Some interesting quotes and sayings on women to both inspire and provoke careful thinking for girls, women, boys and men alike. Enjoy!
A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her. ~Max Lucado
A man’s face is his autobiography. A woman’s face is her work of fiction. ~Oscar Wilde
Men build houses; women build homes. ~American proverb
Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater. If you give her sperm, she’ll give you a baby.. If you give her a house, she’ll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she’ll give you a meal. If you give her a smile, she’ll give you her heart. She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her. So, if you give her any crap, be ready to receive a ton of shit! ~Anonymous
The rarest thing in the world is a woman who is pleased with photographs of herself. ~Elizabeth Metcalf
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. ~Samuel Johnson
The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them. ~Robert Graves
Every woman beautiful till she speaks. ~Zimbabwean proverb
When women go wrong, men go right after them. ~Mae West
Modesty is the beauty of women. ~Scottish proverb
A lady is a woman who makes it easy for a man to be a gentleman. ~American proverb
Woman begins by resisting a man’s advances and ends by blocking his retreat. ~Oscar Wilde
The woman cries before the wedding and the man after. ~Polish proverb
Men get wealth and women keep it. ~British proverb
A educated woman finds few suitors. ~Austrian proverb
If you search for a faultless woman, you will remain a bachelor. ~Turkish proverb
Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women. ~Elsa Schiaparelli
A shy woman is worth a city, a shy man is worth a goat. ~Kurdish proverb
Instruct a man, you instruct an individual. Instruct a woman, you instruct a nation. ~Moroccan proverb
Women get the last word in every argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument. ~Author Unknown
Every woman needs two men — one to be married to and the other to compare. ~French proverb
Men really prefer reasonably attractive women; they go after the sensational ones to impress other men. ~Mignon McLaughlin
Love enters man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~American proverb
A woman told me that a woman told her. ~Irish proverb
For a chaste woman God is enough. ~Spanish proverb
A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon. ~Arnold Haultain
A man will never heed the voice of a woman until it is too late. ~African proverb
The wind changes every day; a woman changes every second. ~Spanish proverb
Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked. ~Ovid
Necessity teaches the naked woman to spin. ~Danish proverb
A woman is like a bee treat her well and she will make honey, treat her badly and she will go wild. ~African proverb
The man that won’t marry a woman with other admirers won’t marry a woman at all. ~Nigerian proverb
A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home. ~Chinese proverb
One woman understands another. ~Irish proverb
A woman’s polite devotion is her greatest beauty. ~African proverb
An excuse is nearer to a woman than her apron. ~Irish proverb
The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese proverb
A woman can beat the devil. ~Irish proverb
The beauty of a woman becomes useless if there is no one to admire it. ~African proverb
A woman is a fortress, a man her prisoner. ~Kurdish proverb
A patient woman can roast an ox with a lantern. ~Chinese proverb
No mirror ever reflected an ugly woman. ~Spanish proverb
He who takes a woman gives away his freedom. ~Italian proverb
The man deliberates, the woman decides. ~Spanish proverb
A woman gets thirty percent of her beauty from nature and seventy percent from makeup. ~Chinese proverb
To tell a woman what she cannot do is to tell her what she can. ~Spanish proverb
A woman’s tears are worth a lot, but cost little. ~Spanish proverb
A beautiful woman smiling, bespeaks a purse weeping. ~Italian proverb
A woman that always laughs is everybody’s wife; a man that is always laughing is an idiot. ~Chinese proverb
A woman who accepts, sells herself; a woman who gives, surrenders. ~French proverb
The more a woman admires her face, the more she ruins her house. ~Spanish proverb
Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese proverb
A woman’s tongue is her sword, and she does not let it rust. ~French proverb
A beautiful woman belongs to everyone; an ugly one is yours alone. ~Indian proverb
The most highly praised woman is the one about whom no one speaks. ~Chinese proverb
There are three uncertainties: woman, wind, and wealth. ~Indian proverb
Ugliness is the only guardian angel a woman has. ~Yiddish proverb
The unfaithful woman has remorse, the faithful one has regret. ~Chinese proverb
No woman is ugly if she is well dressed. ~Portuguese proverb
When a man is crazy about a woman only she can cure him. ~Chinese proverb
A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American proverb
The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman. ~Mexican proverb
Man without woman, is head without body; woman without man, is body without head. ~German proverb
A woman’s honor consists in the good opinion the world has of her. ~Cuban proverb
A woman prefers poverty with love to wealth without love. ~Hebrew proverb
