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36 Empowerment Quotes That Every Girl In America Needs Right Now

The question isn't who's going to let me, it's who is going to stop me.
Kirsten Corley
November 9, 2016
“Our men think earning money and ordering around others is where power lies. They don't think power is in the hands of the woman who takes care of everyone all day long, and gives birth to their children.”
— Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Tagged: Voice Of Youth, Voice Of Strength, Fearless, Fighting Against Silence, Women's Rights, Women's Strength, Power of Women
“As my daughters prepare to set out into the world, I want a leader who is worthy of that truth, a leader who is worthy of my girls’ promise and all our kids’ promise, a leader who will be guided every day by the love and hope and impossibly big dreams that we all have for our children.”
— Michelle Obama, Read Michelle Obama's Emotional Speech at the Convention
Tagged: 2016 Election, 2016 DNC Convention, michelle obama
“I feel like young girls are told that they have to be a princess and fragile. It’s bullshit. I identify much more with being a warrior – a fighter. If I was going to be a princess, I’d be a warrior princess.”
— Emma Watson, Happy Birthday Emma Watson! Here Are 25 Of Her Most Powerful Quotes Every Woman Should Live By
Tagged: inspiration, Girl Power, Emma Watson, Emma Watson Quotes
“I think it is right I am paid the same as my male counterparts. I think it is right that I should make decisions about my own body. I think it is right that women be involved on my behalf in the policies and decisions that affect my life. I think it is right that socially, I am afforded the same respect as men.”
— Emma Watson, 25 Perfect Quotes from Birthday Girl Emma Watson
Tagged: Woman's Rights, Men And Women, Equal Pay, Equality
“A woman can fight just the same as a man can fight.”
— J.K Rowling, The Women Of Harry Potter
Tagged: Women's Rights, Women Power, Equality
“We need to recover from our shock and depression, and do what women have always done in this country: we need to roll up our sleeves and get to work. Because remember this: when they go low, we go high. ”
— Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama addresses Trump remarks, and accusations against him
Tagged: Election 2016, Donald J. Trump, michelle obama
“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, Living History
Tagged: Criticism, Women, strength, feminism, Change
“Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights.”
— Hillary Clinton, Women's Rights Are Human Rights
Tagged: feminism, human rights, Women's Rights, Hillary Clinton
“We need to understand that there is no formula for how women should lead their lives. that is why we must respect the choices that each woman makes for herself and her family. Every woman deserves the chance to realize her God-given potential.”
— Hillary Clinton, It Takes a Village, Tenth Anniversary Edition
Tagged: feminism, Women, Choices, Life, Happiness, Potential, Hillary Clinton
“I believe that in America, if you can dream it, you should be able to build it.”
— Hillary Clinton, Vox
Tagged: America, Dreams, Potential, Ambition, Hillary Clinton
“Our constitutional democracy demands our participation, not just every four years, but all the time. So let's do all we can to keep advancing the causes and values we all hold dear.”
— Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton concession speech
Tagged: Election 2016, Politics, It's Not Over
“I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that’s how I operate my life.”
— Oprah Winfrey, 28 Empowering Quotes From Women Who Kick Ass
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“‘I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.”
— Madona, 28 Empowering Quotes From Women Who Kick Ass
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was to fulfill my profession, which I entered before my husband was in public life.”
— Hilary Clinton, 28 Empowering Quotes From Women Who Kick Ass
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“I’m a feminist because I believe in women… It’s a heavy word, feminism, but it’s not one I think we should run from. I’m proud to be a feminist.”
— Sheryl Sandberg, 28 Empowering Quotes From Women Who Kick Ass
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.”
— Roseanne Barr, 28 Empowering Quotes From Women Who Kick Ass
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“Women have to harness their power – it’s absolutely true. It’s just learning not to take the first no. And if you can’t go straight ahead, you go around the corner.”
— Cher, 28 Empowering Quotes From Women Who Kick Ass
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt,, 28 Empowering Quotes From Women Who Kick Ass
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said, you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That’s exactly what I’ve done. I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.”
— Whoopi Goldberg, 28 Empowering Quotes From Women Who Kick Ass
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. ”
— Ayn Rand, 28 Empowering Quotes From Women Who Kick Ass
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“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, 28 Empowering Quotes From Women Who Kick Ass
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.”
— Maya Angelou, 30 Empowering Quotes from Women Who Dare
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“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, 30 Empowering Quotes from Women Who Dare
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“Feminism isn't about making women strong. Women are already strong. It's about changing the way the world perceives that strength.”
— G.D. Anderson, 30 Empowering Quotes from Women Who Dare
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.”
— Melinda Gates, 30 Empowering Quotes from Women Who Dare
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity.”
— Angelina Jolie, 30 Empowering Quotes from Women Who Dare
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women's voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.”
— Sheryl Sandberg, 30 Empowering Quotes from Women Who Dare
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“Why has the word [feminism] become such an uncomfortable one? It is not the word that is important; it's the idea and the ambition behind it.”
— Emma Watson, 30 Empowering Quotes from Women Who Dare
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“Women have to work much harder to make it in this world. It really pisses me off that women don’t get the same opportunities as men do, or money for that matter. Because lets face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define our values and to define what’s sexy and what’s feminine and that’s bullshit. At the end of the day, it’s not about equal rights, it’s about how we think. We have to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves.”
— Beyoncé Knowles, 30 Empowering Quotes from Women Who Dare
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”
— Malala Yousafzai, 30 Empowering Quotes from Women Who Dare
Tagged: Women Empowerment