191+ Women’s Day Wishes & Quotes to Celebrate Incredible Women Everywhere

Happy Women’s Day! Today is a special day to celebrate the incredible women in our lives. This year’s theme is #BalanceForBetter, which is all about creating a more gender-balanced world. There are many amazing women out there who have made a huge impact, and we want to honor them all! In this blog post, we will share 191+ Women’s Day wishes and quotes that will inspire you.

I Want This!

Women’s Day Wishes

1. Wishing all the women in my life a very happy Women’s Day! You are all so special to me and I cherish each and every one of you. Thank you for being such an important part of my life!
2. Happy Women’s Day! Let us all celebrate the amazing women in our lives and continue working towards a brighter, more equal future. Cheers to strong women everywhere – we salute you!
3. It’s your day! Happy Women’s Day to an amazing friend and awesome colleague!
4. Happy Women’s Day to the smartest woman I’ve ever known!
5. May your life be full of steps leading you higher! Happy Women’s Day, my friend.
6. May you lead the way to success for more women. Happy Women’s Day!
7. May this day bring you loads of opportunities and appreciation. Happy Women’s Day!
8. Dear friend, I wish upon you all the success in the world today! Happy Women’s Day!
9. Let me take some time to express my thanks for all the things you do! Happy Women’s Day!
10. Happy Women’s Day to an amazing colleague who is such an inspiration to everyone around her.
11. You are the epitome of strength and courage. Wishing a very strong woman a Happy Women’s Day!
12. The reason we celebrate Women’s Day is to honor strong leaders such as you. Happy Women’s Day!
13. Your leadership and vision have brought us this far. Wishing you a very Happy Women’s Day!
14. You are a powerful force that always strives for the betterment of others. Wishing you all the success in the world on this special day!
15. May your special day be filled with all the joy and happiness that you deserve!
16. Let your confidence overflow in abundance, and let your charm radiate in glory! Happy Women’s Day!
17. Happy Women’s Day to all the amazing ladies who refused to be erased or made invisible. Keep shining on!
18. Just wanted to remind you that a woman like you can do anything she puts her mind to. Happy Women’s Day!
19. Women are the world’s greatest inspiration. Respect and cherish them every single day. Happy Women’s day!
20. To all the incredible women in the world, shine on, not just today but every single day. Happy Women’s Day.
21. You are the woman I look up to because you are truly special and very supportive. Wishing you a Happy Women’s Day.
22. You are the kind of amazing woman who lifts up everyone around her, and I just wanted to thank you for that. Happy Women’s Day!
23. Happy Women’s Day to strong, intelligent, talented and simply wonderful women! Don’t ever forget that you are loved and appreciated.
24. Let us say today what we often leave unspoken:Your hard work, grit, and perseverance is an inspiration to us all. Happy Women’s Day!
25. Well-behaved women seldom make history! Here’s wishing a Happy Women’s Day to all those who break the glass ceiling and pave the way for a better future.
26. This Women’s Day, let us take time to appreciate the great accomplishments you’ve made as a strong, compassionate, and hardworking woman. Happy Women’s Day!
27. Our world would mean nothing without women. Their courage that exists in perfect harmony with amazing tenderness saves our world every day. Happy Women’s Day!
28. It’s crazy that women still have to fight for their rights. We still live in a society where being a woman is dangerous. Let’s remind ourselves to create a world deserving of the women around us. Happy Women’s Day!

I Want This!

Women’s Day Wishes For Your Girlfriend

1. My girlfriend, you’re the most special woman in my life, and I want to make every day feel like Women’s Day.
2. Happy Women’s Day to the most beautiful woman I know! You make my world a better place just by being in it.
3. I cherish and adore you more than you could ever possibly know. Happy Women’s Day!
4. Your strength, compassion, and kindness are just a few of the reasons why I love you. Happy Women’s Day!
5. Thank you for being my rock, my confidante, and my best friend. Wishing you a very happy Women’s Day!
6. I feel so lucky to be with a woman as strong, intelligent, and amazing as you. Happy Women’s Day!
7. My dear girlfriend, on this special day I want to let you know that you are the most precious thing in my life. Happy Women’s Day!

