Quotes For Bad-ass Women
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Quotes For Bad-ass Women

Twenty-five of the most powerful quotes from bad-ass women for women.

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Quotes For Bad-ass Women
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  1. “Bitches get stuff done” Tina Fey
  2. “Who runs the world? Girls.” —Beyoncé Knowles
    “The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.” —Roseanne Barr
  3. “I’m not a humanitarian, I’m a hell-raiser.” —Mother Jones
  4. “A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.” —Gloria Steinem
  5. “It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.” —Mary Wollstonecraft
  6. “If women want rights more than they got, why don’t they just take them, and not be talking about it.” —Sojourner Truth
  7. “I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.” —Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  8. "If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman." —Margaret Thatcher
  9. "Though we have the courage to raise our daughters more like our sons, we've rarely had the courage to raise our sons like our daughters." —Gloria Steinem
  10. "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 leading." —Amy Poehler
  11. "Stop telling girls they can be anything they want when they grow up. I think it’s a mistake. Not because they can’t, but because it would have never occurred to them that they couldn’t." —Sarah Silverman
  12. "There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of women." —Malala
  13. "You can't please everyone. You just have to be able to get up in the morning and look at yourself in the mirror and like what you see." -- P!nk
  14. "I am a Woman
    Phenomenally.
    Phenomenal Woman,
    that's me."
    —Maya Angelou, "Phenomenal Woman"
  15. "To all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable, powerful, and deserving of every opportunity in the world and every chance to pursue your dreams." —Hillary Clinton
  16. "If it is not a fit place for women, it is unfit for men to be there." —Sojourner Truth
  17. "A woman is like a tea bag, she never knows how strong she is until she's in hot water." —Eleanor Roosevelt
  18. “Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind.” —Queen Elizabeth I
  19. “As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.” —Virginia Woolf
  20. “The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” —Amelia Earhart
  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. "Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in." -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  23. “Power’s not given to you. You have to take it.” — Beyoncé Knowles Carter
  24. “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” — Marilyn Monroe
  25. “There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It’s why you were born.” — Oprah Winfrey
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