Quotes for Women in STEM

If I see anything vital around me, it is precisely that spirit of adventure, which seems indestructible and is akin to curiosity. – Marie Curie

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Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live. — Mae Jemison, first African American woman Astronaut in space

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Play is the highest form of research. — Albert Einstein

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All sorts of things can happen when you’re open to new ideas and playing around with things. — Stephanie Kwolek, invented Kevlar

This job is a great scientific adventure. But it's also a great human adventure. Mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know." — Fabiola Gianotti Higgs Boson physicist

Laughter is a mark of learning, when two things come together and make a third, it’s a new understanding. — Gloria Steinem

Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. — Helen Keller

A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales. — Marie Curie

Competition in itself encourages creativity and creativity is the basis of knowledge. — Farouk El-Baz

The largest opportunities are found in ideas that go against the grain. – Omar Hamoui

Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible. ― Richard Feynmann

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The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day." — Albert Einstein 

But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so.. — Anton Ego (Ratatouille)

We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success. — Anonymous

I think the truth of the matter is, people who end up as ‘first’ don’t actually set out to be first. They set out to do something they love and it just so happens that they are the first to do it. — Condoleezza Rice

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We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn. — Mary Catherine Bateson 

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You can teach a student a lesson for a day, but if you teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives. — Clay P. Bedford

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Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity. — Kay Redfield 

 

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. — Albert Einstein

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” — Pablo Picasso

If your path is difficult, it is because your purpose is bigger than you thought. – Anonymous

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

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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. — Audre Lorde

Social change is brought about by those who dare and act, who can think unconventionally and who can court unpopularity.” – Indira Gandhi

When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity. —Steve Pavlina

If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it. — Elon Musk

Your calling isn't something that somebody can tell you about. It's what you feel. It is the thing that gives you juice. The thing that you are supposed to do. And nobody can tell you what that is. You know it inside yourself. — Oprah Winfrey

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The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to make things better. — Robert F. Kennedy

I believe we're all put on this planet for a purpose, and we all have a different purpose. —Ellen DeGeneres

Knowing your life purpose is the first step toward living a truly conscious life. A life purpose provides us with a clear goal, a set finish line that you truly want to reach. — Simon Foster

Discovering your purpose is the most significant thing you will do in your life, and you, your loved ones, and the world will be better off because you went on this journey. — Mastin Kipp

Nothing will divert me from my purpose. — Abraham Lincoln

Understanding purpose is one thing, but recognizing the importance of having purpose is another. Everybody has a unique purpose in their life, whether it be to help others, provide for family, or be free. — Ben Gothard, Achiev

We don't want confidence just for the sake of it; we want it for a purpose. We want it to help us achieve our goals, follow our dreams, or perform better in some domain of life, such as sports, business, music, the arts, public speaking, parenting, or socializing. — Russ Harris 

But sometimes a particular purpose can be squared with a particular career. It may take nothing more than reexamining your career, asking some questions, and discovering a purpose you have overlooked in the past. — Vince Lombardi Jr.,

We all want deep, purposeful and meaningful relationships. We all want love, joy, bliss and fulfillment. ... The miracle is that we can all have it! All we need to do is overcome our fears and dare to seek our goals. — Jack Canfield

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it. — Napoleon Hill

There is no hope of success for the person who does not have a central purpose, or definite goal at which to aim. — Napoleon Hill

If you want to know what your purpose is, it is to make the most of your talents and skills for the greater good and that means starting with yourself. — Tony Clark

Once you are alive to the fact that you will die, you will intently do great work with a refined sense of purpose. Nature abhors a vacuum created by people who do not do work that helps humanity. — Fanuel Oweke, 

Not everybody can identify a purpose in life. But when you do, and when you pursue it, you will be living the kind of life you feel you were meant to live. And what's more, you will be happy. — Steve Goodier

We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared. — Mary Kay Ash

At a very early age, I developed a belief that we're all here to contribute something unique, that deep within each of us lies a special gift. — Tony Robbins, 

Perhaps the single most important ingredient in all of life for achieving happiness and fulfillment. — Harvey Volson

One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm. One needs to feel that one's life has meaning, tat one is needed in this world. — Hannah Senesh