Women’s Day Wishes For Your Wife

1. My wife, you are the center of my world and I am so grateful to have you in my life. Happy Women’s Day!
2. Happy Women’s Day to the most beautiful, loving, and supportive woman I know! I feel so lucky to be married to you.
3. Your strength, compassion, and kindness are just a few of the reasons why I love you. Happy Women’s Day!
4. My dear wife, on this special day I want to let you know that you are the most precious thing in my life. Happy Women’s Day!
5. I feel so lucky to be with a woman as strong, intelligent, and amazing as you. Happy Women’s Day!

Women’s Day Wishes For Your Mother

1. Happy Women’s Day to the most special woman in my life – my mother! I love you so much.
2. Thank you for always being there for me, mom. I cherish and adore you more than you could ever possibly know. Happy Women’s Day!
3. Your strength, compassion, and kindness are just a few of the reasons why I admire and love you so much, mom. Happy Women’s Day!
4. My dear mother, on this special day I want to let you know that you are the most precious thing in my life. Happy Women’s Day!
5. Women’s Day Wishes For Your Daughter
6. Happy Women’s Day to my beautiful daughter! You make me so proud of the woman you are becoming.
7. My dear daughter, on this special day I want to let you know that you are the most precious thing in my life. Happy Women’s Day!
8. I feel so lucky to be the father of such a strong, intelligent, and amazing woman. Happy Women’s Day!
9. Your strength, compassion, and kindness are just a few of the reasons why I love you. Happy Women’s Day!
10. I cherish and adore you more than you could ever possibly know. Happy Women’s Day!

