50 Classy Quotes for Women to Live By

Women are some of the strongest people in the world. They deal with a lot on a daily basis, and yet they still manage to carry themselves with grace and elegance.

If you are looking for some inspiration, look no further than these 50 classy quotes for women! These quotes will help you live your life with purpose and meaning, and remind you of just how powerful you truly are.

1. The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.

—Ayn Rand

2. Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.

— Audrey Hepburn

3. A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water.

—Eleanor Roosevelt.

4. It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

—Mae West

5. If a man whistles at you, don’t respond. You’re a lady, not a dog.

—Adele

6. Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.

—Maya Angelou

7. Perhaps some detours aren’t detours at all. Perhaps they are actually the path.

—Katherine Wolf

8.She’s an old soul with young eyes, a vintage heart, and a beautiful mind.

—Nicole Lyons

9. Dignity will only happen when you realize that having someone in your life doesn’t validate your worth.

—Shannon L. Alder

10. No matter what a woman looks like, if she’s confident, she’s sexy.

—Paris Hilton.

11. I love challenging the status quo.

—Sara Ramirez

12. Blessed be she who is both furious and magnificent.

—Taylor Rhodes

13. Women who do not enjoy their sensuality seldom have much capacity for enjoyment of any sort.

—Lebo Grand

14. I don’t believe in putting on airs. I call it like I see it.

—Ellen Pompeo

15. Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.

—Bernice King

16. Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.

—Nancy Astor (The Viscountess Astor)

17. Just so you know, you can be a boss type of lady, confident, classy, and compassionate towards others all at the same time.

—Germany Kent

18. There’s nothing wrong with a woman being comfortable and confident.

—Selena Gomez

19. The only real elegance is in the mind; If you've got that, the rest really comes from it.

- Diana Vreeland

20. You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

– Righam Young

21. A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.

– Melinda Gates

22. Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

– Nora Ephron

23. Feeling attractive is not a conscious choice, it’s a natural state of being.

– Brigitte Bardot

24. I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.

– Zsa Zsa Gabor

25. When a man gives his opinion, he’s a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she’s a bitch.

– Bette Davis

26. There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.

– Audrey Hepburn

27. A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.

– Diane Mariechild

28. The only real elegance is in the mind. If you’ve got that, the rest really comes from it.

– Diana Vreeland

29. Women have to harness their power-it’s absolutely true. It’s just learning not to take the first no. And if you can’t go straight ahead, you go around the corner.

– Cher

30. Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

– Coco Chanel

31. Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!

– Coco Chanel

32. A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.

– Melinda Gates

33. You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand, I just don’t want to be a poster child; but on the other, I want to do something classy and great, something where the residuals will go to the cause.

—Carly Simon

34. There are so many pressures that are put upon young women. Whatever we can do to alleviate that and help women feel beautiful about who we are inside, which is the only beauty there truly is, is so nice. Let’s get down and dirty. Let’s be a real girl.

—Drew Barrymore

35. Strong women don’t have ‘attitudes’, we have standards.

—Marylin Monroe

36. There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of women.”

—Malala Yousafzai

37. Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings.

–Cheris Kramarae

38. Champions keep playing until they get it right.

—Billie Jean King

39. I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all.

—Simone Biles

40. I don’t want to be better than you or her or him – I want to be better than I am right now.

— Kerri Walsh

41. What would men be without women? Scarce, sir…mighty scarce.

—Mark Twain

42. We might not be able to change our circumstances, but we CAN change our attitude.

—Beth Moore

43. I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman.

—Diane Von Furstenberg

44. You create beauty with your attitude, you make an impression with your behavior, you make statements with your elegance & scream out with your actions.

—Sophia Elemara

45. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.

—Amelia Earhart

46. I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.

—Tracee Ellis Ross

47. It’s a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don’t need to have anything else; and if you don’t have it, it doesn’t much matter what else you have.

—J M. Barrie

48. Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you more beautiful.

—Zsa Zsa Gabor

49. Women are the real architects of society.

—Cher

50. If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then you are an excellent leader.

—Dolly Parton

Final Note

We hope this collection of classy quotes for women has empowered and inspired you to always stay classy and achieve greatness.