31 Empowering Feminist Quotes For International Women’s Day That Will Make You Proud To Be A Woman

'A woman is like a tea bag - you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.'

'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.'

'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.'

'A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.'

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

'Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, "I'm possible!"'

'I feel like young girls are told that they have to be a princess and fragile. It's bullsh*t. I identify much more with being a warrior –a fighter.'

'A feminist to me is somebody that wishes to protect the integrity of women who are ambitious. A feminist in my opinion is somebody that regards that women have a strong intelligence and wisdom. That we are just as great as men — and some of us can be even better.'

'We need to stop telling girls they can be anything they want when they grow up. Because it would have never occurred to them that they couldn't.'

'Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.'

'Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely – and the right to be heard.'

'A feminist is a person who believes in the power of women just as much as they believe in the power of anyone else. It's equality, it's fairness, and I think it's a great thing to be a part of.'

'Know what? B*tches get stuff done.'

'Figure out who you are separate from your family, and the man or woman you're in a relationship with. Find who you are in this world and what you need to feel good alone. I think that's the most important thing in life. Find a sense of self. With that, you can do anything else.'

'I'm a feminist because I believe in women […] It's a heavy word, feminism, but it's not one I think we should run from. I'm proud to be a feminist.'

'You don't have to be pretty. You don't owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don't owe it to your mother, you don't owe it to you children, you don't owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked "female".'

'There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish, whether that's in politics or other fields.'

'As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.'

'My hope for the future, not just in the music industry, but in every young girl I meet, is that they all realise their worth and ask for it.'

'I'm a feminist because I'm a woman, and I think that if you're a strong woman who wants to succeed, you have to be a feminist.'

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

'If men could see us as we really are, they would be a little amazed.'

'A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.'

'I hope that my presence on your screen and my face in magazines may lead you, young girls, on a beautiful journey. That you will feel the validation of your external beauty, but also get to the deeper business of being beautiful inside.'

'I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.'

'Don't waste so much time thinking about how much you weigh. There is no more mind-numbing, boring, idiotic, self-destructive diversion from the fun of living.'

'Like Elle Woods, I do not like to be underestimated.'

'Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.'

'A man told me that for a woman, I was very opinionated. I said, "For a man, you're kind of ignorant."'

'Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. And I also hope that you will choose to make some of that trouble on behalf of women.'

'I raise up my voice – not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.'