Quotes on Great Women

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!

Putting on your crown is really like accepting the fact that you are a queen. You're a great woman. Wherever you are in life, just keep on that path, and so for me, sometimes as women, we forget - we forget that about ourselves. So, putting on your crown is sort of reminding yourself that, hey, I'm a queen, and I can do what I want in this life and take it.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.

I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow.

My mustrious lordship, i'll show you what a woman can do

Your playing small does not serve the world. Who are you not to be great?

You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.

You can't shake hands with a closed fist.

I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must not, for whatever reason, turn his back on life." Another "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

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

I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success.

Happy girls are the prettiest girls.

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

I wanted to show the history and strength of all kinds of black women. Working women, country women, urban women, great women in the history of the United States.

As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.

When you 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.'

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.