Celebrating International Women's Day 2023 with Empowering Quotes, Sayings and Messages

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International Women’s Day is an important day of recognition and celebration for women around the world. 

It is a day to recognize the achievements of women, but also to highlight the challenges that remain in achieving gender equality. 

This year, International Women’s Day will be celebrated on March 8th, 2023. 

In honor of this day, we have compiled a list of inspiring and empowering quotes from some of the world’s most influential women. 

These quotes are sure to remind you of the power of women to create change and to inspire you on your journey toward gender equality. Enjoy reading !

1. "Where women are respected, there the gods delight; and where they are not, there all works and efforts come to naught." - Swami Vivekananda

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

3. "A  strong woman looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink." - Gina Carey

4. "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

5. "My life didn't please me, so I created my life." - Coco Chanel

6. "It's not about how many times you get rejected or fall down or are beaten up, it’s about how many times you stand up and are brave and you keep on going." - Lady Gaga

7. "Extremists  have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book." - Malala Yousafzai 

8. " We need to live in a culture that values and respects and looks up to and idolizes women as much as men." - Emma Watson

9. "No  one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt

10. "Behind  the innumerable Bakuls and Paruls of today's Bengal there is a history of years of struggle. The history is the struggle of their mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers. They were few in number, a few individuals among many. And they walked alone." - Ashapurna Devi

11. "No  woman should be made to fear that she was not enough." - Samantha Shannon

12. "Some  women fear the fire. Some women simply become it." - R.H. Sin

13. "I never dreamed about success. I worked for it." - Estée Lauder

14. "Strong women don't have attitudes they have standards." - Marilyn Monroe

15. "There’s  something so special about a woman who dominates in a man’s world. It takes a certain grace, strength, intelligence, fearlessness, and the nerve to never take no for an answer." - Rihanna

16. "I'm not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else." - Dolly Parton

17. "Men have been told for a very very long time that woman is commodity. A woman is for your pleasure, to feed you, to keep your home, to raise your children. It's always about yours. 

It's always about him. So until you, us as parents teach our sons that the only way to be a better man is to respect a woman and not degrade her. That's when society will change. 

When we teach our daughter, that you'll stand on your own feet and when we educate our daughter, that's a very very important thing that needs to happen." - Priyanka Chopra

18. "Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe you must become its soul." - Coretta Scott King

19. "The  thing women have yet to learn is that nobody gives you power. You just take it." - Roseanne Barr

20. "The  question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me." - Ayn Rand

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21. "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

22. "The  way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." - Dolly Parton

23. "A girl should be two things, who and what she wants" - Coco Chanel

24. "Everything  is within your power, and your power is within you." - Janice Trachtman

25. "A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman," - Melinda Gates

26. "Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe." - Oprah Winfrey

27. "There is no force more powerful than a woman determined to rise." - W.E.B. Dubois

28. "Every man, every woman, every child has some talent, some power, some opportunity of getting good and doing good. Each day offers some occasion for using this talent. As we use it, it gradually increases, improves, and becomes native to the character. As we neglect it, it dwindles, withers, and disappears." - James Freeman Clarke (read more James Freeman Clarke Quotes) 

29. "Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you're wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn't love you anymore." - Lady Gaga

30. "A  strong woman stands up for herself. A stronger woman stands up for everybody else." - Unknown

31. "Turn your wounds into wisdom." - Oprah Winfrey

32. "When we empower girls hungry for education, we cultivate women who are emboldened to effect change within their communities and globally." - Meghan Markle

33. "Empowering  women isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do." - Barack Obama

34. "Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping-stone to greatness." - Oprah Winfrey

35. "Women are the real architects of society." - Cher

36. "Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses." - Madame Marie du Deffand

37. "Women themselves have the right to live in dignity, in freedom from want and freedom from fear. On this International Women's Day, let us rededicate ourselves to making that a reality." - Kofi Annan

38. "A  circle of women may just be the most powerful force known to humanity. If you have one, embrace it. If you need one, seek it. If you find one, for the love of all that is good and holy, dive in." - Jeanette LeBlanc

39. "And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." - Friedrich Nietzsche

40. "The  best protection any woman can have… is courage." -  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

41. "What  we fear of doing most is usually what we most need to do." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The message of International Women’s Day is one of empowerment and strength. 

Taking the opportunity to celebrate our female family members, friends and colleagues is an important part of the day. 

Celebrating with inspiring and empowering quotes is a great way to lift up each other and remind everyone that women can do anything they set their minds to. 

Whether it be through entrepreneurship, raising a family or tackling bigger global issues, International Women’s Day is a time to recognize and celebrate all of the amazing things that women are capable of doing.