Happy “International Women’s Day” to all the in the world. To specially celebrate our women today, I have decided to share thirteen carefully selected quotes about women, and life as it affects them. These quotes can change your life.
i. On women finding their voice in a complex world
A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. This "voice" is your best tool in the boardroom... Once you find your voice, hone it and practice.
- Melinda Gates (Co-Founder, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)
Master of my own destiny
ii. On parenting
Let us lead by example in creating a world in which women and men are not economically punished for wanting to be parents.
- Anne Hathaway
iii. On taking charge of your life
Above all, be the heroine of your own life.
- Nora Ephron
iv. On a better world
Imagine a bold plan for a world without discrimination, in which women and men are equal partners in shaping their societies and lives.
- Nicole Kidman
v. On entrepreneurship
Profits are important but only for business. You don't need to love money to run a business. You have to have a dream to build an institution, to build centers of excellence, to create a great team.
- Mallike Srinivasan
vi. On accepting oneself
After all those years as a woman hearing "not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough," almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought "I am enough".
- Anna Quindlen
vii. On life
You create your own reality and within it, you attract certain people to your life who reflect to you certain aspects of you that need attention.
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David, a Steemian, is a man. But of course, men are an intricate part of the future we seek for a better world.
viii. On character
Every time you take the harder, more principled path, you add one more brick to the foundation of your character. Every time you compromise on your beliefs, you give yourself the licence to do it again.
- Shikha Sharma
ix. On time and choices
You have to decide what is important to you and where you want to spend your time.
- Vinita Bali
x. On career
Though we need more women to graduate with technical degrees, I always like to remind women that you don’t need to have science or technology degrees to build a career in tech.
- Susan Wojcicki (CEO, Youtube)
You can be all you've always wanted to be
xi. On writing one’s own story
Just like any woman... we weave our stories out of our bodies. Some of us through our children or our art; Some do it just be living. It's all the same.
- Francesca Lia Block
xii. On power to make a difference
Women have a unique power of being able to look at the world's problems and discover solutions that transform lives and make the world a better place.
- Dr. Howard
Never stop learning
xiii. On womanhood
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size.
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say, It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
- Maya Angelou
Happy International Women's Day
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