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“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.”

“A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.”

“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.”

“Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them.”

“Women have always been the strong ones of the world.”

“I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.”

“If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.”

“As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

“Taking joy in living is a woman's best cosmetic.”

“Women are leaders everywhere you look - from the CEO who runs a Fortune 500 company to the housewife who raises her children and heads her household. Our country was built by strong women and we will continue to break down walls and defy stereotypes.”

“Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.”

“The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.”

“A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”

“Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.”

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”

“There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.”

“Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion”

“Whatever you do, be different - that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can't think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you're different, you will stand out.”

“You can have unbelievable intelligence, you can have connections, you can have opportunities fall out of the sky. But in the end, hard work is the true, enduring characteristic of successful people.”

“We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.”

“I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.”

“We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.”

“I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity.”

“I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want.”

“Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.”

“There’s a saying in Africa, if you give a woman empowerment, you empower a community, you empower men, you empower man. When women become empowered and live in their strength it’s beneficiary to others, and I think as young women today we sometimes forget that we are standing on the struggle of other women. Those women had to stand up to make a change, and they were not popular, and now we’re making them unpopular again.”

“If you want something done, ask a busy person.”

“The idea of being a feminist-so many women have come to this idea of it being anti-male and not able to connect with the opposite sex-but what feminism is about is equality and human rights. For me that is just an essential part of my identity. I hope [Girls] contributes to a continuance of feminist dialogue”

“Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.”

“I've never met a woman who is not strong, but sometimes they don't let it out. Then there's a tragedy, and then all of a sudden that strength comes. My message is let the strength come out before the tragedy.”