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Inspirational Quotes for Women

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Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.

— Rumi

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.

— Rumi

Inside you there's an artist you don't know about.

— Rumi

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

— William Shakespeare

Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.

— William Shakespeare

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

— Confucius

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.

— Mark Twain

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

— Albert Einstein

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

— Albert Einstein

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

— Seneca

The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.

— Marcus Aurelius

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

— Marcus Aurelius

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

— Maya Angelou

Still I'll rise.

— Maya Angelou

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

— Henry David Thoreau

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

— Helen Keller

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.

— Helen Keller

Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

— Helen Keller

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

— Winston Churchill

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