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Women Quotes
On confidence, identity and being true to yourself.
These quotes discuss women's confidence and identity from a few angles: resisting pressure to act a certain way, and the discipline shown by women serving alongside men in the military. For related reflections, see our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I convinced myself economic empowerment of women was going to be key, especially in a country like this where most women didn't go to school.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm indeed a mandasi seller, and I'm proud of it, because the majority of women in Malawi are like us, mandasi sellers.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women didn't go to school when they were young because parents preferred to send their brothers. The women couldn't access loans in their own right because the banks sought the approval of a male dependent.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mission in life is to assist women in social and political empowerment through business and education.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
The seeds of success in every nation on Earth are best planted in women and children.
- Become
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- Nov 07, 2020
Millions of women in malaria-endemic areas in Africa become pregnant every year. Malaria is a threat to these women and their babies, with up to 200,000 newborn deaths each year as a result of malaria.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
You ask how I feel to be the first female president in southern Africa? It's heavy for me. Heavy in the sense that I feel that I'm carrying this heavy load on behalf of all women.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
My vision is a Malawi where men and women live in peace and in harmony as equals enjoying their human rights.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up I was a total movie-holic, but I always wanted to play the role that Clark Gable was playing or Spencer Tracy was playing. I was really never interested in the parts that women were playing. I found the parts that guys were playing were so much more interesting.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pageants were an amazing platform that gave a little girl like me from the mountains of my beautiful Puerto Rico a chance to travel, explore the world, meet amazing people, work for great charities and be a voice to empower women wherever I went. For all those things, I am grateful.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Puerto Rico, we have a lot of traditions. We eat a very typical thing that's called 'pasteles' - it's almost like a tamale made of bananas, and we make it all together. Like, all the women of the family unite, and it's a very big deal, a very big thing.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020