Emotions can help you achieve your goals by motivating you and connecting you to your sense of purpose. — Elles Lohuis 

Your purpose must be particular to you. This is the road less traveled. Your purpose cannot be someone else's path, not your family's path nor your friends' path. —  Drew Scott Pearlman

There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why. — William Barclay

One thing is for sure, though, without a purpose, without a stated direction, you can wander around this world and play at life and not accomplish anything of significance and meaning. — Byron Pulsifer

Knowing your purpose gives your life meaning, simplicity, focus and motivation. It also prepares you for eternity. — Rick Warren

Work is, to a real extent, what gives our lives meaning and purpose and provides us the motivation to get out of bed in the morning and helps us to put the aches and pains of aging in their proper perspective. — Wallace R.Curiel, Thriftcraft

Once you determine that the important results you want are an expression of your life's purpose, you cannot help but bring drive, dedication, and determination to each day's efforts. You will be driven to act relentlessly to meet cherished goals, all the while feeling rewarded, satisfied, and even joyful in the process. — Russell Grieger,

You don’t decide what your purpose is in life, you discover it. Your purpose is your reason for living. — Bob Proctor

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I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger. —  Serena Williams

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Family’s first, and that’s what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game. — Serena Williams

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Tennis just a game, family is forever. — Serena Williams

Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity; it teaches people to accept reality, with wonder and admiration, not to mention the deep awe and joy that the natural order of things brings to the true scientist. — Lise Meitner

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Sciences provide an understanding of a universal experience, Arts are a universal understanding of personal experience. The arts and sciences are avatars of human creativity. — Mae Jemison, First African American woman astronaut in space. 

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It is pure mythology that women cannot perform as well as men in science, engineering and mathematics. In my experience, the opposite is true: Women are often more adept and patient at untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action.― Weili Dai

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Creativity is the secret sauce to science, technology, engineering, and math. — Ainissa Ramirez, Science Evangelist

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This job is a great scientific adventure. But it's also a great human adventure. Mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know. — abiola Gianotti, Higgs Boson physicist

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Courage is like — it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: you get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by encouraging. — Marie Daly, The first African-American woman to earn a PhD in chemistry.

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A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales. — Marie Curie

 

Engineering or technology is all about using the power of science to make life better for people, to reduce cost, to improve comfort, to improve productivity, etc. — N.R. Narayana Murthy, IT Industrialist

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I believe that fortitude is key. More than anything, be consistent. Go at it. Go at it. Go at it. When you succeed, don’t forget the responsibility of making someone else succeed with you. — Antonia Novello, Former Surgeon General. 

 

All sorts of things can happen when you’re open to new ideas and playing around with things. — Stephanie Kwolek, Chemist who invented Kevlar and winner of the Lavoisier Medal for technical achievements. 

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Decide. Have fun and get started! The world is waiting for you to reveal your gift! — Marie Curie

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All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind. — Martin Henry Fischer, Physician & Author

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What good is innovation if there’s no human impact? — Kristina Tsvetanova, CEO/Co-Founder of BLITLAB Technology

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I didn’t learn to be quiet when I had an opinion. The reason they knew who I was is because I told them. — Ursula Burn, CEO Xerox

Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, ‘We’ve always done it this way.’ I try to fight that. That’s why I have a clock on my wall that runs counterclockwise. — Grace Hopper, pioneering computer scientist

“Don’t let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.” — Mae Jemison, first African American woman astronaut in space

We need to understand that if we all work on inclusion together, it’s going to be faster, broader, better, and more thorough than anything we can do on our own. —  Ellen Pao, former Reddit CEO & current Project Include CEO

“An ugly baby is better than no baby at all. If you wait and wait and wait for your product to be perfect before you release it out into the world, you will often never get there —  Kathryn Minshew, Co-Founder & CEO The Muse

I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don’t have to stay that way. — Hedy Lamarr, Inventor & Actor

 

Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked ‘why’ – Bernard Baruch, Philanthropist & Statesman

Science is not a boy's game, it's not a girl's game. It's everyone's game. It's about where we are and where we're going. Space travel benefits us here on Earth. And we ain't stopped yet. There's more exploration to come. — Nichelle Nichols, NASA Ambassador & Star Trek actress

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Somewhere along the way, I decided that if I was going to be a nurse, I might as well become a doctor. — Helen Octavia Dickens, Surgeon and Public Health Advocate. 

