10 POWERFUL QUOTES FROM BADASS WOMAN TO INSPIRE YOU IN 2018
“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” – Wilma Rudolph. Rudolph was a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field during the 50s and 60s.
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt. Roosevelt was an American politician, diplomat and activist. She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States.
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou. Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years.
“You are the one that possesses the key to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.” – Diane Von Furstenberg. Belgian-American fashion designer. She is president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) since 2006; in 2014 was listed as the 68th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes; and in 2015 was included in the Time 100, as an Icon, by Time Magazine.
“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.” - Malala Yousafzai. A Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate.
“Power’s not given to you. You have to take it.” - Beyoncé Knowles Carter. American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. She is one of the best-selling music artists in history. She has won 22 Grammy Awards and is the most nominated woman in the award's history.
7. “You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” - Shonda Rhimes. An American television producer, screenwriter, and author. She is best known as the showrunner of Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, and Scandal. Rhimes has also served as the executive producer of Off the Map, How to Get Away with Murder, and The Catch.
8. “Done is better than perfect.” - Sheryl Sandberg. Sheryl is the chief operating officer (COO) of Facebook and founder of the Lean In Foundation.
9. “Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.” - Oprah Winfrey. The Oprah Winfrey Show, was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media" she is the richest African-American and North America's first multi-billionaire black person and has been ranked the greatest black philanthropist in American history.
10. “Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.” - Harper Lee. Harper was an American novelist widely known for To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960. Immediately successful, it won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature.
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