1. 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

2. I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself

- Simone de Beauvoir

3. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

4. Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.

- Judy Garland

5. The world needs strong women. 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

6. We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free.

- Kavita Ramdas

7. Girls are breaking barriers and boundaries every day in everything from sports and science to business and the creative arts.

- Hilary Knight

8. I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

- Jane Austen, Persuasion

9. If you are always trying to be normal, you’ll never know how amazing you can be.

- Maya Angelou

10. Be that strong girl that everyone knew would make it through the worst, be that fearless girl, the one who would dare to do anything, be that independent girl who didn’t need a man; be that girl who never backed down.

- Taylor Swift

11. Words can be worrisome, people complex, motives and manners unclear, grant her the wisdom to choose her path right, free from unkindness and fear.

- Neil Gaiman

12. 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

13. Beautiful people are not always good but good people are always beautiful.

- Imam Ali

14. We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back. We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave – to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their full potential.

- Malala Yousafzai

15. Imperfections are beauty, madness is genius, and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

- Marilyn Monroe

16. A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.

- Coco Chanel

17. Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.

- Bethany Hamilton