 

I tell young people: Do not think of yourself, think of others. Think of the future that awaits you, think about what you can do and do not fear anything. — Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist and Nobel Prize winner in Physiology.

 

Let us choose for ourselves our path in life, and let us try to strew that path with flowers. —
Emilie Du Chatelet, Mathematician, physicist and author.

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One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions. — Grace Hopper

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Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise. – Grace Hopper

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Now we're in an age where technology is mandatory, and we wanted young girls to have this understanding and know-how to build an app. — Peta Clarke, Technical Lead at Black Girls Code. 

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They told me computers could only do arithmetic. — Grace Hopper

Developing a compiler was a logical move; but in matters like this, you don't run against logic — you run against people who can't change their minds. — Grace Hopper

 

People ask me all the time: 'What is it like to be a woman at Google?' I'm not a woman at Google, I'm a geek at Google. And being a geek is just great. I'm a geek, I like to code, I even like to use spreadsheets when I cook. — Marissa Mayer, former CEO of Yahoo.

 

It is shameful that there are so few women in science...There is a misconception in America that women scientists are all dowdy spinsters. This is the fault of men. — Chien -Shiung Wu, Chinese American Experimental Physicist.

 

Certain people – men, of course – discouraged me, saying [science] was not a good career for women. That pushed me even more to persevere. — Francoise Barre, Virologist who won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.

 

Science, for me, gives a partial explanation for life. In so far as it goes, it is based on fact, experience and experiment. — Rosalind Franklin, chemist and molecular biologist.

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Learn to ask for things. Be concise, relevant and brave. – Angie Chang, VP of Strategic Partnerships at Hackbright Academy

At any given moment, there is always a line representing what your boss will believe. If you step over it, you will not get your budget. Go as close to that line as you can. — Grace Hopper

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Science, for me, gives a partial explanation for life. In so far as it goes, it is based on fact, experience and experiment. — Rosalind Franklin, chemist and molecular biologist.

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If you are offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. — Sheryl Sandberg, American technology executive, COO of Facebook. 

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Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. — Marie Curie

Without mathematics, there's nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers. — Shakuntala Devi, Writer & Mental Calculator
 

Though we do need more women to graduate with technical degrees, I always like to remind women that you don't need to have science or technology degrees to build a career in tech. — Susan Wojcicki, American technology executive, CEO of YouTube. 

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...biologically driven neurological processes and natural curiosity of how the world works make early childhood an optimal time to introduce children to scientific inquiry. — Jennifer Buchter, UNLV Developmental Specialist

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I've received many honors and I'm grateful for them; but I've already received the highest award I'll ever receive, and that has been the privilege and honor of serving very proudly in the United States Navy. — Grace Hopper

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To make a difference, you have to have large aspirations. — Roshni Nadar, Executive Director and CEO of HCL Enterprise.  

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You don't manage people, you manage things. You lead people. — Grace Hopper

 

Life is a series of building, testing, changing and iterating. — Lauren Mosenthal, CTO at Glassbreakers

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You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right. — Marie Curie

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I am among those who think that science has great beauty. — Marie Curie

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Science is magic that works. — Kurt Vonnegut, Writer

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The most damaging phrase in the language is: 'It's always been done that way. — Grace Hopper

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To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge. — Grace Hopper

Some day, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads, 'Information;' for in most cases, the information is more valuable than the hardware which processes it. — Grace Hopper

We're flooding people with information. We need to feed it through a processor. A human must turn information into intelligence or knowledge. We've tended to forget that no computer will ever ask a new question. — Grace Hopper

I've always been more interested in the future than in the past. — Grace Hopper

The glass is neither half empty nor half full. It's simply larger than it needs to be. — Grace Hopper

 

If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission. — Grace Hopper

If one ox could not do the job they did not try to grow a bigger ox, but used two oxen. When we need greater computer power, the answer is not to get a bigger computer, but... to build systems of computers and operate them in parallel. — Grace Hopper

