Strong Women Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old strong women quotes, strong women sayings, and strong women proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before. Albert Einstein
Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others. Amelia Earhart
I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story I will. Amy Schumer
I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept. Angela Davis
Figure out who are you separate from your family. Find who you are in this world and what you need to feel good alone. I think that’s the most important thing in life. Find a sense of self. With that, you can do anything else. Angelina Jolie
I figure if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and be one. Calamity Jane
A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars. Carly Simon
I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. And I want to be respected in all of my femaleness because I deserve to be. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
We want women leaders today as never before. Leaders who are not afraid to be called names and who are willing to go out and fight. I think women can save civilization. Women are persons. Emily Murphy
A strong women is someone who is able to smile this morning like she wasn't crying last night. Harriet Morgan
Don’t hold back because you think it’s unladylike. We shouldn’t be shamed out of our anger. We should be using it. Using it to make change in our own lives, and using it to make change in the lives around us. Jessica Valenti
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
If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun. Katharine Hepburn
We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free. Kavita Ramdas
We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free. Kavita Ramdas
Be gentle, kind and beautiful, yet firm and strong, both mentally and physically. Keiko Fukuda
I have learned that a woman can be a fighter, a freedom fighter, a political activist, and that she can fall in love, and be loved, she can be married, have children, be a mother. Revolution must mean life also; every aspect of life. Leila Khaled
Better to be strong than pretty and useless. Lilith Saintcrow
Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination. Mae Jemison
One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I’m a woman. That is the way all females should feel. Marilyn Monroe
I think the key is for women not to set any limits. Martina Navratilova
You don't have to play masculine to be a strong woman. Mary Elizabeth Winstead
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. Maya Angelou
There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish. Michelle Obama
Women that believe in each other can survive anything. Women who believe in each other create armies that will win kingdoms and wars. Nikita Gill
If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough. Oprah Winfrey
Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness. Oprah
A woman is a warrior too. But she is meant to be a warrior in a uniquely feminine way. Sometime before the sorrows of life did their best to kill it in us, most young women wanted to be a part of something grand, something important. Stasi Eldredge
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less Susan B. Anthony