It’s important to note that strength does not always physical. Strength is more of a mental characteristic and women have shown time and time again how strong they can be, mentally if not always physically.
A strong woman can get back up when life knocks her down and will never settle for less than she deserves.
And the following collection of the best strong women quotes will show you just that.
So, whenever you are going through a difficult time, remember that you are inherently awesome as a woman. And that you can achieve anything you set your mind to.
If you need a refresher on this awesomeness, return to this article and read these 155 strong women quotes.
155 Strong women quotes
Best strong women quotes
The strongest actions for a woman is to love herself, be herself and shine amongst those who never believed she could.
– Unknown
Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.
– Maya Angelou
You must know that you can do this. You are strong. And you will make it. Just hang on and keep believing in yourself, always.
– Heather A. Stillufsen
I am a strong woman. I don’t sit around feeling sorry for myself, nor let people mistreat me. I don’t respond to people who dictate to me or try to bring me down. If I fall, I will rise up even stronger because I am a survivor and not a victim. I am in control of my life and there is nothing I can’t achieve.
– Anonymous
Life is tough, my darling, but so are you.
– Stephanie Bennett-Henry
The world needs strong women—women who will lift and build others, who will love and be loved, women who live bravely, both tender and fierce, women of indomitable will.
– Amy Tenney
Don’t let a little stormy weather get you down, there is always sunshine on the other side.
– Heather A. Stillufsen
A strong woman understands that the gifts such as logic, decisiveness, and strength are just as feminine as intuition and emotional connection. She values and uses all of her gifts.
– Nancy Rathburn
I’m tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a b*tch, okay.
– Madonna
A strong woman knows she has strength enough for the journey, but a woman of strength knows it is in the journey where she will become strong.
– Unknown
Understand that getting help isn’t a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.
– Michelle Obama
I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. And I want to be respected for all of my femaleness because I deserve to be.
– Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Be a strong woman. So your daughter will have a role model and your son will know what to look for in a woman when he’s a man.
– Unknown
Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.
– Maya Angelou
I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.
– Queen Latifah
It isn’t what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.
– Jane Austen
Some women choose to follow men, and some 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.
– Lady Gaga
A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not to do.
– Marge Piercy
And one day, she discovered that she was fierce, and strong, and full of fire, and that not even she could hold herself back because her passion burned brighter than her fears.
– Mark Anthony
She was powerful not because she wasn’t scared, but because she went on so strongly, despite the fear.
– Atticus
Having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage, not weakness.
– Katherine Henson
A strong woman is one who feels deeply and loves fiercely. Her tears flow as abundantly as her laughter. A strong woman is both soft and powerful, she is both practical and spiritual. A strong woman in her essence is a gift to the world.
– Ritu Ghatourey
I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
– Angela Davis
A strong woman loves, forgives, walks away, lets go, tries again, and perseveres … no matter what life throws at her.
– Unknown
When she laughed she was beautiful, when she cried she was beautiful, but, when she was determined she was sexy as hell.
– Matt Baker
Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.
– Unknown
I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.
– Serena Williams
Life has knocked me down a few times, it showed me things I never wanted to see. I experienced sadness and failures. But one thing for sure, I always get up.
– Unknown
I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles.
– Audrey Hepburn
Sometimes it takes balls to be a woman. – Elizabeth Cook
Strong women are confident quotes
Strong women don’t play the victim. Don’t make themselves look pitiful and don’t point fingers. They stand and they deal.
– Mandy Hale
Don’t let anyone speak for you, and don’t rely on others to fight for you.
– Michelle Obama
I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody’s passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn’t mind learning.
– Amy Poehler
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
– Judy Garland
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 we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
– Marie Curie
A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.
– Coco Chanel
You must know that you can do this. You are strong. You can do it. Just hang on and keep believing in yourself, always.
– Heather A. Stillufsen
Learn to embrace your own unique beauty, celebrate your unique gifts with confidence. Your imperfections are actually a gift.
– Kerry Washington
There’s something so special about a woman who dominates in a man’s world. It takes a certain grace, strength, intelligence, fearlessness, and the nerve to never take no for an answer.
– Rihanna
A strong woman looks a challenge dead in the eye and gives it a wink.
– Gina Carey
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
– Helen Keller
I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship.
– Louisa May Alcott
True champions aren’t always the ones that win, but those with the most guts.
– Mia Hamm
I was built this way for a reason, so I’m going to use it.
