Confidence is the key to success and happiness, and it’s a quality that women around the world have been embracing and nurturing. In a world that sometimes seeks to undermine women’s self-assurance, it’s essential for women to believe in themselves, their abilities, and their worth. To help you on your journey towards self-confidence, we’ve compiled 50 inspirational self-confidence quotes for women.
50 Self-Confidence Quotes for Women
1. “You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.” – Melissa Etheridge
2. “I am mine before I am anyone else’s.” – Nayyirah Waheed
3. “In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.” – Coco Chanel
4. “You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.” – Tina Fey
5. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
6. “Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.” – Alice Walker
7. “It’s not your job to like me, it’s mine.” – Byron Katie
8. “Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe with you.” – Cynthia Kersey
9. “She wasn’t looking for a knight, she was looking for a sword.” – Atticus Poetry
10. “With the right kind of coaching and determination, you can accomplish anything.” – Reese Witherspoon
11. “I don’t have to prove anything to anyone. I only have to follow my heart and concentrate on what I want to say to the world.” – Beyoncé
12. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker
13. “Be the kind of woman that makes other women want to be you.” – Unknown
14. “You have what it takes to be a victorious, independent, fearless woman.” – Tyra Banks
15. “A strong woman looks a challenge dead in the eye and gives it a wink.” – Gina Carey
16. “I’m tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.” – Madonna
17. “I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world.” – Meryl Streep
18. “One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in and where you want to go.” – Sheila Murray Bethel
19. “I can’t think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself.” – Emma Stone
20. “You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. That makes you a winner right there.” – Venus Williams
21. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
22. “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” – Oprah Winfrey
23. “The way in which we think of ourselves has everything to do with how our world sees us.” – Arlene Rankin
24. “Don’t let anyone speak for you, and don’t rely on others to fight for you.” – Michelle Obama
25. “If you’re presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything.” – Katy Perry
26. “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” – Maya Angelou
27. “A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
28. “You have to remember the value of your individuality—that you have something special and different to offer that nobody else can.” – Jennifer Lopez
29. “You have the power to achieve greatness and create a beautiful life.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
30. “Confidence is not ‘they will like me.’ Confidence is ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t.'” – Christina Grimmie
31. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” – Estée Lauder
32. “The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.” – Swati Sharma
33. “Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves.” – Marie Curie
34. “Confidence is the ability to feel beautiful, without needing someone to tell you.” – Mandy Hale
35. “The most beautiful thing a woman can wear is confidence.” – Blake Lively
36. “Be a first-rate version of yourself, not a second-rate version of someone else.” – Judy Garland
37. “The most important thing is to be authentic and true to yourself.” – Julie Andrews
38. “Success is not about perfection. It is wrapped up in the glorious mess of you.” – Danielle LaPorte
39. “Don’t be the girl who fell. Be the girl who got back up.” – Jenette Stanley
40. “You are enough just as you are. Each emotion, each feeling, everything in your heart. Where you are and who you are is enough.” – Haemin Sunim
41. “You control your destiny – you don’t need magic to do it. And there are no magical shortcuts to solving your problems.” – Merida from “Brave
42. “Don’t be a woman that needs a man, be a woman a man needs.” – Unknown
43. “You don’t have to be pretty. You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it to civilization in general.” – Erin McKean from “The Beauty Myth”
44. “I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best.” – Frida Kahlo
45. “I do not need to prove anything to anyone. I am enough the way I am.” – Judy Hopps from “Zootopia”
46. “I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.” – Coco Chanel
47. “I don’t like to gamble, but if there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself.” – Beyoncé
48. “I don’t want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself.” – Emma Watson
49. “I don’t want to be a passenger in my own life.” – Diane Lockhart from “The Good Fight”
50. “The only way to get what you want in this world is through hard work.” – Tiana from “The Princess and the Frog”