Welcome to our Women Quotes page, where we celebrate and empower women through the wisdom and inspiration of words. Throughout history, women have played pivotal roles in shaping society, breaking barriers, and challenging norms. From renowned feminists to iconic female leaders, the quotes we have gathered here offer a glimpse into the strength, resilience, and brilliance of women across the globe.
On this page, you will find a collection of powerful quotes that capture the essence of womanhood. Whether you’re looking for quotes to share on social media, use in presentations, or simply draw inspiration from, you’ve come to the right place. These words serve as a reminder of the boundless potential that women possess and the profound impact they have on the world. So, feel free to browse and explore these insightful quotes, and let them inspire you in your journey. Simply scroll down to discover the quotes and unleash the power of these words in your own way.
Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions; their reasons are always different. George Santayana
No doubt exists that all women are crazy; it’s only a question of degree. W. C. Fields
Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness. Oprah Winfrey
Women’s liberation is the liberation of the feminine in the man and the masculine in the woman. Corita Kent
Women, can’t live with them, can’t live without them. Desiderius Erasmus
You women could make someone fall in love even with a lie. Georg Buchner
It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe. Hedy Lamarr
Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him. Marlene Dietrich
I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself. Anne Bronte
A woman should be like a single flower, not a whole bouquet. Anna Held
Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can’t get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb. Yul Brynner
A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward. Minna Antrim
Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven. George Sand
Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men. George Bernard Shaw
Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies. Arthur Schopenhauer
Women have a predestination to suffering. Bela Lugosi
You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men. Benjamin Disraeli
Women don’t realize how powerful they are. Judith Light
I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn’t be a staring contest. Frank Sinatra
A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous. Coco Chanel
My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the ’40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse. Golda Meir
I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves. Mary Shelley
I’m not denyin’ the women are foolish. God Almighty made ’em to match the men. George Eliot
Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible. Margaret Mead
The age of a woman doesn’t mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We’ve been taught that silence would save us, but it won’t. Audre Lorde
I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex. Katharine Hepburn
In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power. Elizabeth Wurtzel
A women who doesn’t wear perfume has no future. Coco Chanel
Women think with their whole bodies and they see things as a whole more than men do. Dorothy Day
Women, you can have it all – a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career. Jada Pinkett Smith
People don’t want to see women doing things they don’t think women should do. Joan Jett
When women go wrong, men go right after them. Mae West
A lot of women say they love being pregnant, but I wasn’t such a big fan. Marion Jones
For women’s tears are but the sweat of eyes. Juvenal
To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women. Angela Davis
After all those years as a woman hearing ‘not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough,’ almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, ‘I’m enough.’ Anna Quindlen
Women cannot complain about men anymore until they start getting better taste in them. Bill Maher
The house a woman creates is a Utopia. She can’t help it – can’t help trying to interest her nearest and dearest not in happiness itself but in the search for it. Marguerite Duras
Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain’t got. Josh Billings
Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. William Shakespeare
Woman is the dominant sex. Men have to do all sorts of stuff to prove that they are worthy of woman’s attention. Camille Paglia
The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time. John Barrymore
God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I’ve ever met. Farrah Fawcett
Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry. Gloria Steinem
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. Timothy Leary
Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration. E. M. Forster
Any time women come together with a collective intention, it’s a powerful thing. Whether it’s sitting down making a quilt, in a kitchen preparing a meal, in a club reading the same book, or around the table playing cards, or planning a birthday party, when women come together with a collective intention, magic happens. Phylicia Rashad
You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy. Erica Jong
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. Joseph Conrad
From birth to age 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35 she needs good looks. From 35 to 55 she needs a good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash. Sophie Tucker
Were there no women, men might live like gods. Thomas Dekker
Women hold up half the sky. Mao Zedong
Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. Charlotte Whitton
A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. Eleanor Roosevelt
In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits. Arnold Schwarzenegger
I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered. Andrew Cuomo
I don’t know why women want any of the things men have when one of the things that women have is men. Coco Chanel
Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women’s clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear. Anatole France
I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled. Charlize Theron
The test of civilization is its estimate of women. George William Curtis
Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work… a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work. Barbra Streisand
Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience. H. L. Mencken
If women were particular about men’s characters, they would never get married at all. George Bernard Shaw
I will not say that women have no character; rather, they have a new one every day. Heinrich Heine
Wives are young men’s mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men’s nurses. Francis Bacon
Women’s Lib? Oh, I’m afraid it doesn’t interest me one bit. I’ve been so liberated it hurts. Lucille Ball
Women need not always keep their mouths shut and their wombs open. Emma Goldman
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. Jane Austen
As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot. John Lennon
Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so. Robert Frost
Disguise our bondage as we will, ‘Tis woman, woman, rules us still. Thomas Moore
Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves. Brigitte Bardot
Women don’t take enough risks. Men are just ‘foot on the gas pedal.’ We’re not going to close the achievement gap until we close the ambition gap. Sheryl Sandberg
If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman. Margaret Thatcher
Women often postpone their lives, thinking that if they’re not with a partner then it doesn’t really count. They’re still searching for their prince, in a way. And as much as we don’t discuss that, because it’s too embarrassing and too sad, I think it really does exist. Jane Campion
I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I’ve always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman, without a husband. Little Richard
Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom. Alice Walker
I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved. B. R. Ambedkar
It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs. Margaret Thatcher
What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don’t have, is just love what we do have. Cameron Diaz
The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet. Adrienne Rich
One hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen. James Howell
The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking. Gail Sheehy
I think that women just have a primeval instinct to make soup, which they will try to foist on anybody who looks like a likely candidate. Dylan Moran
One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
All issues are women’s issues – and there are several that are just women’s business. Eddie Bernice Johnson
If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious. Alphonse Karr
Women need space and silence. We too quickly give away our energy. There’s something about holding that richness. Natalie Goldberg
A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother’s love. Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling. Louisa May Alcott
Women like to sit down with trouble – as if it were knitting. Ellen Glasgow
Women are the real architects of society. Cher
Until Eve arrived, this was a man’s world. Richard Armour
Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away. Barbara De Angelis
I guess at the end of the day, all women like to be appreciated and treated with respect and kindness. Sofia Vergara
How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself. Anais Nin
Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves. Henri Frederic Amiel
