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Women's History Month Quotes
Even though they comprise 51% of the population, women rarely get their proper respect for their contributions to society.
As they continue to fight for their due share, we acknowledge the lionesses in the fight for gender equality.
This Women's History Month, we share empowerment quotes from some of the most amazing women in history.
Apex Living > Women's History Month Quotes
![In a time of destruction, create something. ~ Maxine Hong Kingston](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=400,h=267,fit=crop,trim=108.20298507462687;0;51.74925373134328;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/maxine-hong-kingston-quote-whm-AE0EawlBJDfwlbDp.jpg)
![In a time of destruction, create something. ~ Maxine Hong Kingston](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=328,h=285,fit=crop,trim=0;33.1764705882353;0;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/maxine-hong-kingston-quote-whm-AE0EawlBJDfwlbDp.jpg)
"In a time of destruction, create something.”
~ Maxine Hong Kingston
"If you want to lift up humanity, empower women."
~Melinda Gates
![If you want to lift up humanity, empower women. ~Melinda Gates](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=400,h=267,fit=crop,trim=112.90746268656717;0;47.04477611940298;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/melinda-gates-quote-whm-Aq2Zqj3OrXiMZPj6.jpg)
![If you want to lift up humanity, empower women. ~Melinda Gates](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=328,h=278,fit=crop,trim=0;5.662650602409639;0;5.662650602409639/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/melinda-gates-quote-whm-Aq2Zqj3OrXiMZPj6.jpg)
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
![The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=400,h=267,fit=crop,trim=101.14626865671642;0;58.805970149253724;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/eleanor-roosevelt-quote-whm-mjEzqelR0yug6Zrx.jpg)
![The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=328,h=278,fit=crop,trim=0;5.662650602409639;0;5.662650602409639/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/eleanor-roosevelt-quote-whm-mjEzqelR0yug6Zrx.jpg)
![Well-behaved women seldom make history. ~ Laurel Thatcher Ulrich](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=400,h=267,fit=crop,trim=103.49850746268656;0;56.453731343283586;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/laurel-thatcher-ulrich-quote-whm-d95M7jJX6ytZDxb6.jpg)
![Well-behaved women seldom make history. ~ Laurel Thatcher Ulrich](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=328,h=278,fit=crop,trim=0;5.662650602409639;0;5.662650602409639/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/laurel-thatcher-ulrich-quote-whm-d95M7jJX6ytZDxb6.jpg)
"Well-behaved women seldom make history."
~ Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
![If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be. ~ Maya Angelou](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=400,h=267,fit=crop,trim=112.90746268656717;0;47.04477611940298;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/maya-angelou-quote-whm-2-A3QBO1v0eWFZxqo6.jpg)
![If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be. ~ Maya Angelou](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=328,h=278,fit=crop,trim=0;11.325301204819278;0;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/maya-angelou-quote-whm-2-A3QBO1v0eWFZxqo6.jpg)
"If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be."
~ Maya Angelou
![Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. ~Marie Curie](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=400,h=267,fit=crop,trim=98.79402985074626;0;61.15820895522388;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/marie-curie-quote-whm-A85DELWb6pu9nxMl.jpg)
![Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. ~Marie Curie](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=328,h=278,fit=crop,trim=0;11.325301204819278;0;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/marie-curie-quote-whm-A85DELWb6pu9nxMl.jpg)
"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood."
~Marie Curie
![Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared. ~ Alic](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=400,h=267,fit=crop,trim=103.49850746268656;0;56.453731343283586;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/alice-walker-quote-whm-AoPDqxM3D5HZy2ej.jpg)
![Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared. ~ Alic](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=328,h=278,fit=crop,trim=0;11.325301204819278;0;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/alice-walker-quote-whm-AoPDqxM3D5HZy2ej.jpg)
"Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared."
~ Alice Walker
![Do no harm and leave the world a better place than you found it. ~ Patricia Cornwell](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=400,h=267,fit=crop,trim=105.85074626865672;0;54.10149253731343;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/patricia-cornwell-quote-whm-YbNbqlQoLoi4eLwY.jpg)
![Do no harm and leave the world a better place than you found it. ~ Patricia Cornwell](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=328,h=278,fit=crop,trim=0;0;0;11.325301204819278/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/patricia-cornwell-quote-whm-YbNbqlQoLoi4eLwY.jpg)
![We each have one life, and we are entitled to living it on our own terms. ~ Fatima Mohammed](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=400,h=267,fit=crop/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/fatima-mohammed-quote-whm-Y4LlxBz7L0HEV74w.jpg)
![We each have one life, and we are entitled to living it on our own terms. ~ Fatima Mohammed](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=328,h=278,fit=crop/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/fatima-mohammed-quote-whm-Y4LlxBz7L0HEV74w.jpg)
![There is no limit to what we as women can accomplish. ~ Michelle Obama](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=400,h=267,fit=crop,trim=101.14626865671642;0;58.805970149253724;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/michele-obama-quote-whm-AE0EawlBDwflPbGn.jpg)
![There is no limit to what we as women can accomplish. ~ Michelle Obama](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=328,h=278,fit=crop,trim=0;5.662650602409639;0;5.662650602409639/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/michele-obama-quote-whm-AE0EawlBDwflPbGn.jpg)
"Do no harm and leave the world a better place than you found it."
