Sometimes we could all use a little advice. As a new semester starts, here is a list of amazing quotes from equally amazing women. From advice on ambition to thoughts on beauty, these quotes will prepare you to kill it this year.

1. "You can't be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute." -Tina Fey

2. "When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful." -Malala Yousafzai

3. "Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay." -Simone de Beauvoir

4. "Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it." -Harper Lee

5. "Sometimes I think change is a good thing." -Katie Couric

6. "Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim." -Nora Ephron

7. "Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself." -Eleanor Roosevelt

8. "In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different." -Coco Chanel

9. "Done is better than perfect." -Sheryl Sandberg

10. "You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them." -Shonda Rhimes

11. "Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier." -Mother Teresa

12. "It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody." -Maya Angelou

13. "Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from." -Jodie Foster

14." The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn." -Gloria Steinem

15. "The most effective way to do it, is to do it." -Amelia Earhart

16. "Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong." -Ella Fitzgerald

17. "You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are." -Melissa Etheridge

18. "If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun." -Katharine Hepburn

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

20. "Why the f*ck not me?” should be your motto." -Mindy Kaling

Stick a couple of these on your wall or put some in a notebook. You don't know when you'll need some life advice or a stray thought on self-worth. Apply these words of wisdom to your life and who knows what could happen!