Supporting and celebrating women's rights is a year-round responsibility. But on International Women's Day (IWD), which is on Saturday, March 8, 2025, it's even more important to take a stand for women's equality.If you're not familiar with it, International Women's Day began in the early 1900s and is "a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality," according to the official IWD website.To help you spread the word and capture the spirit of IWD on March 8, read—and share—this list of 100+ International Women's Day quotes.Related: 150 Feminist Quotes That Celebrate Strong, Amazing Women Like You
Best International Women's Day Quotes
1. "Here's to strong women: May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them." –Unknown2. "To tell a woman everything she cannot do is to tell her what she can." –Spanish Proverb3. "Well-behaved women rarely make history." –Eleanor Roosevelt4. "A charming woman doesn't follow the crowd; she is herself." –Loretta Young5. "The best protection any woman can have is courage." –Elizabeth Cady Stanton6. "Where there is a woman, there is magic." –Ntozake Shange7. "You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it." –Unknown8. "Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world." –Hillary Clinton9. "A girl should be two things: Who and what she wants." –Coco Chanel10. "There's nothing a man can do that I can't do better and in heels." –Ginger RogersRelated: Ignite Your Inner Fire With These 125+ Empowering Quotes From Some of the Strongest Women in History
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11. "She wasn't looking for a knight. She was looking for a sword." –Atticus
12. "Above all, be the heroine of your life. Not the victim." –Nora Ephron
13. "Girls should never be afraid to be smart." –Emma Watson
14. "Life is tough, my darling, but so are you." –Stephanie Bennett-Henry
15. "A strong woman looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink." –Gina Carey
16. "Your life isn't yours if you constantly care what others think." –Unknown
17. "If you have a dream, make it a goal." –Unknown
18. "Sometimes it's the princess who kills the dragon and saves the prince." –Samuel Lowe
19. "Little girls with dreams become women with vision." –Unknown.
20. "If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun." –Katherine Hepburn
21. "She believed she could, so she did." –Unknown
22. "We realize the importance of our voice when we are silenced." –Malala Yousafzai
23. "If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it." –Margaret Fuller
24. "Sometimes it takes balls to be a woman." –Unknown
25. "A successful woman is one who can build a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at her." –Unknown
26. "If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman." –Margaret Thatcher
27. "A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult." –Melinda Gates
28. "We all have a 'Wonder Woman' inside of us." –Unknown
29. "I can and I will. Watch me." –Carrie Green
30. "There is no force more powerful than a woman determined to rise." –W.E.B. Dubois
31. "The most beautiful thing a woman can wear is confidence." –Blake Lively
32. "A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't." –Rhonda Hansome
33. "I want every girl to know that her voice can change the world." –Malala
34. "Nothing can dim the light which shines from within." –Maya Angelou
35. "Females are strong as hell." –The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
36. "Real queens fix each other's crowns." –Unknown
37. "There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish." –Michelle Obama
38. "There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself." –Hannah Gadsby
39. "Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry." –Gloria Steinem
40. "There's something about a woman with a loud mind that sits in silence, smiling, knowing she can crush you with the truth." –R.G. Moon
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Inspirational Quotes for International Women's Day
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41. "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." –Eleanor Roosevelt
42. "A strong woman stands up for herself. A stronger woman stands up for everyone else." –Unknown
43. "Feminism isn't about making women strong. Women are already strong. It's about changing the way the world perceives that strength." –G.D. Anderson
44. "You can always tell who the strong women are. They are the ones you see building one another up instead of tearing each other down." –Unknown
45. "She overcame everything that was meant to destroy her." –Rumi
46. "The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who's going to stop me." –Ayn Rand
47. "Some women fear the fire. Some women simply become it." –R.H. Sin
48. "Cinderella never asked for a prince. She asked for a night off and a dress." –Kiera Cass
49. "I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay." –Madonna
50. "It's okay if you fall down and lose your spark. Just make sure that when you get back up, you rise as the whole damn fire." –Colette Werden
51. "A woman is like a tea bag: You can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water." –Eleanor Roosevelt
52. "What's the greatest lesson a woman should learn? That since day one, she's already had everything she needs within herself. It's the world that convinced her she did not." –Rupi Kaur
