International Women’s Day 2022: Read 22 powerful quotes on women

One of my favorite questions to ask someone. More than the answer is the thought process that I enjoy. It not only offers a unique insight into the person, but it also allows me to connect with him/her on a deeper level. After learning their answer, it’s only fair that I answer the question myself.

In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, here is a list of 50 of my favorite quotes penned about and/or by women. Do you have a favorite?
50 quotes about women

1) The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before. | Albert Einstein
2) The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. | Ayn Rand

3) There is a special place in hell for women who do not help other women. | Madeleine Albright
4) A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous. | Coco Chanel
5) The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights. | Gloria Steinem
6) Well-behaved women seldom make history. | Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
7) Keep your heels, head, and standards high. | Coco Chanel
8) Always be careful of what you hear about a woman. Rumors come from either a man who can’t have her or a woman who can’t compete with her. | Unknown
9) Here’s to strong women: may we know them, may we be them, may we raise them. | Unknown
10) Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings. | Cheris Kramarae
11) A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water. | Eleanor Roosevelt
12) The age of a woman doesn’t mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles. | Ralph Waldo Emerson
13) I can hear the roar of women’s silence. | Thomas Sankara
14) I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman. | Anaïs Nin
15) You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation. | Brigham Young
16) Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. | Nora Ephron
17) When a man gives his opinion, he’s a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she’s a bitch. | Bette Davis18) What would men be without women? Scarce, sir…mighty scarce. | Mark Twain
19) There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain. | Audrey Hepburn
20) I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay. | Madonna
21) A man’s face is his autobiography. A woman’s face is her work of fiction. | Oscar Wilde
22) Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman. | Coco Chanel