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!

#1

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

#2

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

#3

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

#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

#5

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

#6

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

#7

“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

#8

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

#9

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

#10

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

#11

“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

#12

“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” —Amelia Earhart

#13

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

#14

“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

#15

“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

#16

“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

#17

“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

#18

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

#19

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

#20

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

#21

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

#22

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

#23

“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

#24

“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

#25

“I am mine before I am anyone else’s.” – Nayyirah Waheed

#26

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

#27

“I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.” — Audrey Hepburn

#28

“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

#29

“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

#30

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

#31

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

#32

“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

#33

“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” – Indira Gandhi

#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

#35

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

#36

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

#37

“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

#38

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

#39

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

#40

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