53. "Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others." –Amelia Earhart
54. "A woman should be like a single flower—not a whole bouquet." –Anna Held
55. "I know what I bring to the table…So trust me when I say I'm not afraid to eat alone." –Unknown
56. "Strong back. Soft front. Wild heart. Just be you." –Brene Brown
57. "Be the woman you needed as a girl." –Unknown
58. "And one day she discovered that she was fierce and strong and full of fire, and that not even she could hold herself back, because her passion burned brighter than her fears." –Mark Anthony
59. "She remembered who she was, and the game changed." –Lalah Deliah
60. "Her soul is fierce, her heart is brave, her mind is strong." –Unknown
61. "The strongest action for a woman is to love herself, be herself and shine amongst those who never believed she could." –Unknown
62. "She's everything; even when she's treated like nothing." –R.H. Sin
63. "A strong woman can also be vulnerable. Just because there's a crack in your armor, don't doubt your strength for one moment." –Unknown
64. "Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face." –Unknown
65. "She's a strong cup of black coffee in a world that is drunk on the cheap wine of shallow love." –Unknown
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Motivational Quotes for International Women's Day
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66. "I am proud of the woman I am today because I went through one hell of a time to become her." –Unknown
67. "Throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack." –Seneca
68. "Never be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you." –Unknown
69. "I expect woman will be the last thing civilized by man." –George Meredith
70. "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
71. "Don't stop until you're proud." –Unknown
72. "Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness." –Oprah Winfrey
73. "Women are the real architects of society." –Cher
74. "The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles." –Ralph Waldo Emerson
75. "Women are made to be loved, not understood." –Oscar Wilde
76. "In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits." –Arnold Schwarzenegger
77. "Women hold up half the sky." –Mao Zedong
78. "How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants rather than to create it herself." –Anais Nin
79. "She's a mess of gorgeous chaos, and you can see it in her eyes." –Unknown
80. "I do not wish women to have power over men, but over themselves." –Mary Shelley
81. "What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don't have is just love what we do have." –Cameron Diaz
82. "Women's value has been under-recognized for far too long." –Sidney Sheldon
83. "After all those years as a woman hearing, 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not thin enough, not that enough,' almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, 'I am enough.'" –Anna Quindlen
84. "Women are incredible in groups together. Terrifying. Men have nothing on them." –Michael Hutchence
85. "You cannot be broken because you are a diamond, tougher than nails and a jewel in the rough." –Unknown
86. "You don't have to play masculine to be a strong woman." –Mary Elizabeth Winstead
87. "You are a woman; that is your superpower." –Unknown
88. "Stop waiting to find the light at the end of the tunnel and be the light for yourself." –Unknown
89. "Know what your worth is and then add the tax to that amount." –Unknown
90. "She promised better things for herself, so she sought out those things and never looked back." –Unknown
91. "She is strong, but not in the ways most people think. She loves more than she'll ever get back and she knows it, yet she loves anyway." –J.M. Storm
92. "She was a wild one. Always stomping on eggshells that everyone else tip-toed on." –Kaitlin Foster
93. "Yes, she knows pain, but she is strong. Her heart knows no other way." –A.R. Asher
94. "She's a badass with a good heart. Soft but strong. Unapologetic and honest. She's the type of woman you go to war beside; the type of woman you marry." –R.H. Sin
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Quotes About Strong, Confident Women
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95. "The world needs strong women who will lift and build others. Who will love and be loved. Women who live bravely, both tender and fierce; women of indomitable will." –Amy Tenney
96. "She looked back on her life and realized that everything that happened only made her stronger." –Unknown
97. "She wore her scars as her best attire. A stunning dress made of hellfire." –Daniel Saint
98. "Never ever mistake her silence for weakness. Remember that sometimes the air stills before the onset of a hurricane." –Unknown
99. "She was a true fighter; you could see it in her eyes. She wasn't born strong, she was made strong. She was sculpted to be her own when the world let her down and she kept picking herself back up." –Unknown
100. "Some days, she has no idea how she'll do it. But every single day, it still gets done." –Unknown
101. "She has been through hell, so believe me when I say, fear her when she looks into fire and smiles." –E. Corona
102. "When women support each other, incredible things happen." –Unknown
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