1. Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.-Margaret Sanger
2. The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.-Alice Walker
3. Your own words are the bricks and mortar of the dreams you want to realize. Your words are the greatest power you have. The words you choose and their use establish the life you experience.-Sonia Croquette
4. We never know how high we are Till we are called to rise; And then, if we are true to plan, Our statures touch the skies.-Emily Dickinson
5. If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we are not really living. Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.-Gail Sheehy
6. Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.-Pamela Vaull Starr
7. You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.-Louise L. Hay
8. Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.-Muriel Strode
9. If you’re able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence.-Barbara Cook
10. Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.-Benjamin Disraeli
11. The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.-Ayn Rand
12. It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.-Madeleine Albright
13. Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then-Diana Ross
14. I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.-Eleanor Roosevelt
15. Never dull your shine for somebody else.-Tyra Banks
16. Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.-Marie Curie
17. Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.-Judy Garland
18. Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who are alive.-Howard Thurman
19. He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
20. Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.-Maria Robinson
21. You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.-Sri Ram
22. Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as in being able to remake ourselves.-Mahatma Gandhi
23. If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems. And that’s a big mistake.-F. Wikzek
24. Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.-Winston Churchill
25. Always make your future bigger than your past.-Dan Sullivan
26. The great leaders are like the best conductors – they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.-Blaine Lee
27. Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.-Gloria Steinem
28. Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity-General George Smith Patton
29. One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in and where you want to go.-Sheila Murray Bethel