Alpha Female

53 Quotes That Describe Your Inner Alpha Female

The heart of a woman will never be found in the arms of a man. 
Katie Mather
August 3, 2016
“Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.”
— Tina Fey, Bossypants
Tagged: Alpha Female, Women, Powerful Women, boss
“If you want to be successful and you are a woman, you have to understand that there’s all kinds of horrible stuff that comes with it, and you simply cannot do anything about it but move on.”
— Nora Ephron, Nora Knows What To Do - The New Yorker
Tagged: Alpha Female, Women, boss, Success
“How many women had to hit that glass before the pressure of their effort caused it to evolve from a thick pane of glass into just a thin sheet of splintered ice? … Making it through the glass ceiling to the other side was simply a matter of running on a path created by every other woman’s footprints. I just hit at exactly the right time in exactly the right spot.”
— Shonda Rhimes, Shonda Rhimes at THR's 2014 Power Women Event: "I Haven't Broken Through Any Glass Ceilings"
Tagged: Alpha Female, Women, Woman, boss, Power, Television
“It’s also important to realize that it’s okay to be the first. If you constantly look for role models who look like you, then there won’t be any firsts.”
— Condoleezza Rice, Remarks at the Women's Conference 2008
Tagged: Alpha Female, Women, Woman, boss, Role Models
“[Being a boss] is my job…We’re all feminists here and I don’t think anyone I work with would interpret that being a boss would be like being a bitch or anything.”
— Tavi Gevinson, Tavi Gevinson Dishes On Online Magazine 'Rookie' That Launches Today
Tagged: Alpha Female, Women, Woman, boss, In Charge, Bitch
“I always get asked, ‘Where do you get your confidence?’ I think people are well meaning, but it’s pretty insulting. Because what it means to me is, ‘You, Mindy Kaling, have all the trappings of a very marginalized person. You’re not skinny, you’re not white, you’re a woman. Why on earth would you feel like you’re worth anything?’”
— Mindy Kaling, Mindy Kaling: 'I Don't Want To Be Skinny'
Tagged: Alpha Female, Women, Woman, boss, In Charge, Television
“We should not wait for someone else to come and raise our voice. We should do it by ourselves. We should believe in ourselves. Yes, we can do it. One day you will see that all the girls will be powerful; all the girls will be going to school. And it is possible only by our struggle; only when we raise our voice.”
— Malala Yousafzai, Malala Yousafzai - 2013 Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards, Global Trailblazer
Tagged: Alpha Female, Women, Woman, voice, Power, Believe In Yourself, Girls, School, Education, Struggle
“I love bossy women. Some people hate the word, and I understand how ‘bossy’ can seem like a shitty way to describe a woman with a determined point of view, but for me, a bossy woman is someone to search out and celebrate. A bossy woman is someone who cares and commits and is a natural leader.”
— Amy Poehler, Yes Please
Tagged: Alpha Female, Women, Woman, Bossy, boss, Leadership, leader
“You could certainly say that I’ve never underestimated myself, there’s nothing wrong with being ambitious.”
— Angela Merkel, Merkel's Moment
Tagged: Alpha Female, Woman, Women, Ambition, Ambitious
“Whether I am meant to or not, I challenge assumptions about women. I do make some people uncomfortable, which I’m well aware of, but that’s just part of coming to grips with what I believe is still one of the most important pieces of unfinished business in human history—empowering women to be able to stand up for themselves.”
— Hillary Clinton, Hillary Talks Sexism, Obama's Job Offer, and Mad Men to Vogue
Tagged: Alpha Female, Women, Woman, Challenging Assumptions, Uncomfortable, Business, Human History, Empowering, Power, Leadership
“I handle my business and also I speak up for myself. But if I was not like this, so many people would’ve taken advantage of me…I just always felt like, I’m never going to let anyone pull me down and make me feel small. I’m never going to let a man do that and I think sometimes that transfers over into your career as a woman … I’m a businesswoman.”
— Nicki Minaj, Nicki Minaj vs Rosenberg Face to Face
Tagged: Alpha Female, Women, Woman, Business, Advantage, learn, Career, Businesswoman, Speak Up For Yourself, voice
“No matter where you are in life, you’ll save a lot of time by not worrying too much about what other people think about you. The earlier in your life that you can learn that, the easier the rest of it will be.”
