Top 25 Women Empowerment Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Girls should never be afraid to be smart.”

— Emma Watson

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2. “I am strong, I am invincible, I am woman.”

— Helen Reddy

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

— Michelle Obama

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4. “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.”

— Audre Lorde

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

— Maya Angelou

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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

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7. “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

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8. “Feminist: A person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

— Oprah Winfrey

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10. “I am woman, hear me roar.”

— Helen Reddy

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

— Emma Watson

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12. “If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

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

— Susan B. Anthony

Also featured in: Strong Women Quotes

14. “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

15. “Your silence will not protect you.”

— Audre Lorde

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

— Oprah Winfrey

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17. “We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”

— Malala Yousafzai

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18. “I would rather be a rebel than a slave.”

— Emmeline Pankhurst

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19. “I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.”

— Audre Lorde

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

— Simone de Beauvoir

21. “The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.”

— Adrienne Rich

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22. “As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.”

— Virginia Woolf

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23. “We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

24. “I now go beyond other people’s fears and limitations. I create my life.”

— Louise Hay

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

— Audre Lorde

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26. “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

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27. “Whenever and however you give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, your mind, your body, and your spirit for the rest of your life.”

— Ina May Gaskin

Also featured in: Motherhood Quotes