Empowering Feminist Quotes from Inspiring Women
Each day women fight for gender equality (power dynamics of race, class, sexuality and more). Fortunately, we have powerful women who represent us, who fight for us, who remind us how special we are. These women are truly an inspiration and we can’t miss this opportunity to say thank you to all the women out there who support and defend women. Read on for some of our favorite empowering feminist quotes by amazing women.
“We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.”
Beyonce
“Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion that you want, and to do what makes you happy. That’s my life motto.”
Demi Lovato
“People think at the end of the day that a man is the only answer [to fulfillment]. Actually a job is better for me.”
Princess Diana
“A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.”
Coco Chanel
“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.”
Oprah Winfrey
“Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.”
Mae West
“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”
Mother Theresa
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”
Nora Ephron
Why Women Empowerment is a “Thing”
“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 own dreams.”
Hillary Clinton
“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.”
Margaret Thatcher
“We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.”
J.K. Rowling
“I’m tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.”
Madonna
“A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.”
Gloria Steinem
“There’s something so special about a woman who dominates in a man’s world. It takes a certain grace, strength, intelligence, fearlessness, and the nerve to never take no for an answer”
Rihanna
“I found that ultimately if you truly pour your heart into what you believe in — even if it makes you vulnerable — amazing things can and will happen”
Emma Watson
“There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.”
Michelle Obama
We hope you’re feeling motivated by these empowering feminist quotes! If we missed one of your favorites let us know in the comments below.
Words by Rita Archer
