Words and feminism: my two favorite things. Put them together, and you have empowering messages that can help charge the fight for gender equality. Here are 11 feminist quotes.

1. "A women shouldn't have to be modest to be respected."

2. "We rise by lifting others."

3. "They tried to bury us. They did not know we were seeds."

4. "I will respect your opinion as long as your opinion doesn't disrespect anyone else's existence."

5. "I will not go quietly back to the 1950s."

6. "Teach your daughters to worry less about fitting into glass slippers and more about shattering glass ceilings."

7. "I'm a feminist. I've been a female for a long time now. It'd be stupid not to be on my own side."

8. "My coach said I ran like a girl. And I said if he ran a little faster he could too."

9. "Real Queens fix each other's crowns."

10. "Girls support girls."

11. "She needed a hero, so that's what she became."