March is women’s history month, and there’s no better time to celebrate the achievements of women. we have rounded inspirational quotes on women’s empowerment from icons like legendary poet Maya Angelou and US Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman to hold office.
Share these 16 Women’s History Month quotes with the women in your life and with your children, and let them know about the impact each of these women had on history.
“Girls are capable of everything that men are capable of. Sometimes they have more imagination than men. —katherine johnsonone of the first black women to work as a NASA mathematician
“Find out who you are and do it on purpose”. —parton dollAmerican singer, songwriter, and philanthropist
“I raise my voice, not so I can shout, but so the voiceless can be heard… We can’t succeed when half of us are held back.” —Malala YousafzaiPakistani female education activist and youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
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“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” —Eleanor RooseveltUS delegate to the United Nations General Assembly and former US First Lady
“Every time a woman stands up for herself, possibly without knowing it, without meaning to, she stands up for all women.” -Poet maya angelou
“Women belong everywhere where decisions are made. Women should not be the exception.” —ruth bader ginsburgUS Supreme Court Justice
“I am an example of what is possible when girls from the beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by the people around them.” —Michelle Obamaattorney, author, and former US First Lady
“Imagine how much happier we would be, how much more free to be our true individual selves, if we weren’t weighed down by gender expectations.” —Chimanda Ngozi Adichieaward-winning Nigerian-American author
“Never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and that you deserve every chance in the world to pursue your dreams.” —Hillary ClintonFormer US Secretary of State, Senator, Presidential Candidate, and First Lady
“Dream with ambition, lead with conviction…and we’ll applaud you every step of the way.”—kamala harrisfirst female vice president of the United States
“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid of failure. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” —Oprah Winfreytalk show host and philanthropist
“I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I always knew the woman I wanted to be.” —Diane Von FurstenbergBelgian fashion designer
“You should never be afraid of what you are doing when it is right.” —Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott
“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.” —melinda doorsAmerican philanthropist and former CEO of Microsoft
“My mother did not raise me to ask permission to lead.” — Ayanna PresleyU.S. Congresswoman and the first black woman elected to the Boston City Council
“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.” —Virginia Woolf, English writer
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