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40 Powerful Women Quotes That Might Just Inspire You

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Ahhh, women, the silent and meek housekeepers, the unacknowledged grey cardinals with a well-deserved place in the kitchen. Thankfully, the times when the sentence above would’ve made sense are long gone (but not forgotten), and all thanks to the fair sex themselves. It’s women that have raised generation upon generation of people destined to make our world a better place. With love, care, and compassion. It’s women that have changed society’s view on many pressing issues. All with love, care, and compassion. It’s the ladies that have made some of the most important breakthroughs in science, and it’s the fairer sex that turns out to be the most worthy leaders of countries. Because they do it all with love, care, and compassion. And that is probably why women are so strong, so powerful, and intelligent (despite being told for ages that all they are good for is knitting, making sandwiches, and being pleasant for the eye).

This article is truly a celebration of women - their words gathered in one place make it a dynamite read, sure to inspire you. Some of these powerful women’s quotes might even change your perspective on life 180 degrees, and it will be enlightening! And these are also not just some ladies (although every woman has the qualities to be mighty); these smart words came from scientists, politicians, writers, and actresses who have paved their paths all by themselves, proving that they (and we!) can do it all.

Now, hopefully, our intro made you quite excited about what’s to come, and we promise these quotes by women won’t disappoint you but rather give you some quite nutritious food for thought. So pick the ones that lit a fire in you, vote for them, and don’t forget to tell the world about these intelligent, brave, and affectionate ladies!

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#1

Charlotte Whitton quote on women “Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.” — Charlotte Whitton

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C C 2 years ago

Ha!

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“Storms make trees take deeper roots.” – Dolly Parton

165points

Helen Haley 2 years ago

I will upvote anything Dolly Parton. What a good human!

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#3

“Women are like teabags. We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

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peter moor 2 years ago

Soo true

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#4

“We cannot solve a crisis without treating it as a crisis. […] And if solutions within the system are so impossible to find, then maybe we should change the system itself?” – Greta Thunberg

146points

Ylva Edqvist 2 years ago

So smart and so young!

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Malala Yousafzai quote on raising your voice “I raise up my voice—not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard… We cannot succeed when half of us are held back.” – Malala Yousafzai

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Damon 2 years ago

I feel the same way

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#6

“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” – Angela Davis

141points

Caro Caro 2 years ago

Amen! Changing what you can't and won't accept is hard but worth the energy.

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#7

“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” – Margaret Thatcher

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Bacony Cakes 2 years ago

This is the same person who said there'd never be a woman as the prime minister during her lifetime. That's kinda funny.

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#8

“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.” —Ingrid Bergman

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Yurie 2 years ago

I always say "happiness is when your inner world and outer world matches"

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#9

“In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.” —Sheryl Sandberg

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Helen Haley 2 years ago

Can we fast-forward to that?

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#10

Anne Frank quote on people being good “I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” – Anne Frank

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Harri Ellis 2 years ago

She never would have guessed that her heroism and strength would change the lives of millions.

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#11

“Understand that getting help isn’t a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.” – Michelle Obama

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Mazer 2 years ago

Unfortunately most of the help these days is less than helpful

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#12

“Some women choose to follow men, and some choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.” – Lady Gaga

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R Carson 2 years ago

It could.

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#13

“If fighting for women’s health care and paid family leave and equal pay is playing the women’s card, then deal me in.” — Hillary Clinton

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Sportsgal 2 years ago (edited)

Amen! Say it again for those in the back that still want inequality to make themselves feel more "important!!" 😎

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#14

“Every time someone writes that I play ‘strong women’ what they’re implying is that most women aren’t. How about I just play well-written parts?” — Jessica Chastain

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

Makes me wonder, has there ever been a critic who wrote "HE played a strong man". ??

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#15

Amelia Earhart quote on doing something “The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” —Amelia Earhart

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Bacony Cakes 2 years ago

Earhart became so badass she popped off the face of the earth.