There sat that beautiful big machine whose sole job was to copy things and do addition. Why not make the computer do it? That’s why I sat down and wrote the first compiler. It was very stupid. What I did was watch myself put together a program and make the computer do what I did. — Grace Hopper

I’ve always objected to doing anything over again if I had already done it once. — Grace Hopper

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Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful. — Marie Curie

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There is nothing more wonderful than being a scientist, nowhere I would rather be than in my lab, staining up my clothes and getting paid to play. — Marie Curie

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It is my earnest desire that some of you should carry on this scientific work and keep for your ambition the determination to make a permanent contribution to science. — Marie Curie

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Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests. But humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to their own material profit. — Marie Curie

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Be less curious about people, and more curious about ideas. — Marie Curie
 

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement. — Marie Curie

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First principle: never to let one’s self be beaten down by persons or by events. — Marie Curie 

Don’t let anybody work harder than you do. — Serena Williams

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Nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream. — Serena Williams

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A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence. — Sonia Sotomayor

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If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level you say you do, there’s no way around doing the work it takes to get you there. — Joyce Chapman

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. — Frank Lloyd Wright

Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. — Helen Hanson

Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.” — Kevin Hart

Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better. — Martin Luther King, Jr

To succeed, work hard, never give up and above all, cherish a magnificent obsession. — Walt Disney

If you work hard enough and assert yourself and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires. —Malcolm Gladwell

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. — Colin Powell

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.— Seneca

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. —Frank Lloyd Wright

We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in. —Ariana Huffington

Confidence and Hard-work is the best medicine to kill the disease called failure. It will make you a successful person.” – Abdul Kalam

I strongly believe if you work hard, whatever you want, it will come to you.” – Beyoncé 

​​You can’t get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you’re doing. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover will be yourself. —Alan Alda

Believe in yourself, work hard, work smart and passionately present your best self to the world. – Hill Harper

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. — Roger Bannister, ran the first sub-4-minute mile

Work hard now, suffer and keep it up. Rewards are at the edge. — Maxime Lagacé

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Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No Excuses. — Kobe Bryant

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all. — Patrick Suskind

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Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.  —Stephen King

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.  — Pele

 

If people knew how hard I worked to achieve my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful after all. — Michelangelo

 

At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off. — Kevin Hart

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I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near. — Margaret Thatcher

I don’t have anything to prove ever, ever in my life. If I have something to prove, what does that mean for everyone else? And I think everyone should have that attitude. – Serena William

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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness. —Oprah

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

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I am woman phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, that’s me.” —Maya Angelou

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You don’t have to play masculine to be a strong woman. —Mary Elizabeth Winstead

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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. —Alice Walker

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Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. —Charlotte Whitton

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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

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

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If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman. —Margaret Thatcher

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What makes you different or weird, that’s your strength. —Meryl Streep
 

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

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If I disappoint someone, it's their loss for putting that expectation on me when they don't know me. I can't control what they want. —Simone Biles,

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Don’t hold back because you think it’s unladylike. We shouldn’t be shamed out of our anger. We should be using it. Using it to make change in our own lives, and using it to make change in the lives around us. —Jessica Valenti, 

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Women are like teabags. We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water. —Eleanor Roosevelt

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There’s something 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

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A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done. —Marge Piercy

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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 learning. —Amy Poehler

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A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars. —Carly Simon

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A strong woman looks a challenge dead in the eye and gives it a wink. —Gina Carey,

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There are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success...but if you just focus on the work and you don’t let those people sidetrack you, someday when you get where you’re going...you’ll know that it was you and the people who love you that put you there. —Taylor Swift

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I thrive on obstacles. If I'm told that it can't be told, then I push harder. —Issa Rae

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When you realize who you live for, and who’s important to please, a lot of people will actually start living. I am never going to get caught up in that. I’m gonna look back on my life and say that I enjoyed it—and I lived it for me. —Rihanna

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The woman who doesn’t require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet. —Mohadesa Najumi, 

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You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. —Serena Williams

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Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. —P!nk

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

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We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational and so disciplined they can be free. —Kavita Ramdas

