“You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe.”— Leymah Gbowee, quotespictures.net
“You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.”— Shonda Rhimes, yourtango.com
“If I stop to kick every barking dog I am not going to get where I’m going.”— Jackie Joyner-Kersee, espn.com
“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, glamour.com
“Buckle up, and know that it’s going to be a tremendous amount of work, but embrace it.”— Tory Burch, forbes.com
“In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman.”— Margaret Thatcher, quoteinvestigator.com
“I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.”— Madonna, books.google.com
“I've always loved strong women, which is lucky for me because once you're over about twenty-five there is no other kind. Women blow my mind. The stuff that routinely gets done to them would make most men curl up and die, but women turn to steel and keep on coming. Any man who claims he's not into st…”— Tana French, amazon.com
“There have always been points where I struggled or felt inadequate while too much of that is unhealthy I think it drives you.”— Anna Kendrick, youtube.com
“If you are reading this, you have survived your entire life up until this point. You have survived traumas, heartbreak, devastation, the elements, different phases of life. And here you are. You go, motherfucker. You’re awesome.”— askclint, excusemewhileistrip.tumblr.com
“You are a weapon. People deny their own strength because they are afraid of their own strength. Whether it’s a corrupt government or an abusive lover, those who seek to control you want you to forget your strength, because they are afraid of you. And they should be afraid.”— Bryant McGill, bryantmcgill.com
“The most transformative and resilient leaders that I’ve worked with over the course of my career have three things in common: First, they recognize the central role that relationships and story play in culture and strategy, and they stay curious about their own emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. Sec…”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“When I see people stand fully in their truth, or when I see someone fall down, get back up, and say, ‘Damn. That really hurt, but this is important to me and I’m going in again’—my gut reaction is, ‘What a badass.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we sign up to get our asses kicked. We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time. Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage t…”— Brené Brown, amazon.com