– Simone Biles
I need to see my own beauty and to continue to be reminded that I am enough, that I am worthy of love without effort, that I am beautiful, that the texture of my hair and that the shape of my curves, the size of my lips, the color of my skin, and the feelings that I have are all worthy and okay.
– Tracee Ellis Ross
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
– Maya Angelou
You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
– Rosalynn Carter
Because confidence is really trust in yourself, right? It has nothing to do with what someone else thinks of you; it’s what you think of you.
– Chrissy Metz
There’s nothing wrong with a woman being comfortable, confident.
– Selena Gomez
Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.
– Gillian Anderson
If you don’t see a clear path for what you want, sometimes you have to make it yourself.
– Mindy Kaling
But the real secret to total gorgeousness is to believe in yourself, have self-confidence, and try to be secure in your decisions and thoughts.
– Kirsten Dunst
My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
– Ruth Bader Ginsburg
There is power in seeing a face that looks like yours do something, be someone. There is power in moving from the sidelines to the center.
– Jenny Han
I figure, if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and be one.
– Calamity Jane
A confident woman does not follow the crowd, she is herself.
– Loretta Young
But the real secret to total gorgeousness is to believe in yourself, have self-confidence, and try to be secure in your decisions and thoughts.
– Kirsten Dunst
If you’re always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.
– Maya Angelou
Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
– Sheryl Sandberg
You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
– Rosalynn Carter
Strong women overcome their fears quotes
Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it.
– Judy Blume
Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong.
– Sarah Dessen
The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
– Nelson Mandela
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
– Marie Curie
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.
– Mary Ferguson
Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.
– Thich Nhat Hanh
The key to change… is to let go of fear.
– Roseanne Cash
Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.
– Oprah Winfrey
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.
– Helen Keller
Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.
– Bill Cosby
One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.
– Henry Ford
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
– Dale Carnegie
We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.
– Marilyn Monroe
Do not be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
– John Rockefeller
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
– Bertrand Russell
Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.
– Benjamin Franklin
The majority of the things that I do, I’m actually afraid to do, but you just have to have a positive attitude and block out any fears that you have.
– Aly Raisman
I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
– Rosa Parks
Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.
– Napoleon Hill
You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.
– Michelle Obama
Be courageous. Challenge orthodoxy. Stand up for what you believe in. When you are in your rocking chair talking to your grandchildren many years from now, be sure you have a good story to tell.
– Amal Clooney
Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.
– Maya Angelou
If you are afraid of failure, you don’t deserve success.
– Nastia Liukin
I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all.
– Simone Biles
Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.
– Epictetus
To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.
– Katherine Paterson
We can choose to be afraid of it. Just stand there trembling, not moving. Assuming the worst that can happen. Or we step forward into the unknown, and assume it will be brilliant.
– Sandra Oh
I’ve always wanted to be a woman who isn’t afraid to tell her story.
– Andra day
I’ve had to learn through experiences not to be afraid to fail. You don’t know what the future holds for you. You can hope your dreams come true, but you have to be fearless. I don’t want to look back and think, ‘What if?’
– Nastia Liukin
Strong women are compassionate quotes
A woman is a full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.
– Diane Mariechild
A strong woman loves, forgives, walks away, let us go, tries again, and perseveres… not matter what life at her.
– Unknown
When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
– Helen Keller
Forgive those who insult you, attack you, belittle you or take you for granted. But more than this, forgive yourself for allowing them to hurt you.
– Unknown
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
– Plato
More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.
– Roy T. Bennett
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
– Neil deGrasse Tyson
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
– John Holmes
How would your life be different if…You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day…You look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey.
– Steve Maraboli
We are all different. Don’t judge, understand instead.
– Roy T. Bennett
Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. – J.R.R. Tolkien
It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.
– John Joseph Powell
Our task must be to free ourselves… by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and it’s beauty.
– Albert Einstein
We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.
– Steve Maraboli
I would rather be thought of as smart, capable, strong and passionate than beautiful. These things all persist long after beauty fades.
– Cassandra Duffy
Sometimes an angel, sometimes a hell raiser. Always a strong woman.
– R.H. Sin
We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free.
– Kavita Ramdas
Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.
– Bernice King
If we cultivate compassion for those who have hurt us, we have the possibility of overcoming our anger, pain, and fear. Compassion is a great medicine.
– Goldie Hawn
Strong women are independent quotes
She was free in her wilderness, she was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man.