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

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I think the truth of the matter is, people who end up as ‘first’ don’t actually set out to be first. They set out to do something they love and it just so happens that they are the first to do it. —Condoleezza Rice

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Figure out who are you separate from your family. Find who you are in this world and what you need to feel good alone. I think that’s the most important thing in life. Find a sense of self. With that, you can do anything else. —Angelina Jolie

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Some people think that you have to be the loudest voice in the room to make a difference. That is just not true. Often, the best thing we can do is turn down the volume. When the sound is quieter, you can actually hear what someone else is saying. And that can make a world of difference. —Nikki Haley

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Anything is possible if you’ve got enough nerve. — J.K. Rowling

Be the kind of woman that makes other woman want to be you. — Topaz

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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

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Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. —Nora Ephron

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Women have discovered that they cannot rely on men’s chivalry to give them justice  —Helen Keller

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Women that believe in each other can survive anything. Women who believe in each other create armies that will win kingdoms and wars. —Nikita Gill

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One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I’m a woman. That is the way all females should feel. —Marilyn Monroe

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

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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

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The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. — Coco Chanel

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You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own. —Michelle Obama

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Do one thing every day that scares you. —Eleanor Roosevelt

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Vulnerability is not about winning or losing. It’s having the courage to show up even when you can’t control the outcome. —Brené Brown

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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

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When one door closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. —Helen Keller

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You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. —Shonda Rhimes

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You have to do what you dream of doing, even while you’re afraid. —Arianna Huffington

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I have learned that as long as I hold fast to my beliefs and values. and follow my own moral compass, then the only expectations I need to live up to are my own. —Michelle Obama 
 

My unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this: When faced with sexism, or ageism, or lookism, or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: 'Is this person in between me and what I want to do?' If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you’re in charge, don’t hire the people who were jerky to you. —Tina Fey,

By setting and pursuing goals, you have nothing to lose but a lot to gain. It has been scientifically proven that people who set goals are more fulfilled and positive about life. Having a purpose to wake up to each day will challenge us and give us meaning. Zoe McKey

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If Plan A isn’t working, I have Plan B, Plan C, and even Plan D. – Serena Williams

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Goals give you that sense of meaning and purpose, a clear sense of direction. As you move toward your goals you feel happier and stronger. You feel more energized and effective. You feel more competent and confident in yourself and your abilities. — Brian Tracy

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A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at. —  Bruce Lee

For me, it was a question of resilience. What others marked as flaws or disadvantages about myself – my race, my gender – I embraced as fuel for my success. I never let anything or anyone define me or my potential. I controlled my future. — Serena Williams

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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. —  Helen Keller

 

A champion is not defined by their wins but how they recover when they fall. — Serena Williams

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I’ve grown most not from victories, but setbacks. – Serena Williams

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The opposite of success is not failure...it's being stuck. You have a unique gift that's meant to be shared. When fully aligned with this everlasting GIFT, an unshakable confidence becomes REAL! — Jennifer Villarreal

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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. — Maya Angelou

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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness. — Oprah Winfrey

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. — Louise May Alcott

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise! — Maya Angelou

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​One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself. — Lucille Ball

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Let nothing dim the light that shines from within. — Maya Angelou

Hold serve, hold serve, hold serve. Focus, focus, focus. Be confident, be confident, be confident. Hold serve, hold, hold. Move up. Attack. Kill. Smile. — Serena Williams

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I never dreamed about success. I worked for it. — Estee Lauder

Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live. — Anne Sweeny

I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I always knew the woman I wanted to be. — Diane Von Furstenberg

I always believed that one woman’s success can only help another woman’s success. — Gloria Vanderbilt

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If it doesn’t scare you, you’re probably not dreaming big enough. — Tory Burch

Delete the negative; accentuate the positive. — Donna Karan

Really take the time to focus on finding your voice and making sure that whatever you’re creating is of high quality and is useful for people in their everyday lives. — Brit Morin

I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘wow I’m not really sure I can do this’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough. — Marissa Mayer

A confident woman, a woman who truly knows her worth and her power is a force to be reckoned with. — Mandy Hale

Success isn’t about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives. — Michelle Obama

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You have to do what you dream of doing, even while you’re afraid.  — Arianna Huffington

