60 Most Inspirational Women’s Day Quotes To Empower Change

Being a woman is more than wearing a dress and lipstick, and celebrating International Women’s day is more than gifting women flowers.

International Women’s day is an opportunity to remember and celebrate the achievements of women and their fight for gender equality.

International Women’s day is also a reminder that the journey is not yet over. It’s the duty of all of us to advocate for women’s rights.

Today’s article brings 60 inspirational Women’s day quotes to celebrate women’s accomplishments and inspire change.

10 Most Inspiring Women’s Day Quotes

1. “Where there is a woman, there is magic.” — Ntozake Shange

2. “The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.” — Roseanne Barr

3. “It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

4. “I want every girl to know that her voice can change the world.” — Malala Yousafzai

5. “There is no force more powerful than a woman determined to rise.” — W.E.B. Dubois

6. “It took me quite a long time to develop a voice and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” — Madeleine Albright

7. "In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders." — Sheryl Sandberg

8. “Each time a woman stands up for herself she stands up for all women.” — Maya Angelou

9. “I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fears; knowing what must be done does away with fear.” — Rosa Parks

10. “I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.” — Mary Shelley

International Women’s Day Quotes To Inspire Change

1. “If you don’t see a clear path for what you want, sometimes you have to make it yourself.” — Mindy Kaling

2. “Well-behaved women rarely make history.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

3. “We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.” — Beyonce

4. “A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.” — Melinda Gates

5. “In this word and the world of tomorrow, we must go forward together or not at all.” — Hilary Clinton

6. “Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.” — Malala Yousafzai

7. “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.” — Margaret Sanger

8. “A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.” — Gloria Steinem

9. “How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants rather than to create it herself.” — Anais Nin

10. “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” — Audre Lorde

11. “The most important thing one woman can do for another is expand her sense of actual possibilities.” — Adrienne Rich

12. “Every woman's success should be an inspiration to another. We're strongest when we cheer each other on.” — Serena Williams

13. "When you walk into a room, you have the grace and gravitas of an empress, and I swear, even the Deities must pause to look at you." — Amélie Wen Zhao

14. “I can promise you that women working together – linked, informed and educated – can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.” — Isabelle Allende

15.  “We know that when a woman speaks truth to power, there will be attempts to put her down… I’m not going to go anywhere.” — Maxine Waters

Inspirational Women Day Empowerment Quotes 

1. “Women don’t need to ‘find a voice.’ They have a voice. They need to feel empowered to use it, and people need to be encouraged to listen.” — Megan Markle

2. “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” — Audre Lorde

3. “A strong woman understands that the gifts such as logic, decisiveness, and strength are just as feminine as intuition and emotional connection. She values and uses all of her gifts.” — Nancy Rathburn

4. “You don’t have to be pretty. You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female.'” – Erin McKean

5. “Feminism isn’t about making women strong. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.” — G.D. Anderson

6. “As women achieve power, the barriers will fall. As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

7. “A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. A woman must do what he can’t.” — Rhonda Hansome

8. “The world needs strong women who will lift and build others. Who will love and be loved. Women who live bravely, both tender and fierce; women of indomitable will.” — Amy Tenney

9. “Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse.” — Golda Mier

10. “One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.” ― Joan of Arc

11. "More and more women are realizing that only collective strength and action will allow us to be free to fight for the kind of society that meets basic human needs." — Roxanne Dunbar

12. "What’s the greatest lesson a woman should learn? That since day one, she’s already had everything she needs within herself. It’s the world that convinced her she did not." — Rupi Kaur

13. "You deserve to be here. You deserve to exist. You deserve to take up space in this world of men." — MacKenzi Lee

14. “It took me some time to learn that I, as a woman, have endless options too. And I choose not to be treated like an option.” — Lauren Levine

15. “Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. … It shouldn't be that women are the exception.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Empowering Quotes For Women To Boost Your Confidence

1. “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failing is another stepping stone to greatness.” — Oprah Winfrey

2. “They'll tell you you're too loud, that you need to wait your turn and ask the right people for permission. Do it anyway.” — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

3. “A girl should be two things: Who and what she wants.” — Coco Chanel

4. “When you help a woman fulfill her potential, magic happens.” — Sara Blakely

5. “The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.” — Ayn Rand

6. “I can’t think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself.” — Emma Stone

7. “I don’t think being fierce, independent and unapologetic makes me an alpha female or different in any way. I’m just a woman who’s learning how to take back her power.” — Kirsten Hill

8. “There's something so special about a woman who dominates in a man's world. It takes a certain grace, strength, intelligence, fearlessness and the nerve to never take no for an answer.” — Rihanna

9. “You could certainly say that I’ve never underestimated myself. There’s nothing wrong with being ambitious.” — Angela Merkel

10. “I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. And I want to be respected in all of my femaleness because I deserve to be.” — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Happy Women’s International Day Quotes To Celebrate Women

1. “I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.” — Maya Angelou

2. “It’s all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman first of all.” — Anais Nin

3. “A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.” — Diane Mariechild

4. "Queen, do not allow a commoner to dethrone you. Own that throne. You are royalty." — Gift Gugu Mona

5. “I am a woman and a warrior. If you think I can't be both, you've been lied to.” — Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar

6. “There is a stubbornness about me that can never bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” — Jane Austen

7. "For me, the process of embodying confidence was less about convincing myself of my own worth and more about rejecting and unlearning what society had hammered into me." — Lindy West

8. "I am a woman with thoughts and questions and shit to say. I say if I'm beautiful. I say if I'm strong. You will not determine my story - I will." — Amy Schumer

9. “Do not live someone else's life and someone else's idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you.” — Viola Davis 

10. "When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious." — Marianne Williamson

Final Words

Women have accomplished so much, but we still have a long way to go.

Our mission is to create a world where there won’t be international women’s day to remind us to fight for our rights. Our aim is a world where we’re equal.

I hope these inspirational Women’s day quotes have inspired you to keep fighting. Let’s create a better world together!