– Roman Payne
I’d never been a good damsel in distress. I was a ‘hands-on’ damsel.
– Jennifer Armintrout
I am a woman with thoughts and questions and shit to say. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story— I will.
– Amy Schumer
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
A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.
– Marge Piercy
Figure out who are you separate from your family, and the man or woman you’re in a relationship with. Find who you are in this world and what you need to feel good alone. I think that’s the most important thing in life. Find a sense of self. With that, you can do anything else.
– Angelina Jolie
Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.
– Bryon Katie
I am the heat of a wildfire, the race of a storm. I am strong. Delicate things are pretty cute, even. I am not delicate. I am wild, fierce and unpredictable. I am breathtaking. I am beautiful. I am sacred.
– Brooke Hampton
Enjoy life, study hard, play hard, be kind to other people, set high standards, and don’t be afraid to say ‘No.’
– Nia Long
A strong, independent woman has the courage to be the best version of herself. Until you start trying to become the best you can be, you never really know the true potential that is within you.
– Oprah Winfrey
I don’t have any time to stay up all night worrying about what someone who doesn’t love me has to say about me.
– Viola Davis
I didn’t have anybody. Really, no foundation in life, so I had to make my own way. Always, from the start. I had to go out in the world and become strong, to discover my mission in life.
– Tina Turner
Beneath every strong, independent woman lies a broken little girl who had to learn how to get back up and to never depend on anyone.
– Unknown
She would rather walk alone in darkness than follow anyone else’s shadow.
– R.G. Moon
My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
– Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Strong women are true to themselves quotes
Learn to embrace your own unique beauty, celebrate your unique gifts with confidence. Your imperfections are actually a gift.
– Kerry Washington
You draw your own box. You introduce yourself as who you are. . . . You create the identity you want for yourself.
– Meghan Markle
Some people say I have attitude – maybe I do… but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right there.
– Venus Williams
Don’t settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that’s in us.
– Angela Bassett
Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.
– Bethany Hamilton
I don’t go by the rule book. I lead from the heart, not the head.
– Diana Spencer
A strong woman understands that the gifts such as logic, decisiveness, and strength are just as feminine as intuition and emotional connection. She values and uses all of her gifts.
– Nancy Rathburn
Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions… Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.
– Tina Fey
Women who had the strength to really stand up for something that they knew needed to be done is the best example of no matter how small you might feel, how low you may feel on the ladder or the totem pole, no matter what color you are, no matter what gender you are, you have a voice and you certainly have the right to speak up for what is right.
– Meghan Markle
I have a strong personality, and I say what I think.
– Penelope Cruz
We must reject not only the stereotypes that others hold of us, but also the stereotypes that we hold of ourselves.
– Shirley Chisholm
Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
– Audre Lorde
One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I’m a woman. That is the way all females should feel.
– Marilyn Monroe
I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman.
– Diane Von Furstenberg
You stand and you deal. You face the world with a head held high and you carry the universe in your heart.
– C. JoyBell C.
Be strong, believe in who you are; be strong, believe in what you feel.
– Melissa Etheridge
I think the truth of the matter is, people who end up as ‘first’ don’t actually set out to be first. They set out to do something they love and it just so happens that they are the first to do it.
– Condoleezza Rice
I can do anything when I am in a tutu.
– Misty Copeland
Don’t hold back because you think it’s unladylike. We shouldn’t be shamed out of our anger. We should be using it. Using it to make change in our own lives, and using it to make change in the lives around us.
– Jessica Valenti
I am woman phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, that’s me.
– Maya Angelou
Strong women are positive quotes
I am thankful for my struggle because, without it, I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength.
– Alex Elle
I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally.
– Marilynne Robinson
You must know this, there is always something out there that you can keep fighting for. So don’t give up.
– Heather A. Stillufsen
A strong woman builds others up because she knows what it’s like to be torn down.
– Shannon L. Alder
Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.
– Diana Ross
Sometimes, I wake up and think I look horrible. And sometimes, I see a strong woman.
– Irina Shayk
To the woman reading this with a restless soul and an aching heart I want you to know that sometimes you have to break down in order to break through.
– R.H. Sin
Life is very interesting In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.
– Drew Barrymore
Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. And, when you stumble, keep faith. And, when you’re knocked down, get right back up and never listen to anyone who says you can’t or shouldn’t go on.
– Hillary Rodham Clinton
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
– Oprah Winfrey
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