Happiness is the gradual realization of a worthy ideal or goal. — Florence Nightingale
 

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. — Mother Teresa

You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them. — Jeniffer Lopez

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I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance too?”― Jill Konrath

Honor your calling. Everyone has one. Trust your heart, and success will come to you. — Oprah Winfrey

It’s never too late to make a comeback. — Christina Katz

 

If this is something that you really want to do, if you believe in it…simply keep forging forward because success will come. — Cassandra Sanford

I think the key is for women not to set any limits. — Martina Navratilova

 

There is nothing like a concrete life plan to weigh you down. Because if you always have one eye on some future goal, you stop paying attention to the job at hand, miss opportunities that might arise, and stay fixedly on one path, even when a better, newer course might have opened up. ― Indra Nooyi

Trust you gut. — Sara Blakely

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And if the end result is that someone, somewhere winds up believing they can do something out of the ordinary, well, then you’ve really made it. ― Angela Ahrendts

“One of the best things you can do is stop and listen; that’s why it’s good to not just immediately respond when someone talks to you. Just stop and make sure you internalized what they said.”—Lori Richardson
 

Do what you love and success will follow. Passion is the fuel behind a successful career.”―Meg Whitman

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We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” ― Arianna Huffington

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When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not. — Barbara Corcoran
 

Women are as capable as men and this needs to be the focus of our education, that women can be whatever they want to be. —  DJ Zinhale

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“As an entrepreneur, you can always find a solution if you try hard enough. — Lori Greiner

Work smart. Get things done. No nonsense. Move fast. — Susan Wojcicki

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There are no limitations on what’s possible. — Jessica Alba

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The most successful entrepreneurs I know are optimistic. It’s part of the job description.” ― Caterina Fake

 

I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough. ― Marissa Mayer

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Stay true to yourself and your vision. Don’t let any one person’s opinion move you; listen, but be confident.”―Amanda Kahlow

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Be an amateur. Not everything you do has to be good, especially at first.― Ann Handley

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If you’re not [learning], you’re falling behind. Somebody else is getting better as you’re becoming less valuable. I see so many irrelevant salespeople I want to cry. They stopped learning. ― Jill Konrath

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Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. ― Albert Einstein

Your value will be not what you know; it will be what you share.― Ginni Rometty

I’ve always been a bit of an introvert, but just because you don’t fit the classic mold doesn’t mean you can’t be a leader. You just need to find your own style and someone with a similar style who you can learn from.― Jess Lee

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I’ve never thought of myself as a female engineer, or founder, or a woman in tech. I just think of myself as someone who’s passionate. ― Leah Busque

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Stick to your true north― build greatness for the long term. ―Ruth Porat

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I like to say it’s an attitude of not just thinking outside the box, but not even seeing the box.”― Safra A. Catz

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Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.” ―Sara Blakely

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At the end of the day, you are the only one that is limiting your ability to dream, or to actually execute on your dreams. Don’t let yourself get in the way of that.”― Falon Fatemi

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I realized that if I was willing to step up and be in the spotlight, I’d be able to make everyone else around me much more powerful as well.”― Alaina Percival

I love who I am, and I encourage other people to love and embrace who they are. But it definitely wasn’t easy – it took me a while. — Serena Williams

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Since I don’t look like every other girl, it takes a while to be okay with that. To be different. But different is good. — Serena Williams

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If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be. — Maya Angelou

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Once I learned to like me more than others did, then I didn't have to worry about being the funniest or the most popular or the prettiest. I was the best me and I only ever tried to be that. —  Issa Rae

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Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens. — Louise L. Hay

If you want to improve your self-worth, stop giving other people the calculator. — Tim Fargo

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Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within  — Helen Keller

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. — Marianne Williamson

When we dim our light we don’t do anyone a favor. It’s a disservice because when you’re in the presence of someone who knows his or her worth, like the extraordinary Maya did, you want to shine brighter. Self-honoring energy is contagious.” ~Alicia Keys

Never dull your shine for somebody else. — Tyra Banks

And you, you scare people because you are whole all by yourself. — Lauren Alex Cooper

I don’t like to gamble, but if there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself. — Beyoncé Knowles

