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10 Quotes for Women on Perseverance

When you need a reminder to keep going

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10 Quotes for Women on Perseverance
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1. "I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own." - Audre Lorde

2. "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

3. "My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do." -Ani DiFranco

4. "I think the key is for women not to set any limits." -Martina Navratilova

5. "I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay." -Madonna

6. "What's the greatest lesson a woman should learn? That since day one, she's already had everything she needs within herself. It's the world that convinced her she did not." -Rupi Kaur

7. "There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of women." -Malala Yousafzai

8. "When you can't find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example." -Roxanne Gay

9. "As long as we are living in a culture where one has to prove their womanhood or manhood, we are not living in a free culture." -Laverne Cox

10. "Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling." -Roman Payne

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