1.“Lean in, speak out, have a voice in your organization, and never use the word, ‘sorry’.”
2.“A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.”
3.“Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.”
4.“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it is who is going to stop me.”
5.“If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.”
6.“You will be defined not just by what you achieve, but by how you survive.”
7.“Women are like teabags. We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water.”
8.“Success isn’t about how much money you make. It’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.”
9.“There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of women.”
10.“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.”
11.“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.”
12.“Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.”
13.“Women that believe in each other can survive anything. Women that believe in each other create armies that win kingdoms and win wars.”
14.“If you’re not making some notable mistakes along the way, you’re certainly not taking enough business and career chances.”
15.“If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.”
16.“A strong woman looks a challenge dead in the eye and gives it a wink.”
17.“Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in our absence.”
18.“I don’t go by the rule book. I lead from the heart, not the head.”
19.“I raise up my voice - not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard… We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.”
20.“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.”
21.“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.”
22.“Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.”
23.“A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.”
24.“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.”
25.“There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.”
26.“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.”
27.“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.”
28.“One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I’m a woman. That is the way all females should feel.”
29.“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.”
30.“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.”
31.“It’s not as if I sit back and watch things fly onto my plate. I went for a lot of the things. Success doesn’t happen by waiting for things to happen because there are other people who are hungry. The early bird catches the worm.”
32.“I am slightly offended by the way busy working women my age are presented in film. I’m not, like, always barking orders into my hands-free phone device and telling people constantly, 'I have no time for this!' I didn’t completely forget how to be nice and feminine because I have a career.”