With ABC's Scandal FINALLY returning for its sixth season, I decided to binge watch the first five seasons of empowering Olivia Pope moments as a countdown.

Most of my favorite television shows are Shonda Rhimes creations, and whether it's Olivia Pope, Cristina Yang or Annalise Keating, they're all a constant reminder than you can be both a badass and a female.

1. "If you want me, earn me!"

2. "I don't play second fiddle to anyone."

3. "I am not a prize at the state fair. You cannot win me!"

4. "I'm fine dancing alone."

5. "If she was a man, you would say she was formidable. Or bold. Or right"

6. "I am very good at what I do. I am better at it than anyone else."

7. "I stand at the most powerful podium in the world, but a story about me ain’t a story unless they can report on the fact that I am the girlfriend of DC fixer Leo Bergen."

8. "America can forgive a man a hundred infidelities, but they will never forgive a woman even one."

9. "If you want to appease me, compliment my brain."

10. "Since when has the possession of ovaries become an insult?"

11. "He's not the sun. You are."

12. "Stop accepting crap and demand something more."

13. "Pretty good is not enough. I wanna be great."

14. "Be better than anyone here, and don't give a damn what anyone thinks."

15. "I'm strong, and I am comfortable with being strong."

16. "You don't make history by being liked."

17. "He doesn't love me. But here's the thing. I love me."

But even while we're busy being badasses, that doesn't mean we don't still have our softer side.