21 Empowering Reminders For The Girl Who Isn't Afraid To Raise Her Voice

“The truth about being a strong woman is that the world sees us as a threat. We’re just ‘too much,’ ‘too intimidating,’ too ‘jaded’ and ‘miserable’ and ‘bitter’. But we are none of those things. We are women with backbones. Women who aren’t afraid to be proud of ourselves in a world that might not al…”

— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com

“I’m a strong, bitchy woman. I don’t know when to shut my mouth. I’ve been known to level a man with a raised eyebrow. My sense of humor is dark and dry like some red wine I don’t know the name of. I’m also kind and loyal and loving.”

— Caity Mae, thoughtcatalog.com

“The men in my life ask that I change. Give up the fast lane. Dull my sharp tongue. The woman they want is not the woman I am.”

— Caity Mae, thoughtcatalog.com

“The simple act of being a woman in this world teaches you strength. It makes warriors out of our girls. With every double standard, we watch a powerhouse emerge. With every sexist remark, we see a Phoenix rise from the ashes.”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“I was born with a voice. I was born with two legs. I was born from a father who taught me yell, to run, to kick. And a mother who showed me how to draw, to sketch, to dream. I learned young that to be myself, I must be fearless. I must be fierce. I must be passionate and driven and bold. I learned y…”

— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com

“A strong woman won’t wait for anyone. She won’t wait for her crush to finally ask her out. She won’t wait years pining for a man to love her back. No, she will move on with her life. She will get what she wants, when she wants. And she won’t apologize for it.”

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.com

“Being a woman is being the very embodiment of strength.”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“Here is what being a strong woman means to me: It means standing up for myself. It means that I am a fully-functioning human, one who is independent and able to do things for herself. It means that I have opinions and beliefs that I stand for, and that I do not settle for less.”

— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com

“Life on the planet is born of woman.”

— Adrienne Rich, amazon.com

“Just watch, all of you men. I’ll show you what a woman can do…I’ll go across the country, I’ll race to the Moon… I’ll never look back.”

— Edna Gardner Whyte, pinterest.com

“[She is] a woman so strong she burns heaven and drenches hell.”

— John Green, Miles 'Pudge' Halter, amazon.com

“It is frightening when a woman finally realizes that there is no answer to the question ‘who am I’ except the voice inside herself.”

— Betty Friedan, amazon.com

“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.”

— Audre Lorde, quotes-friendship.com

“You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can’t.”

— Annie Leibovitz, fastcocreate.com

“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.”

— Melinda Gates, harpersbazaar.com

“A strong woman will always be a work in progress, full of surprises, full of power, full of beauty and full of love.”

— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com

“She is not proud, but she does carry herself well. She walks with her head held high because she doesn’t believe in needing people to save her; she has always been strong enough to save herself.”

— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com

“I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.”

— Madonna, people.com

“I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.”

— Audre Lorde, youtube.com

“There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise.”

— W. E. B. Dubois, pinterest.com

“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”

— Ayn Rand, pinterest.com