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Don’t waste a second of your time convincing other people you’re worth loving. — Atticus

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Everything that happens to you is a reflection of what you believe about yourself. We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. We cannot draw to ourselves more than we think we are worth. — Iyanla Vanzant

Don’t blame your parents, don’t blame your boyfriend, don’t blame the weather. Accept the reality, embrace the challenge, and deal with it. Be in charge of your own life. Turn negatives into positives and be proud to be a woman. — Diane Von Furstenberg

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Self-care is never a selfish act–it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others. — Parker Palmer

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The path to self-discovery is not a straight line. It’s a zigzag. We move in and out of awareness: one step forward, three steps to the left, a baby step back, another leap forward. A lightbulb moment might shine brightly one day, but then flicker the next. It takes work to hold tightly to a certain consciousness, to live in its wisdom. Every day, I have to intentionally maintain an awareness of my value. — Alicia Keys

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. — Malcolm S. Forbes

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My dear,
In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.
In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile.
In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm.
I realized, through it all, that…
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.
Truly yours,
Albert Camus

You just have to prove to yourself that you can go out there and be the best that you can be and not prove anything to anyone. — Serena Williams

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If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off... no matter what they say. — Barbara McClintock, cytogeneticist and winner of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

I don't have a feeling of inferiority. Never had. I'm as good as anybody, but no better. —  Katherine Johnson

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. —  Eleanor Roosevelt

Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. - Golda Meir

Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else. —  Sara Blakely

When you embrace your difference, your DNA, your look or heritage or religion or your unusual name, that’s when you start to shine. —  Bethenny Frankel

I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” — Michael Jordan 

We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. —  Maya Angelou

The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence. —  Beyonce Knowles 

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

We must reject not only the stereotypes that others hold of us, but also the stereotypes that we hold of ourselves. — Shirley Chisholm

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? 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

A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence. — Sonia Sotomayor

If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off... no matter what they say." — Barbara McClintock, cytogeneticist and winner of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

 

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

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. — Bruce Lee

One of the greatest things you have in life is that no one has the authority to tell you what you want to be. You’re the one who’ll decide what you want to be. Respect yourself and respect the integrity of others as well. The greatest thing you have is your self-image, a positive opinion of yourself. You must never let anyone take it from you. —  Jaime Escalante

When life hands you a difficult situation where you feel undervalued and disrespected, be bold and brave enough to know your worth. — Yai Vargas

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I don’t like to gamble, but if there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself. –Beyoncé Knowles

A person’s worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves.” — Jean De La Bruvere

Women often face obstacles when trying to achieve their goals, which invite them to question the validity of their requests and feasibility of their dreams. — Womens Confidence Report 

Early in her career, Virginia M. Rometty, I.B.M.’s next chief executive, was offered a big job, but she felt she did not have enough experience. So she told the recruiter she needed time to think about it. That night, her husband asked her,”‘Do you think a man would have ever answered that question that way?” “What it taught me was you have to be very confident, even though you’re so self-critical inside about what it is you may or may not know,” she said at Fortune‘s Most Powerful Women Summit this month. “And that, to me, leads to taking risks.” - HBR  But one New York Times story placed the emphasis on the role self-confidence may have played into her success…

Get more confidence by doing things that excite and frighten you. — Jessica Williams

There’s a confidence and sense of self that comes with age that I didn’t anticipate. — Jillian Michaels

Through my education, I didn’t just develop skills, I didn’t just develop the ability to learn, but I developed confidence. — Michelle Obama

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. —  Eleanor Roosevelt

It is confidence in our bodies, minds, and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures. — Oprah Winfrey

I think about trust and confidence as something that you earn every day, and we will keep at it, earning it every day. — Lynn Good

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Self confidence is a super power. Once you start to believe in yourself, magic starts happening. — Unknown

Action is a high road to self-confidence and esteem. Where it is open, all energies flow toward it. It comes readily to most people, and its rewards are tangible. — Bruce Lee

“I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time. — Anne Freud

Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone to tell you who you are. — Beyoncé

Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you. Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames. — Rumi

You will never gain anyone’s approval by begging for it. When you stand confident in your own worth, respect follows. — Mandy Hale

If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. — Vincent Van Gogh