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#16

“If you live off a man’s compliments, you’ll die from his criticism.” – Cornelius Lindsey

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R Carson 2 years ago

Sad but true.

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#17

“It’s not your job to be likeable. It’s your job to be yourself. Someone will like you anyway.” — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Iapetos 2 years ago

I have found a wonderful person who likes me :-)

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#18

“Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.” — Diana Ross

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Mazer 2 years ago

Not as hard when you have the money and fame which opens more doors allowing more access,

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#19

“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” —Lucille Ball

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Helen Haley 2 years ago

I don't regret much I've done, I do regret things I've said.

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#20

Carly Simon quote on being a strong woman “A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.” — Carly Simon

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Walking On Sunshine 2 years ago

Also~ "You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you"

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#21

“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

77points

R Carson 2 years ago

Let's go ladies!

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#22

“When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble.” – Barbara Taylor Bradford

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R Carson 2 years ago

"If it's got testicles or tires it's gonna give you trouble."

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#23

“I’ve often thought it unfair that women are expected to stay at home when there’s a fight to be won. If a woman has the strength to bear a child, she can swing a sword as well as any man.” — Karen Hawkins

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. a 2 years ago

And history shows that there were many female warriors who got written out of history.. we are realizing many skeletons of warrior burials are actual female skeletons now. It never occurred to men that they might be women.

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#24

“Call me whatever you want. It’s not going to stop me from trying to do the right thing. Because it doesn’t just affect me, it affects all the other women who are in this with me, and it affects all the other men who are in this with me, too.” — Emma Watson

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Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago

She's shared horrible stories of how the world treated a young girl transforming into womanhood and then trying to find an identity. Many of them are quite disturbing. She got her first stalker when she was 12 years old. She nearly dropped out of the Potter movies but says she stayed because of all the young girls who looked up to Hermoine as a character and her as a person. A 16 year old girl decided to become a role model and advocate so it wouldn't happen to others. That takes a lot of courage.

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Nayyirah Waheed quote on belonging yourself “I am mine before I am anyone else’s.” – Nayyirah Waheed

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julie son 2 years ago

I am the only one who can choose if I share part of myself with anybody else.

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#26

“Some people say I have attitude – maybe I do… but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right there.” — Venus Williams

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Stephanie Keith 2 years ago

There's a difference between being genuinely proud of yourself and entitlement. Folks like to confuse the two and can't discern peoples intention now a days. Which is sad.

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#27

“As for my girls, I’ll raise them to think they breathe fire.” – Jessica Kirkland

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C C 2 years ago

Wait... we don't?

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#28

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

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miss miss 2 years ago

Beautiful

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#29

“You don’t have to play masculine to be a strong woman.” – Mary Elizabeth Winstead

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

Thank you. No need to be "butch" to be a b!tch either ! I don't mean this in a nasty way. Just that some people think that women have to be so called manly to be strong. And in my experience women are stronger than men because we have been dealing with oppression for decades and have learned to get on with life.

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#30

40 Powerful Women Quotes That Might Just Inspire You “I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.” — Audrey Hepburn

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Bear Hall 2 years ago

She would have known. She volunteered to a field hospital in middle of battle as a teenager. After she starved to the end of war and suffered from eating disorder for the rest of her life. She had several miscarriages before her children were born. She was an UNICEF ambassador and she was the happiest with children, any children anywhere in the world.

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“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

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Helen Haley 2 years ago

So, fit in the tiny box that has been assigned to us for most of human history? Noooo thank you. Discipline is being free? That's some straight-up deep religion crap right there. 'Strong women are submissive' vibes off of it. Screw that.

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#32

“Tremendous amounts of talent are being lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt.” – Shirley Chisholm

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Bear Hall 2 years ago

Every single human being ever was given to the world by a strong woman. Every. Single. One. Women are the stronger sex, no question about it. If all of them could use her strength to its full potential this world would be a very different place.