Women’s Day Quotes

1. “Women can, and you can help.”
2. “Stop the silence and the violence.”
3. “She believed she could, so she did.”
4. “Don’t stop until you’re proud.” –Unknown
5. “Women hold up half the sky.” –Mao Zedong
6. “I can and I will. Watch me.” –Carrie Green
7. “Behind every successful woman is herself.”
8. “Never let women’s rights get left behind!”
9. “Be the woman you needed as a girl.” –Unknown
10. “She believed she could, so she did.” –Unknown
11. “If you have a dream, make it a goal.” –Unknown
12. “Real queens fix each other’s crowns.” –Unknown
13. “Women should not be afraid, to speak or to be.”
14. “Women are the real architects of society.” –Cher
15. “Happy Women’s Day means happier women’s future.”
16. “Sometimes it takes balls to be a woman.” –Unknown
17. “The rise of women does not mean the fall of men.”
18. “You are a woman; that is your superpower.” –Unknown
19. “Little girls with dreams become women with vision.”
20. “We all have a ‘Wonder Woman’ inside of us.” –Unknown
21. “This Women’s Day, and every day, stand up for women.
22. Women can do anything! Happy International Women’s Day!
23. “Girls should never be afraid to be smart.” –Emma Watson
24. “Where there is a woman, there is magic.” –Ntozake Shange
25. “Equal pay, equal opportunity, equality for all genders.”
26. “Women are made to be loved, not understood.” –Oscar Wilde
27. “When women support each other, incredible things happen.”
28. “Well-behaved women rarely make history.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
29. “Females are strong as ****.” –The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
30. “Throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack.”
31. “Little girls with dreams become women with vision.” –Unknown.
32. “She overcame everything that was meant to destroy her.” –Rumi
33. “Strong back.Soft front. Wild heart. Just be you.” –Brene Brown
34. “One is not born a woman, but becomes one.” –Simone de Beauvoir
35. “Shatter glass ceilings, and don’t be afraid of your feelings.”
36. “She remembered who she was and the game changed.” –Lalah Deliah
37. “Some women fear the fire. Some women simply become it.” –R.H. Sin
38. “Just because women are strong, doesn’t mean life should be hard.”
39. “A girl should be two things: Who and what she wants.” –Coco Chanel
40. “Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.” –Maya Angelou
41. “She’s everything; even when she’s treated like nothing.” –R.H. Sin
42. “Life is tough, my darling, but so are you.” –Stephanie Bennett-Henry
43. “If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” –Katherine Hepburn
44. “Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to *****.” –Gloria Steinem
45. “One woman can make a difference but together we can rock the world.”
46. “Above all, be the heroine of your life. Not the victim.” –Nora Ephron
47. “Her soul is fierce, her heart is brave, her mind is strong.” –Unknown
48. “Know what your worth is and then add the tax to that amount.” –Unknown
49. “The most courageous act is to think for yourself. Aloud.” –Coco Chanel
50. “She wasn’t looking for a knight. She was looking for a sword.” –Atticus
51. “The most beautiful thing a woman can wear is confidence.” –Blake Lively
52. “I want every girl to know that her voice can change the world.” –Malala
53. “A woman should be like a single flower—not a whole bouquet.” –Anna Held
54. “There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” –Michelle Obama
55. “Your life isn’t yours if you constantly care what others think.” –Unknown
56. “I expect woman will be the last thing civilized by man.” –George Meredith
57. “She’s a mess of gorgeous chaos, and you can see it in her eyes.” –Unknown
58. “A charming woman doesn’t follow the crowd; she is herself.” –Loretta Young
59. “Women’s value has been under-recognized for far too long.” –Sidney Sheldon
60. “The test of civilization is its estimate of women.” –George William Curtis
61. “The best protection any woman can have is courage.” –Elizabeth Cady Stanton
62. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
63. “You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.” –Unknown
64. “One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.” –Barbara Walters
65. “A feminist is any woman who tells the truth about her life.” –Virginia Woolf
66. “A strong woman looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink.” –Gina Carey
67. “Here’s to strong women: May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.”
68. “If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.” –Margaret Fuller
69. “We realize the importance of our voice when we are silenced.” –Malala Yousafzai
70. “I do not wish women to have power over men, but over themselves.” –Mary Shelley
71. “There is no force more powerful than a woman determined to rise.” –W.E.B. Dubois
72. “You don’t have to play masculine to be a strong woman.” –Mary Elizabeth Winstead
73. “There’s nothing a man can do that I can’t do better and in heels.” –Ginger Rogers
74. “The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.” –Ayn Rand
75. “Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.” –Hillary Clinton
76. “Yes, she knows pain, but she is strong. Her heart knows no other way.” –A.R. Asher
77. “Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity.” –Mahatma Gandhi
78. “Each time a woman stands up for herself she stands up for all women.” –Maya Angelou
79. This Women’s Day, stand proud and steady! I’m honored to work with someone like you!
80. “Sometimes it’s the princess who kills the dragon and saves the prince.” –Samuel Lowe
81. “A strong woman stands up for herself. A stronger woman stands up for everyone else.”
82. “If one man can destroy everything, why can’t one girl change it?” – Malala Yousafzai.
83. “Here’s to strong women: May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.” –Unknown
84. “There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.” –Hannah Gadsby
85. “To tell a woman everything she cannot do is to tell her what she can.” –Spanish Proverb
86. “It is not women’s liberation, it is women’s and men’s liberation.” –Ruth Bader Ginsburg
87. “Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.” –Malala Yousafzai.
88. “Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights.” –Hillary Clinton
89. “Cinderella never asked for a prince. She asked for a night off and a dress.” –Kiera Cass
90. “She wore her scars as her best attire. A stunning dress made of hellfire.” –Daniel Saint
91. “A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. A woman must do what he can’t.” –Rhonda Hansome
92. “Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face.” –Unknown
93. “A strong woman stands up for herself. A stronger woman stands up for everyone else.” –Unknown
94. “I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.” –Maya Angelou
95. “Empowering women isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do.” –Barack Obama
