Top 90 Strong Women Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

52. “Work hard. Do good. Be incredible!”

— Cheryl Strayed

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

— Oprah Winfrey

54. “I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.”

— Madonna

55. “If we set our minds to it, we can achieve anything.”

— Gabby Douglas

56. “When you stand and share your story in an empowering way, your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

57. “It’s not my responsibility to be beautiful. I’m not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.”

— Warsan Shire

58. “The wild woman is fluent in the language of dreams, images, passion, and poetry.”

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés

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

— Bethany Hamilton

60. “Never doubt yourself. Never change who you are. Don’t care what people think and just go for it.”

— Britney Spears

61. “I’m the hero of this story, I don’t need to be saved.”

— Regina Spektor

62. “Power is not given to you. You have to take it.”

— Beyoncé Knowles

63. “Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.”

— Shawn Johnson

64. “Even if the whole world turns their back on you, you will always have yourself.”

— Lady Gaga

65. “I’m proud of myself. I like the way I’m made.”

— Freida Pinto

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

— Madonna

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

— Maya Angelou

68. “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

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

— Julie Foudy

70. “We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.”

— Marie Curie

71. “Feminism is equality: politically; culturally; socially; economically. That’s it, that simple.”

— Emma Watson

72. “Do not let anyone tell you what you can be. Do not let anyone tell you that you are not good enough or smart enough. Remember that nobody is better than you. Everybody puts on their pants one leg at a time.”

— Farrah Gray

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

— Wendy Wasserstein

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

— William Ross Wallace

75. “When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.”

— Audre Lorde

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

— N.K. Jemisin

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

— Maya Angelou

78. “I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.”

— Audrey Hepburn

79. “Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power – not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.”

— Janet Mock

80. “Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.”

— Oprah Winfrey

81. “A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself.”

— Maya Angelou

82. “We all create the person we become by our choices as we go through life. In a real sense, by the time we are adults, we are the sum total of the choices we have made.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

83. “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.

84. “Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer. Keep knocking down walls until someone says ‘yes.’”

— Chelsea Handler

85. “You need not apologize for being brilliant, talented, gorgeous, rich, or smart.”

— Marianne Williamson

86. “Girls can do anything, for sure. Even running in the mud in heels.”

— Bryce Dallas Howard

87. “Winners are not born, they are self-made.”

— Pat Summitt

88. “Young girls are told you have to be the delicate princess. Hermione taught them that you can be the warrior.”

— Emma Watson

89. “I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.”

— John Steinbeck

90. “Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

91. “Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry.”

— Susan B. Anthony

92. “Strong and healthy is the new sexy.”

— Ronda Rousey

93. “No one can take away your pain, so don’t let anyone take away your happiness.”

— Mariska Hargitay