Famous Women Quotes:

I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.

- Bette Davis

topic: Boys, Hay, Famous Women

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

- Maureen Dowd

source: "How to Be Happy: Why You Should Never Settle for 'Good Enough' in Your Life" by Kristen Houghton, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 21, 2010.

topic: Funny, Success, Motivational Sports, Deserve You, Famous Women

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

- Janis Joplin

topic: Positive, Being Yourself, Strong Women, Empowering Women, Women Equality

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

- Oprah Winfrey

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Uplifting, Pursue Your Dreams, Inspirational Adventure

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.

- Emily Dickinson

topic: Inspirational, Women, Writing, Spiritual Soul, Inspirational Wisdom

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

- Mother Teresa

source: Mother Teresa, Mother Teresa of Calcutta (2010). “In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories & Prayers”, p.17, New World Library

topic: Life, New Year, Mother, Inspirational Future, Inspirational New Beginning

Use your fear... it can take you to the place where you store your courage.

- Amelia Earhart

topic: Inspirational, Wisdom, Courage, Famous Women, Overcoming Fear

A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Inspiring, Empowering Women, Inspirational Strong Women

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

topic: Inspirational, Life, Fear, Live To The Fullest, Inspirational Adventure

The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat.

- Cicely Tyson

topic: Trying, Way, Moments, Degrade, Famous Women

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

- Marie Curie

topic: Life, Encouraging, Being Strong, Live Life To Its Fullest, Marie

I am not afraid; I was born to do this.

- Joan of Arc

source: "While We Wait: Spiritual and Practical Advice for Those Trying to Adopt" by Heidi Schlumpf, (p. 37), 2009.

topic: Inspirational, Tattoo, Fear, Inspirational Tattoo, Famous Women

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

- Marie Curie

source: "Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Confidence, Empowering Women, Perserverance

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

- Rosalynn Carter

topic: Motivational, Leadership, People, True Leader, Funny Leadership

I figure if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and be one.

- Calamity Jane

topic: Girl, Want, Legends, Famous Women

I've always believed that one woman's success can only help another woman's success.

- Gloria Vanderbilt

source: "International Women’s Day: Celebrate the Noisemakers of Past, Present, and Future" by Natalie MacNeil, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 8, 2011.

topic: Business, Helping, Always Believe, Successful Women, Women Empowerment

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.

- Mother Teresa

topic: Inspirational, Change, Positive, Incrementalism, Times Have Changed

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

topic: Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring, Beginning Of Life, Just Keep Moving

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

topic: Inspirational, Life, Positive, Life's Too Short, Life Is Simple

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

- Audrey Hepburn

topic: Inspirational, Successful, Helping Others, Hungry For Knowledge, Help Yourself

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

- Mother Teresa

topic: Love, Happiness, Inspiring, Hungry For Love, Inspirational Charity

Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.

- Charlotte Whitton

source: Canada Month, June 1963. A later satirical version of this saying added to the end "Luckily, this is not difficult" (Paul Dickson, The Official Rules [1978]). See Eleanor Roosevelt 2

topic: Funny, Hilarious, Strong Women, Female Empowerment, Successful Women

You may not agree with a woman, but to criticize her appearance — as opposed to her ideas or actions — isn't doing anyone any favors, least of all you. Insulting a woman's looks when they have nothing to do with the issue at hand implies a lack of comprehension on your part, an inability to engage in high-level thinking. You may think she's ugly, but everyone else thinks you're an idiot.

- Hillary Clinton

topic: Thinking, Hands, Ideas, Criticise, Respect Women

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

- Mother Teresa

source: Mother Teresa (1993). “The Best Gift is Love: Meditations”, Servant Books

topic: Happiness, Smile, Beautiful, Keep Smiling, Just Keep Smiling

See what you can do. See what you want to do. See what you will do about it. Find your way out.

- Yoko Ono

topic: Way, Want, What You Want, Doings, Famous Women

Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.

