Famous women Quotes

You can't win them all but you can try.

— Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Knowing what must be done does away with fear.

— Rosa Parks

Happiness is not to be achieved at the command of emotional whims.

— Ayn Rand

God has given me the bread of adversity and the water of trouble.

— Anne Askew

I figure if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and be one.

— Calamity Jane

Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream.

— Oprah Winfrey

Always be a first-rate version of yourself.

— Audrey Hepburn

Women's Day Women are the real architects of society.

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The prohibition of private firearms is the goal.

— Janet Reno

If a woman wants to fly, first of all she must, of course, abandon skirts and don a knickerbocker uniform.

— Harriet Quimby

There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste.

— Sarah Vaughan

You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you. No one can complete you. You complete yourself.

— Oprah Winfrey

See what you can do. See what you want to do. See what you will do about it. Find your way out.

— Yoko Ono

It [prejudice] is such a waste. It makes you logy and half-alive. It gives you nothing. It takes away.

— Dorothy Dandridge

If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.

— Hillary Clinton

Truth is the recognition of reality; reason, man's only means of knowledge, is his only standard of truth.

— Ayn Rand

We deny the right of any portion of the species to decide for another portion what is and what is not their…

— Harriet Taylor Mill

When I talk to girls, they go, 'I'm not a feminist.' And I say: 'What? You don't want to vote? Do you…

— Caitlin Moran

I had heard a lot of stories about my father and celebrities, most of them from his own mouth. In his stories,…

— Tom Junod

We've actually named asteroids for other famous women in history, like Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and Sojourner Truth. But it's really this…

— Carrie Nugent

Whenever you can't think of something to be grateful for, remember your breath. With each breath you take, you can say, 'I'm…

— Oprah Winfrey

Here's what my love affair with quotations has taught me: the more you focus on words that uplift you, the more you…

— Oprah Winfrey

All the atoms of our bodies will be blown into space in the disintegration of the solar system, to live on forever…

— Carolyn Porco

It's difficult for me to trust a woman. Men are attracted to beautiful women. Women are attracted to men who offer security…

— Curtis Jackson

Ask yourself why totalitarian dictatorships find it necessary to pour money and effort into propaganda for their own helpless, chained, gagged slaves,…

— Ayn Rand

The idea of being given things that you don't necessarily deserve was always a difficult one for me to negotiate, and so…

— Anjelica Huston

“This is the woman who brought us the idea of living our best life, of becoming our most authentic selves. And yet.…

— Roxane Gay

To fear to face an issue is to believe that the worst is true.

— Ayn Rand

Men are nicotine soaked, beer besmirched, whiskey greased, red-eyed devils.

— Carrie Nation

You become courageous by doing courageous acts...Courage is a habit.

— Mary Daly

It's all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another.

— Elizabeth Taylor

Use your fear... it can take you to the place where you store your courage.

— Amelia Earhart

In life, if you don't risk anything, you risk everything.

— John Spence

Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.

— Ayn Rand

What I know for sure is that you feel real joy in direct proportion to how connected you are to living your…

— Oprah Winfrey

The more I think of it, the more I realize there are no answers. Life is to be lived.

— Marilyn Monroe

There are five stages in the life of an actor: Who's Mary Astor? Get me Mary Astor. Get me a Mary Astor…

— Mary Astor

Stay hungry to become the best that you can be. Never be satisfied with the level of artistry you've attained. You can…

— Mia Michaels

Some day, the world will discover that, without thought, there can be no love.

— Ayn Rand

“Famous women keep their same names even after they get married because their names are their bread and butter.”

— Stephen King