Being a successful woman in business means having the courage to own who you are, why you are doing what you do and how you can apply your vision to positively impact the world. Inspirational successful women quotes will encourage growth in life, make you wiser and broaden your perspective.
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Famous Successful Women Quotes
I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass. Maya Angelou
I never dreamed about success. I worked for it. Estee Lauder
Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live. Anne Sweeny
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
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. Louisa May Alcott
I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I always knew the woman I wanted to be. Diane Von Furstenberg
Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world. Hilary Clinton

I always believed that one woman’s success can only help another woman’s success. Gloria Vanderbilt
Delete the negative; accentuate the positive. Donna Karan
I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity. Michelle Obama
As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world. Virginia Woolf
I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘wow I’m not really sure I can do this’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough. Marissa Mayer
A confident woman, a woman who truly knows her worth and her power is a force to be reckoned with. Mandy Hale
I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. Oprah Winfrey
Top Successful Women Quotes
My will shall shape the future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no one’s doing but my own. I am the force. I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice. My responsibility. Win or lose; only I hold the key to my destiny. Elaine Maxwell
Success isn’t about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives. Michelle Obama
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. Coco Chanel
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. Mother Teresa
Honor your calling. Everyone has one. Trust your heart, and success will come to you. Oprah Winfrey
It’s never too late to make a comeback. Christina Katz
A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want. Madonna
The most effective way to do it, is to do it. Amelia Earhart.
Always concentrate on how far you have come, rather than how far you have left to go. The difference in how easy it seems will amaze you. Heidi Johnson
I am willing to put myself through anything, temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level. I am interested in the unknown, and the only path to the unknown is through breaking barriers, an often painful process. Diana Nyad
Only do what your heart tells you. Princess Diana
If this is something that you really want to do, if you believe in it…simply keep forging forward because success will come. Cassandra Sanford
I think the key is for women not to set any limits. Martina Navratilova
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. Margaret Mead
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Maya Angelou
I think beauty comes from within. If you’re happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside. Faith Hill
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country. Margaret Thatcher
Inspirational Successful Women Quotes
Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences. J. K. Rowling
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. Helen Keller
Trust you gut. Sara Blakely
When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not. Barbara Corcoran
Don’t waste a single second. Just move forward as fast as you can, and go for it. Rebecca Woodcock
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others. Audrey Hepburn
Some positive creativity has got to start with humanity and when you’re a human being, you feel, you suffer. Marilyn Monroe
A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform. Diane Mariechild
The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. Ayn Rand
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. Harriet Beecher Stowe
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
You have to do what you dream of doing, even while you’re afraid. Arianna Huffington
Happiness is the gradual realization of a worthy ideal or goal. Florence Nightingale
Really take the time to focus on finding your voice and making sure that whatever you’re creating is of high quality and is useful for people in their everyday lives. Brit Morin
You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose. Indira Gandhi
You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. Barbara De Angelis
Every woman has the right to be beautiful. Elizabeth Arden
Nothing is impossible; the word itself says ‘I’m possible’! Audrey Hepburn
If it doesn’t scare you, you’re probably not dreaming big enough. Tory Burch
You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them. Jeniffer Lopez
Anything is possible if you’ve got enough nerve. J.K. Rowling
Be the kind of woman that makes other woman want to be you. Topaz
I am not afraid…I was born to do this. Joan Of Arc
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. Helen Keller
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. Mae West
Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. Charlotte Whitton
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. Mother Teresa
Women are as capable as men and this needs to be the focus of our education, that women can be whatever they want to be. DJ Zinhale
As an entrepreneur, you can always find a solution if you try hard enough. Lori Greiner
Work smart. Get things done. No nonsense. Move fast. Susan Wojcicki
There are no limitations on what’s possible. Jessica Alba
I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman. Anaïs Nin
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. Marie Curie