March is here, and it’s officially #WomensHistoryMonth! Which also means I’m personally stocking up on all my inspirational, power-to-women quotes for the remainder of the year…
Women’s rights still have quite some way to go, but we’ve also made some major headway over time, and that’s worth celebrating. From pay equality to shattering the glass ceiling, not to mention legal rights, there’s still much work to do…Yet, in honor of how far we’ve come and how far we’re still going, here are 16 of my absolute favorite quote for Women’s History Month:
“It is a fact that when you change a girl’s life, you effect her vision of herself and her immediate world and the world that she will have an impact on.” Oprah Winfrey
“Women and girls can do anything. And all of us, everywhere, should have the chance to prove that.” – Melinda Gates
“The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.” — Roseanne Barr
“It’s not my responsibility to be beautiful. I’m not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.” — Warsan Shire
“So the work continues. And for all the young women in this room, all the young men, we can never be complacent. Because we have seen in recent times how quickly things can be taken away if we aren’t vigilant, if we don’t know our history, if we don’t continue the work.” Michelle Obama
“If you are a man who believes your daughter should have the same opportunities and rights as your son, then you’re a feminist.” Beyonce
“It’s important for young women to have a constant reminder that there are amazing female role models, and that they can do anything. Anything at all.” – Ellen DeGeneres
“I’m done compromising; even more so, I’m done with being compromised.” – Mila Kunis
“Stay in for yourself and stay in for the women who are going to follow you. Stay in it for my 8-year old daughter.”– Sheryl Sandberg
“Our bodies are instruments, not ornaments. We should celebrate our different shapes and sizes, our caesarean scars and all the other beautiful imperfections that make us who we are.“—Gloria Steinem
“Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights.” — Hillary Clinton
“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically. … No, the only tired I was was tired of giving in.” —Rosa Parks
“Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Everything can have drama if it’s done right. Even a pancake.” —Julia Child
“If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.” —Billie Holiday
“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically. … No, the only tired I was was tired of giving in.” —Rosa Parks
“Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.” —Coco Chanel
What other inspirational quotes would you like to share for Women’s History Month?
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