1.“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott, author of the novel Little Women.
2.“If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.” – Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
3.“The hard days are what make you stronger.” – Aly Raisman, two time Olympic gymnast.
4.“Change takes courage.” – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American politician and the youngest ever woman to serve in the United States Congress.
5.“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” – Frida Kahlo, 20th Century Mexican painter, often remembered as a feminist icon.
6.“Power’s not given to you. You have to take it.” – Beyoncé Knowles Carter, American singer, songwriter and record producer.
7.“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” – Oprah Winfrey, TV host, entrepreneur and producer.
8.“I’d rather regret the risk that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all.” – Simone Biles, third most decorated gymnast of all time.
9.“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.” – Florence Nightingale, statistician and the founder of modern nursing.
10.“Surround yourself with people and things that inspire you. Learn everything you can.” – Jameela Jamil, British actress and activist.
11.“I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.” – Estée Lauder, American businesswoman.
12.“The more things you do, the more you can do.” – Lucille Ball, American actress, comedian, model and producer.
13.“If one man can destroy everything, why can’t one girl change it?” – Malala Yousafzai, activist for girls’ education and the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner.
14.“It will always be relevant and always be inspiring to see somebody turning themselves into a warrior.” – Phoebe Waller Bridge, award winning actress, writer and producer.
15.“Girls should never be afraid to be smart.” – Emma Watson, British actress and activist.
16.“The energy you’ll expend focusing on someone else’s life is better spent working on your own. Just be your own idol.” – Sophia Amoruso, founder of Nasty Gal.
17.“I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.” – Queen Elizabeth I, in her Speech to the Troops at Tilbury.
18.“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” – Maya Angelou, American poet and civil rights activist.
19.“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt, American diplomat and activist, and former First Lady of the United States.
20.“I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.” – Corazon Aquino, first female President of the Philippines.
21.“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker, American author, poet and social activist.
22.“I don’t think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains.” – Anne Frank, one of the most well known victims of the Holocaust after her diary was published posthumously.
23.“I learned that you go through things, you deal with them and that’s what empowers you and ultimately makes you a happy person.” – Demi Lovato, American singer and activist.
24.“I don’t regret any of the life decisions I’ve made in my life because with every choice I’ve made I’ve learned something new.” – Ariana Grande, Spotify’s 4th most streamed artist of the decade.
25.“I just knew if it could be done, it had to be done, and I did it.” – Gertrude Ederle, Olympic swimmer and the first woman to swim across the Channel, breaking the men’s record in doing so.
26.“Say yes, and you’ll figure it out afterward” – Tina Fey, actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright.
27.“Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.” – Carrie Fisher, American actress and writer.
28.“No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.” – Virginia Woolf, ground breaking 20th Century novelist.
29.“Sexy and smart are not oil and water. You don’t have to dumb yourself down to be cute.” – Pink, American singer and feminist icon.
30.“To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.” – Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist.
31.“It isn’t where you came from, it’s where you’re going that counts.” – Ella Fitzgerald, American Jazz singer and 13 time Grammy award winner.
32.“You have to do what you dream of doing even while you’re afraid.” – Arianna Huffington, author and co-founder of The Huffington Post.
33.“Stand up for what you believe in even if you are standing alone.” – Sophie Scholl, leader of a non-violent, anti-Nazi resistance group, and executed by the Nazis at age 21.
34.“When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.” – Queen Elizabeth II, longest reigning British monarch after becoming Queen of England at age 25.
35.“I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child—What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.” – Michelle Obama, lawyer, writer, and former First Lady of the United States.
36.“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King, former World No.1 tennis player who famously defeated Bobby Riggs in a match after he claimed that female tennis players were inferior.
37.“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do.” – Georgia O’Keefe, American artist and a pioneer of American modernism.
38.“You just gotta keep going and fighting for everything, and one day you’ll get to where you want.” – Naomi Osaka, two time Grand Slam winner and the first Asian tennis player to be ranked No.1 in the world.
39.“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller, American author and activist who became the first deaf and blind person to earn a BA degree in 1904.
40.“This life is what you make it. No matter what, you’re going to mess up sometimes, it’s a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you’re going to mess it up.” – Marilyn Monroe, American actress, model and singer.
41.“Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.” – Hillary Clinton, American politician, diplomat and lawyer.
42.“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, ground breaking physicist and the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
43.“Some women choose to follow men, and some women 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, singer, songwriter and music producer.
44.“Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.” – Amelia Earhart, world famous pilot and the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
45.“Many people say I’m the best women’s soccer player in the world. I don’t think so. And because of that, someday I just might be.” – Mia Hamm, two time Olympic gold medalist and two time FIFA Women’s World Cup winner.
46.“I am not lucky. You know what I am? I am smart, I am talented, I take advantage of the opportunities that come my way and I work really, really hard. Don’t call me lucky. Call me a badass.” – Shonda Rhimes, American writer and producer.
47.“When we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.” – Marie Kondo, best selling author of The Life Changing Magic of Tidying.
48.“We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.” – Katharine Hepburn, American stage and film actress.
49.“With a defeat, when you lose, you get up, you make it better, you try again. That’s what I do in life, when I get down, when I get sick, I don’t want to just stop. I keep going and I try to do more.” – Serena Williams, American tennis player and winner of 23 Grand Slam titles.