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#33

“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 we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.” – Marie Curie

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R Carson 2 years ago

And.....her discovery killed her.

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#34

“We need to get women to the point where they aren’t apologizing. It’s time to take ownership in our success.” — Tori Burch

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Mazer 2 years ago (edited)

I’m stunned at how many women apologize for anything and everything. It drives me nuts. I want to respond to that woman standing in an aisle at the store basically apologizing to everyone walking by. Please, don’t be sorry, you have nothing to be sorry for here, you are okay, it’s okay, you have a right to be here, doing this, you have no need to apologize, please, it becomes meaningless to say you are sorry to everyone for everything. Somewhere you have picked up a burden, just like a giant wooden cross, you are bearing it because of that one person who last said something demeaning about you or told you that you were somehow only worthy when you are bearing this burden. It’s not a beautiful attribute, it’s shockingly maddening and you deserve better, you deserve to be free of that burden of thinking you are a burden to someone just by taking up space, just by being.

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#35

Indira Gandhi quote on shaking your hands “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” – Indira Gandhi

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Helen Haley 2 years ago

No, but you can beat the hell out of the person standing in your way.

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#36

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

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Brian Bennett 2 years ago

Maybe the path you're clearing does not lead to what is right for you, but the cleared path may be right for someone else!

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#37

“Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.” —Dr. Harriet Braiker

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Otter 2 years ago (edited)

Perfectionism bleeds all the joy out of life. If a person is unable to love or enjoy anything imperfect, and they're stuck in an imperfect world, the perfectionism dooms them to a frustrating and joyless existence. At least I'm spared that, in the medical field there's no perfection, and I tell people "I can't get good, I'll take better".

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#38

“Aging is not “lost youth” but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” – Betty Friedan

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Auntriarch 2 years ago

Ageing is exactly lost youth. I just don't give a microshit because youth is overrated

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#39

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.” – Mary Oliver

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R Carson 2 years ago

I got one too-didn't like it.

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JM Storm quote on strong woman “She’s a strong cup of black coffee in a world that is drunk on the cheap wine of shallow love.” – JM Storm

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Mazer 2 years ago (edited)

Change that to coffee to chocolate and I’m all in.

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#41

“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

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Helen Haley 2 years ago

Whole heartedly agree.

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“Always be a first-rate version of yourself instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” —Judy Garland

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Mazer 2 years ago (edited)

You know the story of paper? The one where you take a piece of blank paper (any color will do) and appreciate its potential to be something magnificent. So you crumple it and with every crumple, every squeeze, every tear, you call it names and berate it. Then you uncrumple it and try to smooth it out again telling the paper how awesome it is and how you want to appreciate its magnificence but realize the damage you have inflicted can’t truly be undone. Be mindful, everyone was once that unmarred beautiful piece of uncrumpled paper and those who you may meet later in life might have been crumpled by many hands and thrown away like trash. It’s difficult to be the first rate you when so many have crumpled you, Judy Garland got crumpled, it cost her her self esteem and ultimately her life. He did not emerge from Hollywood unscathed

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#43

“In a world that wants women to whisper, I choose to yell.” —Luvvie Ajayi

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Mazer 2 years ago

The whole idea is not to need to yell. Let’s normalize that your spoken word be like treasure. Something to consider, to cherish, to debate over, meaningful none the less

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#44

"Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement." - Golda Meir

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miss miss 2 years ago

Including being a homemaker

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#45

“We’re all water from different rivers, that’s why it’s so easy to meet; we’re all water in this vast, vast ocean, someday we’ll evaporate together.” – Yoko Ono

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

Poor Yoko gets so much hate when she should get so much sympathy. She lives through WWII in Japan as a kid and was stuck in an abusive relationship with a man the world adored for some reason. 40 years after he died and it came out he was an abusive d**k who took her work and left her uncredited ( On Imagine for example) she still gets hate.

