”

— Virginia Satir

118. “Today, I embrace my potential to be, do, and have whatever I can dream.”

— Deepak Chopra

119. “There are no limitations, unless you create them yourselves. Anything is possible. You are only limited by your own imagination.”

— Dolores Cannon

120. “If you believe in equality, you’re a feminist. Sorry to tell you.”

— Emma Watson

121. “When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, your worthiness, is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible.”

— Brené Brown

122. “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.”

— William Ross Wallace

123. “You will never enjoy life if you do not enjoy yourself.”

— Joyce Meyer

124. “If you want to be happy, you have to be happy on purpose. When you wake up, you can’t just wait to see what kind of day you’ll have. You have to decide what kind of day you’ll have.”

— Joel Osteen

125. “Hope changes everything. It changes winter into summer, darkness into dawn, descent into ascent, barrenness into creativity, agony into joy.”

— Daisaku Ikeda

126. “Don’t postpone joy until you have learned all of your lessons. Joy is your lesson.”

— Alan Cohen

127. “I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.”

— Maya Angelou

128. “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.”

— Oprah Winfrey

129. “Don’t live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.”

— Wendy Wasserstein

130. “It’s time to let go, be guided and expect miracles.”

— Gabrielle Bernstein

131. “A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”

— Roald Dahl

132. “The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.”

— Rick Warren

133. “Oh what a happy soul am I although I cannot see, I am resolved that in this world contented I shall be. How many blessings I enjoy that other people don’t. To weep and sigh, because I’m blind? I cannot and I won’t.”

— Fanny Crosby

134. “Treat yourself with love and respect, and you will attract people who show you love and respect.”

— Rhonda Byrne

135. “My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.”

— Maya Angelou

136. “Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.”

— Maya Angelou

137. “It’s about you, giving yourself permission to be who you are, without giving a rip about what anybody else is thinking about it.”

— Esther Hicks

138. “Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.”

— Michelle Obama

139. “How you start your day is how you live your day. How you live your day is how you live your life.”

— Louise Hay

140. “The essence of femininity is to absolutely love being a woman.”

— Madonna

141. “I am woman, hear me roar.”

— Helen Reddy

142. “Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”

— Louisa May Alcott

143. “Strong people don’t put others down. They lift them up.”

— Michael Watson

144. “Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.”

— Audrey Hepburn

145. “Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.”

— Joyce Brothers

146. “Always remember to smile and look up at what you have in life.”

— Marilyn Monroe

147. “Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential.”

— Kerry Washington

148. “Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.”

— Maya Angelou

149. “There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child.”

— N.K. Jemisin

150. “Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.”

— Louisa May Alcott