If a woman doesn’t know what she has to answer then the sea is dry. ~Czech proverb
Where the devil can’t go himself, he sends an old woman. ~German proverb
Wait for a month before you praise a horse, and for a year before you praise a woman. ~Czech proverb
Silence is a woman’s best garment. ~Hebrew proverb
A woman conceals what she knows not. ~Scottish proverb
A beautiful woman is like an axe in one’s life. ~Japanese proverb
A woman is the last judgement of the man. ~Swedish proverb
A beautiful ornament looks best on a beautiful woman. ~Hebrew proverb
A woman has the form of an angel, the heart of a serpent, and the mind of an ass. ~German proverb
Woman is like your shadow; follow her, she flies; fly from her, she follows. ~Argentinean proverb
A woman’s work is never done. ~English proverb
A woman without a man is like a garden without a fence. ~German proverb
No woman can make a wise man out of a fool, but every woman can change a wise man into a fool. ~Argentinean proverb
A man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks. ~English proverb
A woman and a glass are always in danger. ~German proverb
If you want to take revenge on a man, send him a really beautiful woman. ~Arab proverb
An old woman is not old in a song she dances well. ~Nigerian proverb
The woman who loves her husband corrects his faults; the man that loves his wife exaggerates them. ~Armenian proverb
One woman never praises another. ~Estonian proverb
It is only rarely that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman. ~Alexandre Dumas
A jealous woman will set a whole house on fire. ~Latin proverb
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband. ~English proverb
A woman who is not successful in her own marriage has no advice to give to her younger generations. ~Nigerian proverb
A bad woman is worse than a bad man. ~Romanian proverb
With wealth one wins a woman. ~Ugandan proverb
When a woman comes to her glass, she does not employ her time in making herself look more advantageously what she really is, but endeavours to be as much another creature as she possibly can. Whether this happens because they stay so long and attend their work so diligently that they forget the faces and persons which they first sat down with, or whatever it is, they seldom rise from the toilet the same woman they appeared when they began to dress. ~Joseph Addison
The mouth of a woman takes no holiday. ~Creole proverb
A woman and a stove may not leave the house. ~German proverb
Beautiful woman, beautiful trouble. ~Jamaican proverb
A market can be spoilt by one woman. ~Kikuyu proverb
When a woman prepares a dish which others find unpalatable, she says that she prepared it to suit her own taste. ~Nigerian proverb
All women are basically in competition with each other for a handful of eligible men. ~Mignon McLaughlin
A wise woman has much to say and yet remains silent. ~Moroccan proverb
There was never a conflict without a woman. ~English proverb
If a young woman says no to marriage just wait until her breasts sag. ~Burundian proverb
A woman should soften but not weaken a man. ~Sigmund Freud
The woman makes the man. ~Corsican proverb
A barren woman is like a leaking pot. ~African proverb
A truth-telling woman has few friends. ~Danish proverb
A woman builds and destroys a house. ~Corsican proverb
A woman wears her tears like jewelry. ~Author Unknown
Women only keep quiet about their age. ~German proverb
Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men. ~Chinese proverb
Women can keep only one secret — their own. ~Yiddish proverb
No woman wants to see herself too clearly. ~Mignon McLaughlin,
Women’s quarrels cause the men’s wars. ~Japanese proverb
Women prefer to be beautiful rather than good. ~German proverb
A woman’s first advice is her best. ~German proverb
Slander expires at a good woman’s door. ~Danish proverb
A woman who delivers a baby in the market square has nothing to hide. ~African proverb
A woman keeps secret only what she does not know. ~German proverb
A man gives many question marks, however, a woman is a whole mystery. ~Diana Stürm
Money tempts women, women tempt men. ~Bulgarian proverb
Silence is a wonderful jewel for a woman but she seldom wears it. ~Danish proverb
In men every mortal sin is venial, in women every venial sin is mortal. ~Italian proverb
All good women are in the graveyard. ~French proverb
A woman’s vengeance knows no bounds. ~German proverb
Men look at themselves in mirrors. Women look for themselves. ~Elissa Melamed
Women speak two languages – one of which is verbal. ~William Shakespeare
The man loves with his head, the woman thinks with her heart. ~Danish proverb
Women never praise without gossiping. ~Chinese proverb
Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men, but they often find it extremely difficult to behave like gentlemen. ~Compton Mackenzie
Good-looking girls break hearts, and goodhearted girls mend them. ~Mignon McLaughlin
A silent woman is always more admired than a noisy one. ~Latin proverb
The fear of women is the basis of good health. ~Spanish proverb
Women always worry about the things that men forget; men always worry about the things women remember. ~Author Unknown
The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think. ~Author Unknown
Women like silent men. They think they’re listening. ~Marcel Achard