Top 25 Women Empowerment Quotes (2025 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

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

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, Empowering Quotes, Fiction Quotes, Choices Quotes, Being Strong Quotes

15. “Your silence will not protect you.”

— Audre Lorde

Also featured in: Commitment Quotes, Resistance Quotes, Strong Women Quotes, Healing Quotes, Silence Quotes

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

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

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