~ Patricia Cornwell
"We each have one life, and we are entitled to living it on our own terms.”
~ Fatima Mohammed
"There is no limit to what we as women can accomplish."
~ Michelle Obama
![The creation of woman is the essence of art. ~ Atalay Aydın](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=400,h=267,fit=crop,trim=110.55522388059703;0;49.39701492537313;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/atalay-ayda--n-quote-whm-ALp87Z36GEsjlJQJ.jpg)
![The creation of woman is the essence of art. ~ Atalay Aydın](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=328,h=278,fit=crop,trim=0;11.325301204819278;0;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/atalay-ayda--n-quote-whm-ALp87Z36GEsjlJQJ.jpg)
"The creation of woman is the essence of art.”
~ Atalay Aydın
![We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. ~Anais Nin](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=400,h=267,fit=crop,trim=94.08955223880596;0;65.86268656716418;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/anaa-s-nin-quote-whm-mjEzqelRk7iQN43V.jpg)
![We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. ~Anais Nin](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=328,h=278,fit=crop,trim=0;11.325301204819278;0;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/anaa-s-nin-quote-whm-mjEzqelRk7iQN43V.jpg)
"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."
~Anais Nin
![Find out who you are and do it on purpose. ~Dolly Parton](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=400,h=267,fit=crop,trim=110.55522388059703;0;49.39701492537313;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/dolly-parton-quote-whm-mjEzqelRjbHNvWzY.jpg)
![Find out who you are and do it on purpose. ~Dolly Parton](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=328,h=278,fit=crop,trim=0;11.325301204819278;0;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/dolly-parton-quote-whm-mjEzqelRjbHNvWzY.jpg)
"Find out who you are and do it on purpose."
~Dolly Parton
![We are either going to have a future where women lead the way to make peace with the earth or we are](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=400,h=267,fit=crop,trim=105.85074626865672;0;54.10149253731343;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/vandana-shiva-quote-whm-Yan7qwXr05SjBozq.jpg)
![We are either going to have a future where women lead the way to make peace with the earth or we are](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=328,h=278,fit=crop,trim=0;11.325301204819278;0;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/vandana-shiva-quote-whm-Yan7qwXr05SjBozq.jpg)
"We are either going to have a future where women lead the way to make peace with the earth or we are not going to have a human future at all."
~ Vandana Shiva
"Done is better than perfect.”
~Sheryl Sandberg
![Done is better than perfect. ~Sheryl Sandberg](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=400,h=267,fit=crop,trim=112.90746268656717;0;47.04477611940298;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/sheryl-sandberg-quote-whm-YNqDPe1v7aClVP43.jpg)
![Done is better than perfect. ~Sheryl Sandberg](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=328,h=278,fit=crop,trim=0;11.325301204819278;0;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/sheryl-sandberg-quote-whm-YNqDPe1v7aClVP43.jpg)
![Follow your passion. It will lead you to your purpose. ~Oprah Winfrey](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=400,h=267,fit=crop,trim=110.55522388059703;0;49.39701492537313;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/oprah-winfrey-quote-whm-AGBqnP8OE9SJWVvJ.jpg)
![Follow your passion. It will lead you to your purpose. ~Oprah Winfrey](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=328,h=278,fit=crop,trim=0;0;0;11.325301204819278/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/oprah-winfrey-quote-whm-AGBqnP8OE9SJWVvJ.jpg)
"Follow your passion. It will lead you to your purpose."
~Oprah Winfrey
![Real women fight for something, other than their own emotions. ~Shannon L. Alder](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=400,h=267,fit=crop,trim=96.44179104477612;0;63.51044776119403;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/shannon-l.-alder-quote-whm-AQE3DaONlJc9oDMq.jpg)
![Real women fight for something, other than their own emotions. ~Shannon L. Alder](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=328,h=278,fit=crop,trim=0;5.662650602409639;0;5.662650602409639/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/shannon-l.-alder-quote-whm-AQE3DaONlJc9oDMq.jpg)
"Real women fight for something, other than their own emotions.”
~Shannon L. Alder
![She has fought many wars, most internal. The ones that you battle alone, for this, she is remarkable](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=400,h=267,fit=crop,trim=105.85074626865672;0;54.10149253731343;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/nikki-rowe-quote-whm-dWxnBE7XoaSNMzJB.jpg)
![She has fought many wars, most internal. The ones that you battle alone, for this, she is remarkable](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=328,h=278,fit=crop,trim=0;5.662650602409639;0;5.662650602409639/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/nikki-rowe-quote-whm-dWxnBE7XoaSNMzJB.jpg)
"She has fought many wars, most internal. The ones that you battle alone, for this, she is remarkable. She is a survivor.”
~Nikki Rowe
![People living deeply have no fear of death. ~ Anais Nin](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=400,h=267,fit=crop,trim=103.49850746268656;0;56.453731343283586;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/anaa-s-nin3-quote-whm-Yan7qwXN6guzNMpR.jpg)
![People living deeply have no fear of death. ~ Anais Nin](https://assets.zyrosite.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,w=328,h=278,fit=crop,trim=0;11.325301204819278;0;0/Y4Ll4l94MVf95aJR/anaa-s-nin3-quote-whm-Yan7qwXN6guzNMpR.jpg)
"People living deeply have no fear of death."
~ Anais Nin