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#46

“The beauty of being a feminist is that you get to be whatever you want. And that’s the point.” — Shonda Rhimes

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Imogene Cargeaux 2 years ago

It's incredible that people today still don't understand this concept. "But how can you be a feminist if you show your titty on the big screen?" ... "but how can you be a feminist if you don't want all men to die?" "How can you be a feminist if you're married to a man?" "How can you be a feminist if you don't hate house wife's or STAHMs?" .....Bitch, I'm a feminist because I support a woman's right to be who she wants to be , to love who she wants to love, to hate men if she wants to hate men, to date men if she wants to date men.... to stay at home with the kids if that's what she wants to do... I am a feminist because I believe that women are human beings who deserve the same rights as men. It's that simple. Idc if she's a woman who hates feminism.. I support her right to hate us because that's who she wants to be and it's her fucken right! When will ppl actually start to understand this!?

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#47

“The next decade cannot be a decade of confrontation and contention. It cannot be East vs. West. It cannot be men vs. women. It cannot be Islam vs. Christianity. That is what the enemies of dialogue want.” – Benazir Bhutto

24points

julie son 2 years ago

I only wish that was possible. Right now all over the world you have people fighting for their "freedom" to take away other people's freedoms.

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#48

"It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent." - Madeleine Albright

24points

#49

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.” – Rosa Parks

23points

#50

"Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier." - Mother Teresa

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Helen Haley 2 years ago

Horrible woman

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#51

“A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.” — Diane Mariechild

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Helen Haley 2 years ago

And if you cross her, take you out.

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#52

“Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” – Maya Angelou

22points

Mazer 2 years ago (edited)

No disrespect, but there are many things people do to each other who can dim that light or worse yet, snuff it out. I have seen that light go dim waaaaay to many times to dismiss the process

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#53

"If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities." - Ann Richards

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Mazer 2 years ago

I don’t agree.if you can not take care of yourself, it just means you are overwhelmed by the crushing realities of life and need help. That’s nothing to be ashamed of. To say otherwise it to dismiss the reality that life can be brutal, that some people are born into a family that does not support them or that they have a struggle so hard that the tools they have at hand are just not enough to get the job done. I dislike this statement because it shames people who are struggling and keeps them from feeling okay enough to ask for help. TSK

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#54

“Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90. Time is a concept that humans created.” – Yoko Ono

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Mazer 2 years ago

So is race, started by some old white dudes who had little understanding of the worlds beautiful diversity. If you have the inclination to learn more about the origins of race and skin color, I have put up a link to a wonderful talk on the subject. This woman will connect all the freckles for you. Enjoy https://youtu.be/sc4OFcT5m1Y

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#55

“Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour

20points

#56

"No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth." - Martha Beck

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Sheila McEnany Markowitz 2 years ago

I don't understand when people say "truth hurts". In my experience, lies hurt.

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#57

“Find your ‘why’ so that you have the strength and resilience to push through those times when everything else is telling you no.”— Lisa Wimberger

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Mazer 2 years ago

So many opposing factors and realities can squash that little why. Strength and resilience are laws. They are the law of nature. When the law of nature is interpreted as only the strong survive, the interpreter is missing key components if they focus on strength being synonymous with aggression. Strength in nature is adaptability. Those laws of nature apply to every living organism, even humans. You are gifted with three options to every stressor in life. Adapt, migrate or die. Humans have proven time and again to find strength through adaptability. So the next time someone tries to tell you that you are not strong enough, apply the adaptability law, change your situation by migrating elsewhere. You are the master of your life, therein lies your power, the people on your ship are your crew, they help you get where you need to go with their support, and visa versa. Too bad so many equate themselves with the captain of the ship and don’t see that the captain is a crew member too.

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#58

“And you, you scare people because you are whole all by yourself.” – Lauren Alex Cooper

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Helen Haley 2 years ago

I thought it was my whithering stare and impressive verbal sparring.

