101+ Independent Women Quotes, And Sayings

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A birthday. If a female relative or friend is having a birthday, one of these quotes may make a perfect addition to her birthday card.

Ignore the glass ceiling and do your work. If you’re focusing on the glass ceiling, focusing on what you don’t have, focusing on the limitations, then you will be limited. — Ava DuVernay

I love the person I’ve become because I fought to become her. – Kaci Diane

If you can dance, be free, and be embarrassed, you can rule the world.

Not many women got to live out the daydream of women—to have a room, even a section of a room, that only gets messed up when she messes it up herself.

Independent Women Quotes

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within. – Maya Angelou

What would you do if you weren’t afraid?

We need to understand that there is no formula for how women should lead their lives. That is why we must respect the choices that each woman makes for herself and her family. Every woman deserves the chance to realize her God-given potential.

Recent birth. Our New Mom quotes make great messages to let your loved one know you’ve got her back as she transitions into Motherhood.

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of women. — Malala Yousafzai

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.

There are many more important qualities to have than a docile disposition.

I’ve always had a problem with authority. That’s why I had to be my boss.—Chelsea Handler, comedian, writer, producer, actress

We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in.

There will be people who say to you, ‘You are out of your lane’. They are burdened by only having the capacity to see what has always been instead of what can be. But don’t let that burden you.

A loved one going through a difficult time. Remind her just how strong she is.

A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water. — Eleanor Roosevelt

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

I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.

Ignore the glass ceiling and do your work. If you’re focusing on the glass ceiling, focusing on what you don’t have, focusing on the limitations, then you will be limited.

As an independent woman, you are not defined by your partners or your parents. You are defined by you. – STRONG: Powerful Philosophy for Timeless Thoughts by Kailin Gow.

It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.

Graduation. A few handpicked quotes from this list are especially helpful during such a transitional time.

Life is very interesting… in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths. — Drew Barrymore

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…Until you climb inside his skin and walk around in it.— Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.

We need to stop telling the story about the woman who stayed home, passive and dependent, waiting for her man. She wasn’t sitting around waiting. She was busy. She still is.

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.—Nora Ephron, journalist, writer, and filmmaker

Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The start of a new journey. Whether it’s a career change, move, engagement, or anything else, your words of encouragement can help a lot.

I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am. — Beyoncé

I wished to know the meaning of things. I am the meaning. I wished to find a warrant for being. I need no warrant for being and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction. — Ayn Rand

I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman.

I have confidence in my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.

Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention.

The world needs strong women. Women who will lift and build others, who will love and be loved, women who live bravely, both tender and fierce, women of indomitable will. – Amy Tenney

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. — Helen Keller

Here’s to strong women. May we know them? May we be them? May we raise them?

Females are the most beautiful, gorgeous creatures in the whole world. And I think that we are gorgeous no matter what size we are.

No matter what the bards may say, there’s no romance in dying for a man.

A woman is a full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment

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 with something and that this thing must be attained.

Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women. –Maya Angelou

I love hearing educated people speak and just shut everyone up. Knowledge is always the loudest voice. — Zendaya

I am no bird, and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. — Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.

If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.

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.

There’s power in allowing yourself to be known and heard, in owning your unique story, and in using your authentic voice.

A woman is a full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform. – Diane Mariechild

Perhaps some detours aren’t detours at all. Perhaps they are actually the path. — Katherine Wolf

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right–for you’ll be criticized anyway.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. – JK Rowling

We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored. – Sheryl Sandberg

Champions keep playing until they get it right. — Billie Jean King

Strong women don’t play the victim, don’t make themselves look pitiful, and don’t point fingers. They stand and they deal. – Mandy Hale

Don’t think about making women fit the world — think about making the world fit women.

I do not want you to be my dependent, I want you to be independent, the art of self-learning

One of the hardest things in life to learn is which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn.

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.

A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done. – Marge Piercy

Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.— Maya Angelou

Beware, for I am fearless and therefore powerful. – Mary Shelley

Bring your whole self to the experience. Because the more we do that, the more that people get to see that, the more comfortable everybody’s gonna be with it.

Who says you have to be rich in order to be strong and beautiful?

I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, OK.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.

Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.

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

I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all. — Simone Biles

In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman. — Margaret Thatcher

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.

Allowing a man to give, simply by leading the dance a bit—metaphorically and literally—isn’t something that comes easily to women who are self-sufficient and independent.

The power you have is to be the best version of yourself you can be, so you can create a better world.

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

A strong woman stands up for herself. A stronger woman stands up for everybody else.

The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, ourselves. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin. — bell hooks

A girl should be two things: who and what she wants. — Coco Chanel

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.

Having someone do certain things for you is like getting someone to chew your food for you. It might be easier to swallow but it loses all its flavor and it will be covered in spit. And you want the flavor!

Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion.

No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.

Of course, I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.

She was a wild one; always stomping on eggshells that everyone else tip-toed on. – Kaitlin Foster

I don’t want to be better than you or her or him – I want to be better than I am right now.— Kerri Walsh

If becoming an old maid was my path, then at least I’d enjoy my damn job.

If you don’t like being a doormat then get off the floor.

I do know one thing about myself: I don’t measure myself by others’ expectations or let others define my worth.

The woman who doesn’t require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet.

She was powerful not because she wasn’t scared but because she went on so strongly, despite the fear. – Atticus

Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.

If you don’t see a clear path for what you want, sometimes you have to make it yourself. — Mindy Kaling

Once I learned to like myself more than others did, then I didn’t have to worry about being the funniest or the most popular, or the prettiest. I was the best me and I only ever tried to be that.

In a rare moment of self-awareness, the young woman even understood that her dependence was probably unhealthy. Henry, she declared, was a man ‘whom I love too much for my peace.

I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.

Work hard every day. No matter what your strengths and weaknesses are, there’s no substitute for hard work.

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.

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