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The girls who were unanimously considered beautiful often rested on their beauty alone. I felt I had to do things, to be intelligent and develop a personality in order to be seen as attractive. By the time I realized maybe I wasn't plain and might even possibly be pretty, I had already trained myself to be a little more interesting and informed.
Sep 17, 2025
You don't have to play masculine to be a strong woman.
It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'
Initial of Creation, and The Exponent of Earth
For mad I may be, but I will never be convenient.
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’.
Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
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.
Women are leaders everywhere you look - from the CEO who runs a Fortune 500 company to the housewife who raises her children and heads her household. Our country was built by strong women and we will continue to break down walls and defy stereotypes.
You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.
A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
Women are made to be loved, not understood.
Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you're wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn't love you anymore.
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.
If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.
Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams.
I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.
Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.
The best way to succeed is to discover what you love and find a way to offer it to others.
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.
You know, there's nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. There are a lot of strong women you do not see who are guiding, helping, mothering strong men. They want to remain unseen. It's kind of nice to be able to play a strong woman who is seen.
You know, there's nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women.
A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one.
Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
Women's Day Women are the real architects of society.
Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.
I've never met a woman who is not strong, but sometimes they don't let it out. Then there's a tragedy, and then all of a sudden that strength comes. My message is let the strength come out before the tragedy.
The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.
You know I have never met a woman who is not strong. They don't exist.
Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.
Women have always been the strong ones of the world.
We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.
I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want.
We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.
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.
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.
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.
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started
Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!
It's not your job to like me - it's mine
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.'