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#59

“Everyone has inside of her a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be, how much you can love, what you can accomplish, and what your potential is.” – Anne Frank

19points

Harri Ellis 2 years ago

You accomplished great things

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#60

“She understood that the hardest times in life to go through were when you were transitioning from one version of yourself to another.” – Sarah Addison Allen

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miss miss 2 years ago

True. Eg. Empty nest, death of a spouse or child.

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#61

“I can do anything when I am in a tutu.” — Misty Copeland

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Harri Ellis 2 years ago

Bravo!

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#62

“The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure you’re very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble.” – Serena Williams

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R Carson 2 years ago

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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#63

“Don’t ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility. Make decisions based on what should happen, not what shouldn’t.” – Michelle Obama

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Helen Haley 2 years ago

Mom always said don't accept reality, make it. Just because that's the way it's always been, doesn't mean it has to stay that way, or that it should.

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#64

"One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don't know how to do, to keep learning." - Ruth Reichl

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Cecily Holland 2 years ago

10 years at University part time and counting. Never stop learning

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#65

“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes—understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” — Arianna Huffington

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Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago

Failure is not falling down, but refusing to get up.

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#66

“Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect.” —Brene Brown

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Mazer 2 years ago (edited)

It does not take courage to be imperfect when you understand that perfection isn’t a goal to be achieved.

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#67

"If I stop to kick every barking dog I am not going to get where I'm going." - Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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Nubis Knight 2 years ago

On the other hand: Sometimes the barking dog needs a kick before he's worked up enough to bite.

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#68

“Women are always saying, ‘We can do anything that men can do.’ But men should be saying, ‘We can do anything that women can do.'” — Gloria Steinem

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julie son 2 years ago

Except they literally can't!

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#69

“Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong.” — Sarah Dessen

16points

#70

“She is both hellfire and holy water. And the flavor you taste depends on how you treat her.” – Sneha Pal

16points

R Carson 2 years ago

YEP!

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#71

“You have to be careful when you’re getting feedback because people will give you conflicting feedback all the time, but ultimately you end up following your own inner guide.” —Natalie Portman

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Mazer 2 years ago

The hope is that you have been given the proper tools needed to assess and respond to life as needed. Unfortunately through no fault of their own too many people don’t have those tools, nor do they have access to the tools needed. This is why it’s so important to be open to new things, new ideas, differences, because they may fill your toolbox in turn helping you navigate life easier or more effectively.

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#72

"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different." - Coco Chanel

16points

Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

Or sleep with Nazis

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#73

"If you're someone people count on, particularly in difficult moments, that's a sign of a life lived honorably." - Rachel Maddow

16points

Cecily Holland 2 years ago

Until you need to count on them and P00F!

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#74

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

15points

#75

“Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.” — Gillian Anderson

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Helen Haley 2 years ago

And no small amount of luck and connections

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#76

“One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in, and where you want to go.” – Sheila Murray Bethel

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

Self acceptance.

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#77

“Our backs tell stories no books have the spine to carry.” – Rupi Kaur

15points

#78

"The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice." - Peggy O'Mara

15points

R Carson 2 years ago

Pay attention parents.

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#79

“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.” — Melinda Gates

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Imogene Cargeaux 2 years ago

Sorry no. Melinda is an asshole and the most anti feminist woman if there ever was one. She treats WOC like fucken Guinea pigs and her organization has done UNSPEAKABLE things to women everywhere. Get her off this list.

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#80

“Women have discovered that they cannot rely on men’s chivalry to give them justice.” — Helen Keller

14points

Mazer 2 years ago

They often can’t rely on anyone for justice.

