1) “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” — Helen Keller
2) “I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all.” — Simone Biles
3) “The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.” — bell hooks
4) “I don’t want to be better than you or her or him – I want to be better than I am right now.” — Kerri Walsh
5) “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 Yousafzai
6) “A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
7) “I had to remind myself of the truth of who I was and the reality that success wasn’t defined by a result but by faithfulness. I had to remember that my identity and healing weren’t dependent on the voices that surrounded me and that the truth wasn’t dependent on popular opinion or cultural responses. I had to focus on what was real and true. The straight line instead of the crooked.” — Rachael Denhollander
8) “I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am.” — Beyoncé
9) “Life is very interesting… in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.” — Drew Barrymore
10) “If you don’t see a clear path for what you want, sometimes you have to make it yourself.” — Mindy Kaling
11) “Work hard every day. No matter what your strengths and weaknesses, there’s no substitute for hard work.” — Hope Solo
12) “I love challenging the status quo.” — Sara Ramirez
13) “I can if I want to because it’s my business.” — Tabitha Brown
14) “Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.” — Maya Angelou
15) “We might not be able to change our circumstances, but we CAN change our attitude.” — Beth Moore
16) “People have to go through things in order to become the person that they are today and that’s that.” — Sarah Hyland
17) “I’ve always wanted to fight for people who didn’t have arms. I’ve always wanted to speak up for people who don’t have a voice. I’ve always wanted to protect people who couldn’t protect themselves. It’s my nature. It’s my instinct.” — Sophia Bush
18) “Perhaps some detours aren’t detours at all. Perhaps they are actually the path.” — Katherine Wolf
19) “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” — Billie Jean King
20) “What if the things that have caused the most hurt in your life became the birthplaces of your deepest passions?” — Jennie Allen
21) “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” — Rosalynn Carter
22) “It’s about putting in the hours and going through the paces.” — Shawn Johnson
23) “My best successes came on the heels of failures.” — Barbara Corcoran
24) “The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” — Ayn Rand
25) “Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.” —Brené Brown
26) “If you are afraid of failure, you don’t deserve success.” — Nastia Liukin
27) “If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.” — Dolly Parton
28) “Be courageous. Challenge orthodoxy. Stand up for what you believe in. When you are in your rocking chair talking to your grandchildren many years from now, be sure you have a good story to tell.” — Amal Clooney
29) “True champions aren’t always the ones that win, but those with the most guts.” — Mia Hamm
30) “Being a strong woman is very important to me. But doing it all on my own is not.” — Reba McEntire
31) “I love hearing educated people speak and just shut everyone up. Knowledge is always the loudest voice.” — Zendaya
32) “Hard days are the best because that’s when champions are made.” — Gabby Douglas
33) “I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.” — Tracee Ellis Ross
34) “We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.” — Whoopi Goldberg
35) “Because confidence is really trust in yourself, right? It has nothing to do with what someone else thinks of you; it’s what you think of you.” — Chrissy Metz
37) “I don’t believe in putting on airs. I call it like I see it.” — Ellen Pompeo
38) “Keep working even when no one is watching.” — Alex Morgan
39) “It takes courage and strength to be empathetic, and I’m very proudly an empathetic and compassionate leader. I am trying to chart a different path, and that will attract criticism but I can only be true to myself and the form of leadership I believe in.” — Jacinda Ardern
40) “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” — Angela Davis
41) “Joy is strength.” — Mother Teresa
42) “We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.” — Margaret Atwood
43) “I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.” — Serena Williams
44) “I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles.” — Audrey Hepburn
45) “The important thing is to always ask the world to do some things. But sometimes they cannot be done, so you have to take a stab, and you have to do them.” — Malala Yousafzai
46) “I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally.” — Marilynne Robinson
47) “If you overthink things, the moment will pass you by.” — Maya Moore
48) “Find the smartest people you can and surround yourself with them.” — Marissa Meyer
49) “Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.” — Bernice King
50 ) “There is power in seeing a face that looks like yours do something, be someone. There is power in moving from the sidelines to the center.” — Jenny Han
