To celebrate International Women’s Day, let’s zoom in to some beautiful meaningful words of wisdom uttered by famous people who advocated for women's rights and female empowerment. We think everyone will appreciate these inspirational quotes, irrespective of your stance on the women's rights movement or gender.
1. “We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.”
― Marie Curie
2. “You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”
3. “My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent”
― Ruth Bader Ginsburg
4. “So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say.”
― Virginia Woolf
5. “Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since. ”
9. “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.”
― Oprah Winfrey
10. “The person I am in the company of my sisters has been entirely different from the person I am in the company of other people. Fearless, powerful, surprising, moved as I otherwise am only when I write.”
― Franz Kafka
11. “The only way for a woman, as for a man, to find herself, to know herself as a person, is by creative work of her own.”
― Betty Friedan
12. “I'm not ashamed to dress "like a woman" because I don't think it's shameful to be a woman.”
13. “You must give everything to make your life as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination.”
― Roman Payne
14. “If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.”
― Maya Angelou
15. “It would be nice to feel that we are a better world, a world of more compassion and a world of more humanity, and to believe in the basic goodness of man.”