1point

#81

“One of the biggest qualities is having an awareness outside of yourself, and understanding that the world doesn’t revolve around your needs.”— Brie Larson

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#82

“Practice creates confidence. Confidence empowers you.” —Simone Biles

13points

#83

“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand

13points

#84

“Do we want to progress? If we want to progress, let women be all they can be. Don’t get in their way.” —Danai Gurira

13points

Mazer 2 years ago (edited)

Unfortunately women are often the toughest obstacle in their way

0points

#85

"If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one." - Dolly Parton

13points

Mazer 2 years ago

Or at least stop going down the same road you have been, you know, that one riddled with land mines and sink holes. Knowing you have a choice is a start, picking an unknown Heaven over a known hell can be a bit like an off road ride, full of bumps and ruts, but boy can it take you to some amazing places

0points

#86

“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.” —Ruth Bader Ginsburg

12points

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#87

“A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex but neither should she adjust to prejudice and discrimination.” – Betty Friedan

12points

#88

“I don't have a feeling of inferiority. Never had. I'm as good as anybody, but no better.” – Katherine Johnson

12points

#89

“I can’t think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be yourself.” —Emma Stone

12points

#90

“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

12points

#91

“Chin up, child. In my experience, when a life seems to be falling to pieces, it is usually falling into place.” – Beau Taplin

12points

R Carson 2 years ago

I hope so.

3points

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#92

“She remembered who she was and the game changed.” – Lalah Deliah

12points

#93

“No one is going to tell you all the things you want to hear all the time. You have to know them yourself.” —Busy Philipps

12points

#94

"If you don't risk anything, you risk even more." - Erica Jong

12points

#95

"A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution." - Angela Merkel

12points

Mazer 2 years ago

Spot on, even if that contribution is contrary to your ideals, that contrary opinion can help highlight what may not be helpful, which in and of itself can be of great helpfulness

0points

#96

"Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from." - Jodie Foster

12points

Harri Ellis 2 years ago

My goal in life....

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#97

“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

11points

#98

“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

11points

#99

“There’s something 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

11points

Mazer 2 years ago (edited)

Never taking no for an answer is missing out, NO can be as rewarding as yes. It’s all a matter of perception and goals. No can cause a path to turn to a more effective better way.

1point

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#100

“Some people think that you have to be the loudest voice in the room to make a difference. That is just not true. Often, the best thing we can do is turn down the volume. When the sound is quieter, you can actually hear what someone else is saying. And that can make a world of difference.” — Nikki Haley

11points

Helen Haley 2 years ago

Try that in a meeting and no one will ever know anything you've ever said, ever.

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#101

“I’ve always wanted to be a woman who isn’t afraid to tell her story.” — Andra Day

11points

#102

“Women should do for themselves what men have already done—occasionally what men have not done—thereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action.” – Amelia Earhart

11points

Mazer 2 years ago

I don’t get the whole suppressive stance America has embraced in the last 40 years. When you empower people to be the best self they can be, you have a more powerful nation as a whole. It’s common sense. To help booster education, physical and mental health and quality of life in every single person living on the same piece of land, everyone wins. It’s that fragile ego and misunderstanding of power that messes things up.

0points

#103

“If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” – Maya Angelou

11points

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“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

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#104

“Tolerance and compassion are active, not passive states, born of the capacity to listen, to observe and to respect others.” – Indira Gandhi

11points

#105

"Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right." – Jane Goodall

11points

Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago

Would that we did this this world might be a better place. It doesn't always work, but at least we'll have tried.

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#106

“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

11points

Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago

It seems that more and more people are wanting/expecting things to happen overnight. Patience is in short supply these days. I think that can cause hope to be in very short supply.

1point

#107

“We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.” — Whoopi Goldberg

11points

#108

“Because confidence is really trust in yourself, right? It has nothing to do with what someone else thinks of you; it’s what you think of you.” — Chrissy Metz

11points

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#109

“Don’t settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that’s in us.” — Angela Bassett

11points

#110

“If we cultivate compassion for those who have hurt us, we have the possibility of overcoming our anger, pain, and fear. Compassion is a great medicine.” — Goldie Hawn

11points

#111

“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

11points

#112

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

11points

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#113

“You may not be everything you thought you’d be by now, but you can be the one who loves, serves, and gives her all, and waters and nurtures every plant in the garden that God has already given her.” – Morgan Harper Nichols

11points

#114

“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

11points

#115

“Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.” – G.D. Anderson

11points

#116

“Life is tough, my darling, but so are you.” – Stephanie Bennett-Henry

11points

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#117

“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” —Gloria Steinem

11points

#118

“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.” — Diane Von Furstenberg

10points

#119

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

10points

#120

“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” — Oprah

10points

R Carson 2 years ago

Worked out for her.

