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

“Well-behaved women rarely make history.”
– Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

“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

“Just put on your makeup and get out there and do it.”
– Emma Bunton

“The best protection any woman can have… is courage.”
– Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, ‘She doesn’t have what it takes’. They will say, ‘Women don’t have what it takes’.”
– Clare Boothe Luce

“Women are the real architects of society.”
– Harriet Beecher Stowe

“Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.”
– Bella Abzug

“Woman are like modern paintings. You can’t enjoy them, if you try to understand them.”
– Freddie Mercury

“In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“Though I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, it hasn’t changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I’m just wearing better shoes.”
– Oprah Winfrey

“Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.”
– James Thurber

“An actress can only play a woman. I’m an actor, I can play anything.”
– Whoopi Goldberg

“Women are always beautiful.”
– Ville Valo