A collection of inspiring successful women quotes to inspire you to strive for greatness and pursue your dreams!
Have you been struggling with self-doubt lately? Feeling defeated and need a little motivation to help you out?
These powerful and inspirational quotes from highly successful women will do just that.
These motivational quotes will remind you that you are strong, smart, and confident. You can change your life, you are capable of achieving your dreams and making a positive difference.
I hope that reading these wise words from amazing women will remind you of your capabilities, your invaluable strength and your immeasurable courage and will awaken your drive to strive for greatness and reach for the stars.
So, lift your head up high beautiful, let go of negativity, take action, go after your goals and make a positive difference – you can do it!
60 INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES BY HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL WOMEN
I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘wow I’m not really sure I can do this’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.
— Marissa Mayer
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
— Coco Chanel
No one knows what you have been through or what your pretty little eyes have seen, but I can reassure you ~ whatever you have conquered, it shines through your mind.
— Nikki Rowe
I think beauty comes from within. If you’re happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside.
— Faith Hill
The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.
— Faye Wattleton
It’s possible to climb to the top without stomping on other people.”
— Taylor Swift
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.
— Charlotte Brontë
A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.
— Diane Mariechild
Well-behaved women seldom make history.
— Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.
— Coco Chanel
There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
— Jane Austen
Strategic leaders must not get consumed by the operational and tactical side of their work.
— Stephanie S. Mead
How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?
— Anais Nin
A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want.
— Madonna
I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.
— Madonna
The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.
— Roseanne Barr
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You’re not in competition with other women. You’re in competition with everyone.
—Tina Fey
A dame that knows the ropes isn’t likely to get tied up.
— Mae West
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
INSPIRING QUOTES FROM SUCCESSFUL WOMEN
I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.
— Michelle Obama
Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.
— Shannon L. Alder
Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.
— Anne Sweeney
The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity.
— Virginia Woolf
The strength of a woman is not measured by the impact that all her hardships in life have had on her; but the strength of a woman is measured by the extent of her refusal to allow those hardships to dictate her and who she becomes.
— C. JoyBell C.
The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.
— Ayn Rand
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
— Audrey Hepburn
Darling, when things go wrong in life, you lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a little cocktail…
— Sophie Kinsella
blessed be
she
who is
both
furious
and
magnificent
— Taylor Rhodes
I was my own woman.
The next step was to find the proper sort of man.
— Sylvia Plath
used to walk down the street like I was a super star… I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be – and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth.
— Lady Gaga
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 for something and that this thing must be attained.
— Marie Curie
women
don’t endure
simply because
we can;
no,
women endure
because we aren’t
given any other
choice.
they wanted us weak but forced us to be strong.
— Amanda Lovelace
Don’t waste a single second. Just move forward as fast as you can, and go for it.
— Rebecca Woodcock
A world without men would consists of a bunch of fat, happy women with no crime.
— Jennifer Love Hewitt
An empress does not concern herself with the antics of fools
— Gabrielle Union
I want to be strong and empowered. I want to shock everybody.
— Vanessa Hudgens
MORE SUCCESSFUL WOMEN QUOTES
We are not just women; we are witches. We will pull ourselves on bellies through hardship, we will crawl through pain and we will rise with rage and devour all those who stand in our way.
— Emma Hamm
Only do what your heart tells you.
— Princess Diana
You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.
— Michelle Obama
When life places stones in your path, be the water. A persistent drop of water will wear away even the hardest stone.
— Autumn Morning Star
I’d rather be thought of as smart, capable, strong, and compassionate than beautiful. Those things all persist long after beauty fades.
— Cassandra Duffy
Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.
— Anne Sweeney
It is amazing what a woman can do if only she ignores what men tell her she can’t.
— Carol K. Carr
You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.
— Barbara De Angelis
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.
— Mother Teresa
We make the things that matter, matter.
— Teresa R. Funke
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You are not weak until you feel it, you are not scared until you find fear in it. You are a woman, the beautiful creature of this universe. You are stronger than you think. You are, what you think you are.
— Iqra Ijaz
Delete the negative; accentuate the positive.
— Donna Karan
You have the opportunity to be successful in every season of your life if you follow in God’s will.
— Victoria Lowe
do not be silent. Raise your voice. Be the light in the dark
— Kalynn Bayron
Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.
— Coco Chanel
I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.
— Marissa Mayer
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.
When you feel as though you cannot stand on your own; stand up for another woman, whoever she is and wherever she may be. The next time you look at yourself, you’ll feel invincible, like you never needed crutches, like your own two feet are strong enough. That’s the secret.
— C. JoyBell C.
In times like these, we must be warriors.
— Bethany Stahl
Women have been mighty since the moon first met the night
— Helena Jayne Bryant
Real success asks you to know who you are and who you are not.
— Victoria Lowe
That is how my mom taught me that nothing comes before dreams; they are the priority. I have lived on until today to know, believe and preach that tough times do not last, tough people do!
— Fatima Mohammed
I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.
— Estee Lauder
Which of these inspirational and powerful quotes from successful women resonated with you the most?
I hope that reading the wise words of these strong women will boost your self-confidence, awaken your inner boss and empower you to be the woman you are meant to be.