0points

#121

“I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody’s passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn’t mind learning.” —Amy Poehler

10points

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#122

“A strong woman understands that the gifts such as logic, decisiveness, and strength are just as feminine as intuition and emotional connection. She values and uses all of her gifts.” — Nancy Rathburn

10points

#123

“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

10points

#124

“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

10points

#125

“There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them.”— Clare Boothe Luce

10points

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#126

“Run your own race. Don’t be distracted by what others are doing. Set and go after your own goals.”— Jen Gouldstone

10points

#127

“A strong woman looks a challenge dead in the eye and gives it a wink.” —Gina Carey

10points

#128

“I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.” — Tracee Ellis Ross

10points

#129

“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

10points

#130

“Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.” — Bethany Hamilton

10points

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#131

“Before the moon I am, what a woman is, a woman of power, a woman’s power, deeper than the roots of trees, deeper than the roots of islands, older than the Making, older than the moon.” —Ursula K. Le Guin

10points

#132

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

10points

#133

“Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses.” – Madame Marie du Deffand

10points

Helen Haley 2 years ago

What?

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#134

“Strong women wear their pain like they do stilettos. No matter how much it hurts, all you see is the beauty of it.” – Harriet Morgan

10points

#135

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself." - Arianna Huffington

10points

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#136

"You can't be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute." - Tina Fey

10points

#137

"Whenever you are blue or lonely or stricken by some humiliating thing you did, the cure and the hope is in caring about other people." - Diane Sawyer

10points

#138

"I try to live in a little bit of my own joy and not let people steal it or take it." - Hoda Kotb

10points

#139

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

9points

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#140

“I am woman phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, that’s me.” — Maya Angelou

9points

#141

“Pursuing peace means rising above one's own wants, needs, and emotions.” – Benazir Bhutto

9points

#142

“Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is most important.” – Junko Tabei

9points

Helen Haley 2 years ago

Depends on the field you're referring to

1point

#143

“Be courageous. Challenge orthodoxy. Stand up for what you believe in. When you are in your rocking chair talking to your grandchildren many years from now, be sure you have a good story to tell.” — Amal Clooney

9points

Auntriarch 2 years ago

Hehehe I'm on it

1point

#144

“Don’t look at the big picture as the only achievement. Start with set, smart goals and work up to something bigger.” — Jordyn Wieber

9points

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#145

“After all those years as a woman hearing ‘not thin enough, not this enough, not that enough’, almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought—I’m enough.” – Anna Quindlen

9points

#146

“Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.” —Martha Stewart

9points

#147

“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got. There is no yesterday, no tomorrow, it’s all the same day.” —Janis Joplin

9points

#148

“Ditch the dream and be a doer.” —Shonda Rhimes

9points

#149

“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” —Estée Lauder

9points

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#150

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage." — Anais Nin

9points

#151

"I have stood on a mountain of no's for one yes." - B. Smith

9points

#152

"I need to listen well so that I hear what is not said." - Thuli Madonsela

9points

#153

"Don't live life in the past lane." - Samantha Ettus

9points

#154

“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” — Nora Ephron

8points

#155

“What I want young women and girls to know is: You are powerful and your voice matters. You’re going to walk into many rooms where you may be the only one who looks like you or who has had the experiences you’ve had. So you use that voice and be strong.” — Kamala Harris

8points

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#156

“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

8points

#157

“I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.” – Carice van Houten

8points

#158

“Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, ‘She doesn’t have what it takes.’ They will say, ‘Women don’t have what it takes.’” – Clare Boothe Luce

8points

#159

“Her damaged petals are what made her more beautiful than all the other flowers.” – A.J. Lawless

8points

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#160

“You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.” —Erica Jong

8points

Nikki Sevven 2 years ago

Sorry, but this one is naive. There will never be a time in your life where every circumstance is under your control. Sometimes, it's not the lousy cards you're dealt, but how you play them.