— Sophia Amoruso, #GIRLBOSS
Tagged: Alpha Female, Girl Boss, boss, Woman, Women, Worrying, learn, Life
“It is pure mythology that women cannot perform as well as men in science, engineering and mathematics. In my experience, the opposite is true: Women are often more adept and patient at untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action.”
— Weili Dai, Women! Embrace your inner geek
Tagged: Alpha Female, Women, Woman, Nerds, Geeks, Smart, Education, Problem Solving, Action, voice, STEM
“I think when you start out in your career, you think that everything is fair, and you are getting equal opportunities. And as you move up higher in the ranks, you realize that actually there are fewer positions and it’s more competitive and it’s harder to get those opportunities. And then you reach a point where you realize, hey, these opportunities are not equal, and I think that’s been the case for many women.”
— Ellen Pao, Ellen Pao on Reaction to Kleiner Case, Workplace Sexism and Running Reddit — Q&A
Tagged: Alpha Female, Women, Woman, Career, opportunities, possibilities, Careers, Competition, Eqaulity
“Who run the world? Girls.”
— Beyoncé, Beyoncé - Run the World (Girls)
Tagged: Alpha Female, Music, Beyonce, Girls, Women, Woman, leader, Power
“There’s nothing a man can do, that I can’t do better and in heels.”
— Ginger Rogers, 50 Badass Quotes From 50 Badass Women
Tagged: Alpha Female, Power, Woman, Women, Men, Heels
“Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.”
— Charlotte Whitton, 50 Badass Quotes From 50 Badass Women
Tagged: Alpha Female, Power, Woman, Women, Men
“It is amazing what a woman can do if only she ignores what men tell her she can’t.”
— Carol K. Carr, 50 Badass Quotes From 50 Badass Women
Tagged: Alpha Female, Power, Woman, Women, Men
“I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.”
— Madonna, 50 Badass Quotes From 50 Badass Women
Tagged: Alpha Female, Power, Woman, Women, Men
“People call me a feminist whenever I express statements that distinguish me from a doormat.”
— Rebecca West, 50 Badass Quotes From 50 Badass Women
Tagged: Alpha Female, Power, Woman, Women, Men
“There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That’s their problem. It’s not mine.”
— Gloria Allred, 50 Badass Quotes From 50 Badass Women
Tagged: Alpha Female, Power, Woman, Women, Men
“I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.”
— Simone de Beauvoir, 50 Badass Quotes From 50 Badass Women
Tagged: Alpha Female, Power, Woman, Women, Men
“I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else.”
— Dolly Parton, 50 Badass Quotes From 50 Badass Women
Tagged: Alpha Female, Power, Woman, Women, Limits
“For too many centuries women have been being muses to artists. I wanted to be the muse, I wanted to be the wife of the artist, but I was really trying to avoid the final issue—that I had to do the job myself.”
— Anaïs Nin, 50 Badass Quotes From 50 Badass Women
Tagged: Alpha Female, Power, Woman, Women, Art, Artists, Muses
“I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.”
— Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 50 Badass Quotes From 50 Badass Women
Tagged: Alpha Female, Power, Woman, Women, Girls
“There shall never be another season of silence until women have the same rights men have on this green earth.”
— Susan B Anthony, 50 Badass Quotes From 50 Badass Women
Tagged: Alpha Female, Power, Woman, Women, Girls, rights
“The heart of a woman will never be found in the arms of a man.”
— Vanessa Carlton, 50 Badass Quotes From 50 Badass Women
Tagged: Alpha Female, Power, Woman, Women, Girls, voice, Men
“How could I choose someone who would force me to give up my own small reach for meaning? I chose myself, and without consolation.”
— Sue Monk Kidd, 50 Badass Quotes From 50 Badass Women
Tagged: Alpha Female, Power, Woman, Women, Girls, voice, Men
“I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes.”
— Toni Morrison, 50 Badass Quotes From 50 Badass Women
Tagged: Alpha Female, Power, Woman, Women, Girls, voice, feminism
“I am a warrior in the time of women warriors; the longing for justice is the sword I carry.”
— Sonia Johnson, 50 Badass Quotes From 50 Badass Women
Tagged: Alpha Female, Power, Woman, Women, Girls, voice, feminism, warrior, strength