It was so inspiring to see all the media posts, meetings, and campaigns during this year's International Women's Day. To continue the day's spirit, here are some of my favorite quotes from famous female leaders who are or were truly bold for change:

"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas."
-Marie Curie

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

"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples."
-Mother Teresa

"All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary."
-Sally Ride

"That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman?"
-Sojourner Truth

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

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."
-Maya Angelou

"I believe in hard work and luck, and that the first often leads to the second."
-J.K. Rowling

"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

"The less you reveal the more people can wonder."
-Emma Watson

"Follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow someone else's path unless you're in the woods and you're lost and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that."
-Ellen DeGeneres

"You is kind. You is smart. You is important."
-Kathryn Stockett

"When life gets you down you know what you've gotta do? Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming."
-Dory

"I tell my story, not because it is unique, but because it is not. It is the story of many girls."
-Malala Yousafzai