0points

#161

“I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story—I will.” — Amy Schumer

7points

#162

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

7points

#163

“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

7points

#164

“Life-fulfilling work is never about the money—when you feel true passion for something you instinctively find ways to nurture it.” —Eileen Fisher

7points

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#165

“A strong woman builds her own world. She is one who is wise enough to know that it will attract the man she will gladly share it with.” – Ellen J. Barrier

6points

#166

"The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves." - Barbara Corcoran

5points

Imogene Cargeaux 2 years ago

Yeah but remember that time she fat shamed Whoopi on like... live tv? And thought she was hilarious? I mean, she came for Whoopi... FUCKEN WHOOPI! You don't come for Whoopi without getting your ass whooped... she's another one who doesn't belong on this list. Women who don't support other women are not women at all.

0points

Saimonas Lukošius

Saimonas is a list curator at Bored Panda with BA in Multimedia. Saimonas has mainly worked as a freelance graphic designer, illustrator and finds joy in anything related to visual arts.

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Justė is a copywriter here at Bored Panda, and though her studies at the Veterinary Academy seemingly have nothing to do with writing, the passion for animals and nature helps in creating the most interesting and engaging posts. She also works with Search Engine Optimization, so you could find Bored Panda's articles easier. Justė's not only an avid equestrian, but she's also a walking encyclopedia. Ask her anything!

Justė is a copywriter here at Bored Panda, and though her studies at the Veterinary Academy seemingly have nothing to do with writing, the passion for animals and nature helps in creating the most interesting and engaging posts. She also works with Search Engine Optimization, so you could find Bored Panda's articles easier. Justė's not only an avid equestrian, but she's also a walking encyclopedia. Ask her anything!

Saulė Tolstych

Saulė is a photo editor at Bored Panda with bachelor's degree in Multimedia and Computer Design. The thing that relaxes her the best is going into YouTube rabbit hole. In her free time she loves painting, embroidering and taking walks in nature.

Saulė is a photo editor at Bored Panda with bachelor's degree in Multimedia and Computer Design. The thing that relaxes her the best is going into YouTube rabbit hole. In her free time she loves painting, embroidering and taking walks in nature.

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Konstancija is a Content Creator at Bored Panda. She has a bachelor’s degree in Translation and Interpreting and a master’s degree in Future Media and Journalism. She is very interested in sustainable fashion and is a perfect companion to go to second-hand shops and antiques for nearly anything: clothes, books or furniture. Her interests also include photography, literature and hiking.

Konstancija is a Content Creator at Bored Panda. She has a bachelor’s degree in Translation and Interpreting and a master’s degree in Future Media and Journalism. She is very interested in sustainable fashion and is a perfect companion to go to second-hand shops and antiques for nearly anything: clothes, books or furniture. Her interests also include photography, literature and hiking.

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Nubis Knight 2 years ago

“Butterflies are like women — we may look pretty and delicate, but baby, we can fly through a hurricane.” - Betty White

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Mazer 2 years ago

Betty White… man what an amazing human being!!

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Kona Pake 2 years ago

“ Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

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S. 2 years ago

“The thing about life is, every time you learn a lesson, another one is waiting right at the corner. You never know everything.” – Taylor Swift

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Nubis Knight 2 years ago

“Butterflies are like women — we may look pretty and delicate, but baby, we can fly through a hurricane.” - Betty White

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Mazer 2 years ago

Betty White… man what an amazing human being!!

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Kona Pake 2 years ago

“ Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

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S. 2 years ago

“The thing about life is, every time you learn a lesson, another one is waiting right at the corner. You never know everything.” – Taylor Swift

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