30+ Quotes About Women’s Confidence by Strong Women 

“Your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.”

Michelle Obama

You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”

Maya Angelou

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.”

 — Madonna

“I can’t think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself.”

— Emma Stone

“Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions… Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.”

— Tina Fey

“…if there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself.”

— Beyoncé

“If you’re comfortable with yourself and know yourself, you’re going to shine and radiate.”

— Dolly Parton

“Confidence is not ‘they will like me.’ Confidence is ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t.’” 

— Christina Grimmie

 “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.”

 — Oprah Winfrey

“The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.” 

— Blake Lively

“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.”

 — Estée Lauder

 “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear.”

 — Rosa Parks

 “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.”

 — Malala Yousafzai

“A woman is like a tea bag—you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.”

 — Eleanor Roosevelt

“A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman.”

— Melinda French Gates

“You must do the things you think you cannot do.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

 “I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.”

 — Lily Tomlin

“There’s a moment in all of our lives when you realize, ‘No, wait, no one’s coming to help… I have to make that decision.’”

 — Reese Witherspoon

“Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.”

 — Arianna Huffington

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it’s right.” 

— Rosa Parks

“What I want young women and girls to know is: You are powerful and your voice matters.”

— Kamala Harris

 “You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.” 

— Serena Williams

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

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

 “I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody’s passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn’t mind learning.” 

– Amy Poehler

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”

— Sharon Salzberg

 “Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”

— Louise Hay

“You are enough just as you are.”

 — Meghan Markle

“You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously.” 

— Sophia Bush

“You are worthy of love and belonging.”

— Brené Brown

“I am woman phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, that’s me.”

 — Maya Angelou

“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.”

— Brené Brown

“Am I good enough? Yes, I am.”

 ― Michelle Obama, “Becoming”

“How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.”

 ― Rupi Kaur

“Nobody is perfect. I just don’t believe in perfection. But I do believe in saying this is who I am and look at me not being perfect! I’m proud of that.”

 ― Kate Winslet