- Louisa May Alcott

topic: Love, Life, Diversity, Famous Women, Heavenly Love

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

- Oprah Winfrey

topic: Life, Positive, Moving On, Inspirational Moving On, Live In The Now

It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.

- Coretta Scott King

topic: Strong, Mistake, Decision, Famous Women

Even the most powerful woman needs a place to unwind.

- Barbara Taylor Bradford

topic: Powerful, Needs, Unwind, Successful Women, Women Strength

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart

- Eleanor Roosevelt

topic: Friendship, Best Friend, True Friend, Songs And Friendship, Special Friend

The most violent element in society is ignorance.

- Emma Goldman

source: Emma Goldman (2015). “Anarchism and Other Essays”, p.33, Sheba Blake Publishing

topic: Peace, Educational, Book, Individuals And Society, Stupidity And Ignorance

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

- Florence Nightingale

source: "The Gigantic Book of Teachers' Wisdom" by Frank McCourt and Erin Gruwell, (p. 410), 2007.

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Success, Inspirational Nurse, Inspirational Nursing

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

- Maya Angelou

source: FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Mar 15, 2014

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Way In Life, Make Me Feel Better

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

- Oprah Winfrey

topic: Inspirational, Life, Friendship, Makin Money, Bff

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

- Lana Turner

topic: Funny, Hilarious, Laughter, Marriage Humor, Marriage Jokes

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

- Audrey Hepburn

source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Love, Inspirational, Positive, Makeup And Beauty, Manicures

You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you. No one can complete you. You complete yourself.

- Oprah Winfrey

topic: Waiting, Helping, Save Yourself, Helpers, Self Help

Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.

- Carolina Herrera

topic: Speak, Elegance, Successful Women, Intellectual Growth, Fashion Designer

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

- Mary Wollstonecraft

source: "The original suffragette: the extraordinary Mary Wollstonecraft" by Bee Rowlatt, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2015.

topic: Women, Men, Wish, Women Equality, Equal Rights

If someone is unpleasant to you, draw a halo around his or her head in your mind. He/she is an angel who came to teach you something.

- Yoko Ono

topic: Angel, Mind, Halos, Famous Women

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

- Oprah Winfrey

topic: Inspirational, Life, Positive, Wisdom And Experience, Moving On After Breakup

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

- Oprah Winfrey

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Happiness, Great Attitude, Great Positive Attitude

It's all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another.

- Elizabeth Taylor

topic: Kindness, Positivity, Connections, Never Lose Hope, Famous Women

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

topic: Inspirational, Heart, Use, Great Minds, Inspiration To Others

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

- Katharine Hepburn

source: Katharine Hepburn (1992). “Me: Stories of My Life”, Random House Large Print Publishing

topic: Love, Inspirational, Romantic, Bridal Shower, Inspirational Romance

When I talk to girls, they go, 'I'm not a feminist.' And I say: 'What? You don't want to vote? Do you want to be owned by your husband? Do you want your money from your job to go into his bank account? If you were raped, do you still want that to be a crime? Congratulations : you are a feminist.'

- Caitlin Moran

topic: Girl, Jobs, Husband, Famous Women

It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

- J. K. Rowling

source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ch. 18 (1999)

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Make The Right Choice, Making Good Choices

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

- Margaret Thatcher

topic: Love, Inspirational, Motivational, Personal Power, Successful Women

People pretend not to like grapes when the vines are too high for them to reach

- Marguerite de Navarre

topic: Hard Work, People, Vines, Famous Women, Deep Meaning

Love is like Pi: natural, irrational, and very important.

- Lisa Hoffman

topic: Funny, Cute, Marriage, Successful Women, Irrational Fear

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

- Oprah Winfrey

source: FaceBook post by Oprah Winfrey from Oct 03, 2011

topic: Positive, Thank You, Thankful, Concentrating, Spiritual Blessings