96. “I know what I bring to the table… So trust me when I say I’m not afraid to eat alone.” –Unknown
97. “Feminism is not just about women; it’s about letting all people lead fuller lives.” –Jane Fonda
98. “Stop waiting to find the light at the end of the tunnel and be the light for yourself.” –Unknown
99. “Some days, she has no idea how she’ll do it. But every single day, it still gets done.” –Unknown
100. “She was a wild one. Always stomping on eggshells that everyone else tip-toed on.” –Kaitlin Foster
101. “Women are incredible in groups together. Terrifying. Men have nothing on them.” –Michael Hutchence
102. “If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.” –Margaret Thatcher
103. “I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a *****, okay.” –Madonna
104. “If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” –Margaret Thatcher
105. “There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” – Virginia Woolf.
106. “I am proud of the woman I am today because I went through one **** of a time to become her.” –Unknown
107. “In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits” –Arnold Schwarzenegger
108. “A successful woman is one who can build a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at her.”
109. “You cannot be broken because you are a diamond, tougher than nails and a jewel in the rough.” –Unknown
110. “I don’t like to gamble, but if there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself.” –Beyoncé Knowles
111. “She promised better things for herself, so she sought out those things and never looked back.” –Unknown
112. “Whether women are better than men I cannot say– but I can say they are certainly no worse.” –Golda Mier
113. “She’s a strong cup of black coffee in a world that is drunk on the cheap wine of shallow love.” –Unknown
114. “Never be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you.” –Unknown
115. “She looked back on her life and realized that everything that happened only made her stronger.” –Unknown
116. “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” – Charlotte Brontë.
117. “A successful woman is one who can build a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at her.” –Unknown
118. “She has been through ****, so believe me when I say, fear her when she looks into fire and smiles.” –E. Corona
119. “A woman is like a tea bag: You can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
120. “The age of a woman doesn’t mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
121. “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.” –Oprah Winfrey
122. “Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women’s denigration of themselves.” –Betty Friedan
123. “How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants rather than to create it herself.” –Anais Nin
124. “Every woman’s success should be an inspiration to another. We’re strongest when we cheer each other on.” –Serena Williams
125. “Never ever mistake her silence for weakness. Remember that sometimes the air stills before the onset of a hurricane.” –Unknown
126. “There’s no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.” –Albert Ellis
127. “Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.” –Amelia Earhart
128. “The strongest action for a woman is to love herself, be herself, and shine amongst those who never believed she could.” –Unknown
129. “A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.” –Melinda Gates
130. “There’s something about a woman with a loud mind that sits in silence, smiling, knowing she can crush you with the truth.” –R.G. Moon
131. “A strong woman can also be vulnerable. Just because there’s a crack in your armor, don’t doubt your strength for one moment.” –Unknown
132. “It’s okay if you fall down and lose your spark. Just make sure that when you get back up, you rise as the whole **** fire.” –Colette Werden
133. “You can always tell who the strong women are. They are the ones you see building one another up instead of tearing each other down.” –Unknown
134. “It’s the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. I’m a woman, Phenomenally.” – Maya Angelou.
135. “Feminism isn’t about making women strong. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.” –G.D. Anderson
136. “She is strong, but not in the ways most people think. She loves more than she’ll ever get back and she knows it, yet she loves anyway.” –J.M. Storm
137. “She’s a badass with a good heart. Soft but strong. Unapologetic and honest. She’s the type of woman you go to war beside; the type of woman you *****.” –R.H. Sin
138. “The world needs strong women who will lift and build others. Who will love and be loved? Women who live bravely, both tender and fierce; women of indomitable will.” –Amy Tenney
139. “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
140. “And one day she discovered that she was fierce and strong and full of fire and that not even she could hold herself back, because her passion burned brighter than her fears.” –Mark Anthony
141. “We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.” –Sheryl Sandberg
142. “Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.” –Margaret Sanger
143. “There’s something so special about a woman who dominates in a man’s world. It takes a certain grace, strength, intelligence, fearlessness, and the nerve to never take no for an answer.” – Rihanna.
144. “I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles.” –Audrey Hepburn
145. “She was a true fighter; you could see it in her eyes. She wasn’t born strong, she was made strong. She was sculpted to be her own when the world let her down and she kept picking herself back up.” –Unknown
146. “After all those years as a woman hearing, ‘not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not thin enough, not that enough,’ almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, ‘I am enough.’” –Anna Quindlen
147. “Feminism is, I hope, a way to a better future for everyone who inhabits this world. Feminism should not be something that needs a seductive marketing campaign. The idea of women moving through the world as freely as men should sell itself.” –Roxane Gay
148. “Gender is not an easy conversation to have. It makes people uncomfortable, sometimes even irritable. Both men and women are resistant to talk about gender or are quick to dismiss the problems of gender. Because thinking of changing the status quo is always uncomfortable.” –Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Wrapping Up

We hope you enjoyed reading these inspiring quotes from some of the most incredible women in the world. As you can see, there’s no shortage of powerful things to say on International Women’s Day. So go out and celebrate all the amazing women in your life! And don’t forget to use some of these quotes as Instagram captions, too. 😉

Which of these quotes is your favorite? Let us know in the comments below! And don’t forget to share this post with all the incredible women in your life. Happy Women’s Day!