Capable Quote by Sydney, Lady Morgan

Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.

— Josh Billings

Let woman then go on-not asking favors, but claiming as a right the removal of all hindrances to her elevation in the scale of…

— Lucretia Mott

Every woman whether rich or poor, married or single, has a circle of influence within which, according to her character, she is exerting a…

— John Angell James

The most powerful force in a woman's life is the need to be appreciated, loved and cherished for what she is.

— Amish Tripathi

“Unfortunately, power is something that women abjure once they perceive the great difference between the lives possible to men and to women...”

— Carolyn G. Heilbrun

Woman gives herself as a prize to the weak and as a prop to the strong and no man ever has what he should.

— Cesare Pavese

A woman today knows that the power of her femininity is very important.

— Oscar de la Renta

Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity...If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior...If non-violence…

— Mahatma Gandhi

[A] woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments. The…

— Frederick Douglass

Women can be powerful, graceful, and complex, with the ability to make any choice they desire.

— Jessica Chastain

Womanpower means the self determination of women, and that means all the baggage of paternalistic society will have to be thrown overboard.

— Germaine Greer

Woman's happiness consists in obeying; she objects to a man who yields too much.

— Jules Michelet