35 Women's Worth Quotes That Will Inspire You

As women, we are often inundated with messages that tell us our worth is based on our looks, our clothes, our relationships, and our ability to please others. It can be tough to remember that we are so much more than all of that.

In this post, you'll find 35 inspiring quotes about the value and worth of women. These quotes will help remind you of your intrinsic value, no matter what anyone else says. Read on for inspiration!

1. “You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.” – Diane Von Furstenberg

2. “Love who you are, embrace who you are. Love yourself. When you love yourself, people can kind of pick up on that: they can see confidence, they can see self-esteem, and naturally, people gravitate towards you.” – Lilly Singh

3. “Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” – Lucille Ball

4. “Your words have so much power. Every day, if you tell yourself, ‘I love you,’ if you give yourself one word of validation, it will change your mind.” – Ashley Graham

5. “You can’t hate yourself happy. You can’t criticize yourself thin. You can’t shame yourself worthy. Real change begins with self-love and self-care.”– Jessica Ortner

6. “Women are always saying, ‘We can do anything that men can do.’ But men should be saying, ‘We can do anything that women can do.’”– Gloria Steinem

7. “She’s a strong cup of black coffee in a world that is drunk on the cheap wine of shallow love.”– JmStorm

8. “Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief she is beautiful.”– Sophia Loren

9. “When you’re different, sometimes you don’t see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn’t.”– Jodi Picoult

10. “Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.”– Golda Meir

11. “Be that strong girl that everyone knew would make it through the worst. Be that fearless girl the one would dare to do anything. Be that independent girl who doesn’t need a man. Be that girl who never backed down.”– Taylor Swift

12. “You define beauty yourself. Society doesn’t define your beauty.”– Lady Gaga

13. “My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.”– Ruth Bader Ginsburg

14. “One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.”– Michelle Obama

15. “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.”– Francis Phillip Wernig

16. “I taught myself confidence. When I’d walk into a room and feel scared to death, I’d tell myself, ‘I’m not afraid of anybody.’ And people believed me. You’ve got to teach yourself to take over the world.”– Priyanka Chopra

17. “Confidence is the most beautiful thing you can possess.”– Sabrina Carpenter

18. “Confidence is the only key. I can’t think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself.”– Emma Stone

19. “A woman is like a tea bag — you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.”– Eleanor Roosevelt

20. “A strong woman looks a challenge dead in the eye and gives it a wink.”– Gina Carey

21. “Strong women don’t play victim, don’t make themselves look pitiful, & don’t point fingers. They stand & they deal.”– Mandy Hale

22. “Strong women aren’t simply born. We are forged through the challenges of life. With each challenge, we grow mentally and emotionally. We move forward with our head held high and a strength that can not be denied. A woman who’s been through the storm and survived. We are warriors.”– Alysia Helming

23. “Strong women need not declare they can carry all the burdens in life. They just quietly do it and survive with a smile.”– Princess Maleiha Bajunaid Canda

24. People think because it's photography it's not worth as much, and because it's a woman artist, you're still not getting as much - there's still definitely that happening. I'm still really competitive when it comes to, I guess, the male painters and male artists. I still think that's really unfair.— Cindy Sherman

25. Your value does not decrease based on someone's inability to see your worth.— Zig Ziglar

26. Right now, women's worth is being quantified by how they look and their Instagrams and likes. That's all so self-created, so why are we trying to add to that? It's hard enough to be a young woman, or man, growing up and trying to find your identity, rather than having a whole Internet of people weighing in on it. It makes me sad for those kids.— Jennifer Aniston

27. “Every one of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves.”– Princess Diana

28. “Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.”– Maya Angelou

29. “Stand for something, or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.”– Rosa Parks

30. “Women must not depend upon the protection of man but must be taught to protect herself.”– Susan B. Anthony

31. “Before you can do something that you’ve never done, you have to be able to imagine it is possible.”– Jean Shinoda Bolen

32. “I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.”– Zora Neale Hurston

33. “You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.”– Sharon Salzberg

34. “I’ve had to go against all kinds of people through the years just to be myself. I think everybody should be allowed to be who they are and to love who they love.”– Dolly Parton

35. “We always have the potential to rise. Rise out of our slump. Rise out of our negative thoughts. Rise out of our comfort zone. Rise out of our complaints. Get up and rise. Rising is a choice that’s one powerful thought away.”– Kris Carr

Final Thoughts

As you can see, there are many powerful quotes from strong women who know their worth. No matter what someone else may say or think, these women know that they are valuable and worth fighting for.

So the next time you're feeling down, remember these words of wisdom and let them give you the strength to keep going.