The document provides a collection of inspirational quotes by famous women from throughout history on a variety of topics. Some of the quotes discuss overcoming fears and obstacles, the importance of acting on one's dreams and beliefs, and empowering or encouraging others. The quotes are attributed to women such as Marie Curie, Mother Teresa, Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Oprah Winfrey among many others.
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Mother Teresa
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
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Marie Curie
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”
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Emily Dickinson
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words — and never stops at all.”
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Michelle Obama
“Just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who think differently...”
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Mae Jemison
"It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live."
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Emma Watson
“I have realized that fighting for women’s rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating. If there is one thing I
know for certain, it is that this has to stop.”
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Ellen DeGeneres
"Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and
everything else will come."
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Maya Angelou
"People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel."
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Katherine Bigelow
“If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't
change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.”
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Angelina Jolie
"Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To make it right, pain
and suffering is the key to all windows, without it, there is no way of life."
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Alice Walker
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any."
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Emma Stone
“You’re only human. You live once and life is wonderful, so eat the damned red velvet cupcake.”
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Virginia Woolf
“As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.”
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Indira Gandhi
"My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He
told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition."
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Venus Williams
“Some people say I have attitude — maybe I do…but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else
does — that makes you a winner right there."
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Susan Sarandon
“I try to live my life every day in the present, and try not to turn a blind eye to injustice and need.”
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Martha Stewart
"Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success."
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Hillary Clinton
“Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll
right off you.”
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Halle Berry
“There have been so many people who have said to me, 'You can't do that,' but I've had an innate belief that they were wrong.
Be unwavering and relentless in your approach.”
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Christine Lagarde
“To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It's about stimulating them. It's about enabling them to achieve what they
can achieve — and to do that with a purpose.”
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Queen Rania of Jordan
“When you educate a girl, you kick-start a cycle of success. It makes economic sense. It makes social sense. It makes moral
sense. But, it seems, it's not common sense yet.”
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Nancy Reagan
“There's a big, wonderful world out there for you. It belongs to you. It's exciting and stimulating and rewarding. Don't cheat
yourselves out of this promise.”
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Nadine Gordimer
“Sincerity is never having an idea of oneself.”
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Katharine Hepburn
“Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.
And you don't do that by sitting around.”
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Margaret Thatcher
"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”
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Rosa Parks
“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away
with fear.”
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Benazir Bhutto
“You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea.”