150 Feminist Quotes That Celebrate Strong, Amazing Women Like You

For all the women who've ever felt oppressed. For all the women whose voices have been hushed. For all the women whose strength and value aren't recognized. This one's for you.

Celebrate your strength as a strong, empowered woman with these 150 inspiring feminist quotes that describe the true meaning of feminism.

These quotes about a woman's resilience and power come from trailblazers like Maya Angelou, Gloria Steinem, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Toni Morrison and more.

150 Feminist Quotes

1. “Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” - Maya Angelou

2. “Life is not a competition between men and woman. It is a collaboration.” - David Alejandro Fearnhead

3. “The only thing required to be a woman is to identify as one. Period. End of story.” - Amanda Lovelace

4. “You deserve to be here. You deserve to exist. You deserve to take up space in this world of men.” - MacKenzi Lee

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

6. “The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied ... strength and beauty must go together.” - Louisa May Alcott

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

8. “What I am proud of, what seems so simply clear, is that feminism is a way to FIGHT for justice, always in short supply.” - Barbara Strickland

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

10. “Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.” - Marie Shear

11. "To all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful, and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams." – Hillary Clinton

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12. "I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay." – Madonna

13. "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

14. "Feminism isn't about making women stronger. Women are already strong, it's about changing the way the world perceives that strength." - G.D. Anderson

15. “I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.” - Maya Angelou

16. "A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman." – Melinda Gates

17. "There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish." – Michelle Obama

18. "Feminism is for everybody." – Bell Hooks

19. "Words have power. TV has power. My pen has power." – Shonda Rhimes

20. "We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women's voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored." – Sheryl Sandberg

21. "We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead." - Beyoncé

22. "Women must learn to play the game as men do." – Eleanor Roosevelt

23. "No woman should be told she can't make decisions about her own body. When women's rights are under attack, we fight back." – Kamala Harris

24. "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

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25. "I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak." – Harriet Beecher Stowe

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

27. "Women's freedom is the sign of social freedom." – Rosa Luxemburg

28. "Women have discovered that they cannot rely on men's chivalry to give them justice." – Hellen Keller

29. "Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another." – Toni Morrison

30. “You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.” – Brigham Young

31. “Feminism is not a dirty word. It does not mean you hate men. It does not mean you hate girls that have nice legs and a tan, and it does not mean you are a bitch or a dyke, it means you believe in equality.” – Kate Nash

32. “Though we have the courage to raise our daughters more like our sons, we’ve rarely had the courage to raise our sons like our daughters.” – Gloria Steinem

33. “Feminism is about giving women choice. Feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women with.” – Emma Watson

34. “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” – Maya Angelou

35. “My coach said I run like a girl. And I said if he ran a little faster he could too.” – Mia Hamm

36. “There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.” – Madeleine Albright

37. “My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it’s very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do.” – Ani DiFranco

38. “Women, we endure those cuts in so many ways that we don’t even notice we’re cut. We are living with small tiny cuts, and we are bleeding every single day. And we’re still getting up.” – Michelle Obama

39. “A huge part of being a feminist is giving other women the freedom to make choices you might not necessarily make yourself.” – Lena Dunham

40. "I love being a woman and I was not one of these women who rose through professional life by wearing men's clothes or looking masculine. I loved wearing bright colors and being who I am." — Madeleine Albright

41. “Feminism is not just about women; it’s about letting all people lead fuller lives.” – Jane Fonda

42. “There’s just as many different kinds of feminism as there are women in the world.” – Kathleen Hanna

43. “There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” – Virginia Woolf

44. “Feminisim’s agenda is basic: it asks that women not be forced to choose between public justice and private happiness.” – Susan Faludi

45. “I believe the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st Century.” – Hillary Clinton

46. “I’m a feminist. I’ve been a female for a long time now. It’d be stupid not to be on my own side.” – Maya Angelou

47. “Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them." – Unknown

48. “Your silence will not protect you.” – Audre Lorde

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

50. “No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half its citizens.” – Michelle Obama

51. “Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.”―Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

52. “We need to stop telling the story about the woman who stayed at home, passive and dependent, waiting for her man. She wasn’t sitting around waiting. She was busy. She still is.”—Rebecca Solnit

53. “We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains.”—Ursula K. LeGuin

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

55. "I want every little girl who's told she's bossy to be told instead she has leadership skills." —Sheryl Sandberg

56. "I did everything he did but backwards and in high heels." —Ginger Rogers

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

58. "Girls should never be afraid to be smart." —Emma Watson

59. "A girl should be two things: who and what she wants." —Coco Chanel

60. "Men don't age better than women, they're just allowed to age." —Carrie Fisher