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Everything, and I mean everything, is about strong, powerful women.
Oct 2, 2025
You are more powerful than you think.
Woman must not accept; she must challenge.
The woman who follows the crowd will usually believe that I said this.
The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.
I loved cinema from a very young age. I was also obsessed with Hitchcock and actresses like Kim Novak in Vertigo. They all played heroines and were strong, powerful women, yet they were very feminine.
Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.
I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
You can have unbelievable intelligence, you can have connections, you can have opportunities fall out of the sky. But in the end, hard work is the true, enduring characteristic of successful people.
Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.
Whatever you do, be different - that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can't think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you're different, you will stand out.
Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.
Whatever you do, be different. If you're different, you will stand out.
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.
The best protection any woman can have... is courage.
A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.
If you want something done, ask a busy person.
If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.
Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.
The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.
Happy girls are the prettiest girls.
I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.
I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong
We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.
I've never met a woman who is not strong, but sometimes they don't let it out. Then there's a tragedy, and then all of a sudden that strength comes. My message is let the strength come out before the tragedy.
You know I have never met a woman who is not strong. They don't exist.
I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading.
I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want.
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.
When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.
Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.
Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started
You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less
Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.