Quotes for Women “I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. And I want to be respected in all of my fe...
Quotes for Women
“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.” ― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“If women want any rights more than they’s got, why don’t they just take them, and not be talking about it.” — Sojourner Truth
“If the first woman… was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back and get it right side up again.” –Sojourner Truth
Your silence will not protect you.-Audre Lorde
“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.” — Zora Neale Hurston
“Women will be hidden no more. We will not remain hidden figures. We have names. … It was woman that gave you Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It was woman that gave you Malcolm X. And according to the Bible, it was a woman that gave you Jesus. Don’t you ever forget it.”
Janelle Monáe
“No woman should be told she can’t make decisions about her own body. When women’s rights are under attack, we fight back.”
Kamala Harris
“When you take care of yourself, you’re a better person for others. When you feel good about yourself, you treat others better.” – Solange Knowles
“Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.” – Marva Collins
Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. … It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“We must reject not only the stereotypes that others hold of us, but also the stereotypes that we hold of ourselves.” ― Shirley Chisholm
“By propagating women’s nature as non-violent they are discouraging women from becoming fighters in the struggle for their own liberation and that of society.”
Anuradha Ghandy
I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.- Maya Angelou
“You don’t have to be pretty. You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female.'”
Erin McKean
“Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.” – Oprah Winfrey
“Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong, it’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.”
G.D. Anderson
“When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.” ― Oprah Winfrey
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” — Ida B. Wells
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