Being a woman or a girl growing up in today’s world is not just challenging but very frustrating as well. Though I’m not a female, I’ll attempt to gather some quotes and sayings that should encourage women in general regardless of their emotional, psychological and financial challenges. Thank you.
A woman is like a teabag. It’s only when she’s in hot water that you realize how strong she is. ~Nancy Reagan
If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down, these women together ought to be able to turn it right again. ~Sojourner Truth
As long as you don’t forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy rent-free space in your mind. ~Isabelle Holland
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. ~Judy Garland
Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. A woman must do what he can’t. ~Rhonda Hansome
The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source. ~Lucretia Mott
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. ~Ella Fitzgerald
In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man – if you want anything done, ask a woman. ~Margaret Thatcher
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. ~Louisa May Alcott
Failure is another stepping stone to greatness. ~Oprah Winfrey
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. ~Harriet Beecher Stowe
A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon. ~Arnold Haultain
Don’t wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater. ~Mary Manin Morrissey
I’ve got a woman’s ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it. ~Margaret Thatcher
You can’t just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream; you’ve got to get out there and make it happen for yourself. ~Diana Ross
Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion. ~Martha Graham
Men have the grand vision, and they pass it on to somebody else to put into practice. Women follow the details more, they want to know that it is being put into practice. ~Mary Eugenia Charles
I do not wish them to have power over men, but over themselves. ~Mary Wollstonecraft
But life is a battle: may we all be enabled to fight it well! ~Charlotte Bronte
I’m not happy, I’m cheerful. There’s a difference. A happy woman has no cares at all. A cheerful woman has cares but has learned how to deal with them. ~Beverly Sills
The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain. ~Jennifer Anniston
Then that little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause Christ wasn’t a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him. ~Sojourner Truth
You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. ~Barbara De Angelis
Men build houses; women build homes. ~American proverb
Instruct a man, you instruct an individual. Instruct a woman, you instruct a nation. ~Moroccan proverb
A man will never heed the voice of a woman until it is too late. ~African proverb
I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much. ~Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Champions have the courage to keep turning the pages because they know a better chapter lies ahead. ~Paula White