I Am Woman Quotes

I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair.

I am woman, hear me roar.

I am life, I am strength, I am woman.

I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore, and I know too much to go back and pretend.

They (the women) will always do it, it seems to me... I am woman and I am strong.

I am strong, I am invincible, I am woman.

These false answers such as, I am stone, I am bird, I am animal, I am man, I am woman, I am great, I am small are, in turn, received, tested and discarded until the Question arrives at the right and Final Answer, I AM GOD.

One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.

The best way to succeed is to discover what you love and find a way to offer it to others.

Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

We ask justice, we ask equality, we ask that all the civil and political rights that belong to citizens of the United States, be guaranteed to us and our daughters forever.

A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.

Whatever you do, be different - that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can't think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you're different, you will stand out.

Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.

Whatever you do, be different. If you're different, you will stand out.

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

Humans tend to start the process of change by acknowledging themselves. Thus blacks asserted black pride and 'black is beautiful;' women declared 'I am woman, I am strong'; men are saying 'I am man, I am okay.' After a quarter of a century of male bashing, that's not a bad start.

Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.

Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.

Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes'; They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.

I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must not, for whatever reason, turn his back on life." Another "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.

When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less