Independent Women Quotes

Independent women quotes can be a great source of motivation and inspiration for not just women, but everyone.

Being independent and self-confident are a few personality traits admired by all. Women are striving. Womanhood is evolving. Their courage and dedication towards every field is commendable. They are warriors and can do anything to everything. 

Women, today, are excelling in various fields. Successful and strong women are not only an inspiration for all other independent women but also contribute towards women empowerment and upliftment.

Let us learn about some of the most powerful women who have always been empowering others around them.

Here are 16 powerful quotes from modern-day and historical independent women who battled many obstacles in their lives to be who they are today.

Independent Women Quotes

1. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” 

-Ayn Rand

2. “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

– Hellen Keller

3. “I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.”

– Florence Nightingale

4.“Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.”

– Sara Blakely

5. “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.”

– Hillary Clinton

6. “Giving up doesn’t always mean you’re weak. Sometimes you’re just strong enough to let go.”

– Taylor Swift

7. “Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know that so it goes on flying anyway.”

– Mary Kay Ash

8. “When you embrace your difference, your DNA, your look or heritage or religion or your unusual name, that’s when you start to shine.”

– Bethenny Frankel

9. “My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.”

– Ruth Bader Ginsberg

10. “Don’t ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility. Make decisions based on what should happen, not what shouldn’t.”

– Michelle Obama

11. “I know where I am going, and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I am free to be what I want.”

– Aruna Asaf Ali

12. “Power is not given to you. You must take it.”

– Beyonce

13. “Liberty for a woman comes from the ability to make financial decisions for her life.”

– Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud

14. “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”

– Arundhati Roy

15. “I am starving. I am starving for something real. Something breakable, something tangled, fragile, imperfect and free. I am starving to be me.”

– Kalki Koechlin

16. “Self-revelation is a cruel process. The real picture, the real you never emerges. Looking for it is as bewildering as trying to know how you really look. Ten different mirrors show you ten different faces.”

– Author Shashi Deshpande

To have such successful and independent women amongst us is a blessing. Life was never easy for them but it was their constant hope and determination towards their goals and dreams that kept them going. To be able to reach their goals, everyone has to learn to accept themselves the way they are by practicing self-love.