March is Women's History Month and I wanted to share some of my favorite empowering quotes by inspiring women! I hope these women and their brilliant words influence you to follow your heart, step outside your comfort zone, and not give in to societal norms.
2. "You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right." - Rosa Parks
3. "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -Eleanor Roosevelt
4. "We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better." - J.K. Rowling
5. "Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier." -Mother Teresa
6. "The most effective way to do it, is to do it." -Amelia Earhart
7. "Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals." -Michelle Obama
8. "As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands: one for helping yourself, the other for helping others." - Audrey Hepburn
9. "Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world." - Malala Yousafzai
10. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." -Helen Keller
11. "If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader." -Dolly Parton
12. "The questions isn't who's going to let me. It's who is going to stop me." -Ayn Rand
13. "We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing at whatever cost, must be attained." -Marie Curie
14. "Never limit yourself because of others' limited imaginations; never limit others because of your own limited imagination." - Mae Jemison
15. "You get in life what you have the courage to ask for." -Oprah Winfrey
16. "In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different." -Coco Chanel
17. "Freedom, by definition, is people realizing that they are their own leaders." -Diane Nash
18. "Nothing will work unless you do." -Maya Angelou
19. "My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent." -Ruth Bade Ginsburg
20. "You cannot change any society unless you take responsibility for it, unless you see yourself as belonging to it and responsible for changing it." -Grace Lee Boggs
21. "If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission." -Grace Hopper
22. "I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man's work for less than a man's pay." -Clara Barton
23. "I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth." -Sonia Sotomayor
24. "I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done." -Lucille Ball
25. "Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning." -Gloria Steinem
26. "Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." -Ella Fitzgerald
27. "You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." -Jane Goodall
28. "The best protection any woman can have...is courage." -Elizabeth Cady Stanton
29. "To all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your dreams." -Hillary Clinton
30. "I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept." -Angela Davis
31. "I am deliberate and afraid of nothing." -Audre Lorde
What is your favorite female empowering quote? Let me know in the comments below!