March is Women’s History Month, y’all! Here’s the strong women. May we know them, may we be them, and may be raise them! It may be cliché, but it’s powerful nonetheless. To help spread some inspiration, I’ve decided to compile a collection of 30 of my favorite inspirational female quotes from some of the world’s most renown leading ladies. They’re not all related to being female; some are about hope, some are about gender empowerment, and some are just about life; they’re simply women who’ve made a significant and permanent mark on society and who’ve helped pave the way for entrepreneurs like me and you to achieve our dreams without conceding to social limitations. Hope these inspirational female quotes influence you as much as they motivate me! Feel free to share on your Pinterest boards, save to your desktops, whatever you like– these quote graphics are for all of us!

“If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.” –Margaret Thatcher

“The question isn’t who’s going to let me. It’s who is going to stop me.” –Ayn Rand

“I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.” -Condoleezza Rice

“A woman is like a tea bag—you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.” –Eleanor Roosevelt

“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.” –Oprah Winfrey

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” –Alice Walker

“I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. We cannot succeed when half of us are held back.” –Malala Yousafzai

“You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” -Shonda Rhimes

 “You don’t get taken seriously by asking someone to take you seriously. You’ve got to show up and own it. If this is a man’s world, who cares? I’m still really glad to be a girl in it.” –Sophia Amoruso

“There are two kinds of people– those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.” -Indira Gandhi

“I know God won’t give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish he didn’t trust me so much.” -Mother Teresa

 “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” –Eleanor Roosevelt

“I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that’s how I operate my life.” –Oprah Winfrey

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” –Anne Frank

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” –Coco Chanel

“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.” –Marilyn Monroe

“I’ve always dreamed of growing up to be Amy Poehler.” –Amy Poehler

“The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.” –Martha Washington

“Destiny is for losers. It’s just a stupid excuse to wait for things to happen instead of making them happen.” –Blair Waldorf

“I was not rescued by a prince. I was the administrator of my own rescue.” –Elizabeth Gilbert

“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands– one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” –Audrey Hepburn

“If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” -Erica Jong

“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.” –Virginia Woolf

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.” –Helen Keller

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you until it seems that you cannot hold on for a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn.” –Harriet Beecher Stowe

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” –Marie Curie

“In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.” –Sheryl Sandberg

“Nothing will work unless you do.” –Maya Angelou

“Everyone has oceans to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries?” –Amelia Earhart

Who inspires you to be strong? Did I leave any worthy inspirational female quotes off the list? Shine on, ladies! Happy Women’s History Month!