1. "I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass." —Maya Angelou

2. "A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman." —Melinda Gates

3. "I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman." —Diane von Furstenberg

4. "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." —Nancy Pelosi

5. "I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world." —Meryl Streep

6. "In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders."—Sheryl Sandberg

7. "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

8. "I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own." —Audre Lorde

9. "Women are the real architects of society."—Harriet Beecher Stowe

10. "Women are always saying,'We can do anything that men can do' but men should be saying,'We can do anything that women can do.'"‬ —Gloria Steinem