Feminism is a belief in the equality of all genders regarding rights and opportunities. Feminists believe that men and women are equal in every aspect of life. May these famous feminist quotes give you insights that will help you understand more about being a feminist and make you support the cause for equality rather than discriminate.
1. “Life is not a competition between men and woman. It is a collaboration.” – David Alejandro Fearnhead
2. “A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.” – Gloria Steinem
3. “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” – Audre Lorde
4. “If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency.” – Bell Hooks
5. “Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” – Maya Angelou
6. “Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings.” – Cheris Kramarae
7. “Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie.” – Gloria Steinem
8. “I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.” – Dolly Parton
9. “The only thing required to be a woman is to identify as one. Period. End of story.” – Amanda Lovelace
10. “Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.” – George Carlin
11. “Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.” – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
12. “No matter what happens, no matter who turns on me, no matter what pompous swine thinks he has power over me, I am still me. I will always be me.” – Sara Raasch
13. “What is feminism? Simply the belief that women should be as free as men, however nuts, dim, deluded, badly dressed, fat, receding, lazy and smug they might be. Are you a feminist? Of course you are.” – Caitlin Moran
14. “The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.” – Roseanne Barr
15. “There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.” – Audre Lorde
16. “It's difficult to see the glass ceiling because it's made of glass. Virtually invisible. What we need is for more birds to fly above it and shit all over it, so we can see it properly.” – Caitlin Moran
17. “You deserve to be here. You deserve to exist. You deserve to take up space in this world of men.” – MacKenzi Lee
18. “She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city.” – Roman Payne
19. “Great minds may have cold hearts. Form but no color. It is an incompleteness. And so they are afraid of any woman who both thinks and feels deeply.” – Sena Jeter Naslund
20. “Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.” – Simone de Beauvoir
21. “Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely and the right to be heard.” – Hillary Rodham Clinton
22. “If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression.” – Simone de Beauvoir
23. “If women want rights more than they got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it.” – Sojourner Truth
24. “There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.” – Bell Hooks
25. “What I am proud of, what seems so simply clear, is that feminism is a way to fight for justice, always in short supply.” – Barbara Strickland
26. “Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.” – Marie Shear
27. “I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.” – Elizabeth Cady Stanton
28. “I embrace the label of bad feminist because I am human. I am messy. I'm not trying to be an example. I am not trying to be perfect. I am not trying to say I have all the answers. I am not trying to say I'm right. I am just trying to support what I believe in, trying to do some good in this world, trying to make some noise with my writing while also being myself.” – Roxane Gay
29. “Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn't be that women are the exception.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
30. “I am a woman and a warrior. If you think I can't be both, you've been lied to.” – Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
More Inspirational Feminist Quotes
31. “The point is not for women simply to take power out of men’s hands, since that wouldn’t change anything about the world. It’s a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.” – Simon De Beavoir
32. “There's nothing a man can do, that I can't do better and in heels.” – Ginger Rogers
33. “Society will not crumble if men take a turn at the dishes.” – Linda P. Rouse
34. “To all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful, and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams.” – Hillary Clinton
35. “It is absolutely men’s responsibility to fight sexism too. And as spouses and partners and boyfriends, we need to work hard and be deliberate about creating truly equal relationships.” – Barack Obama
36. “The biggest barrier for women is the thought that they can’t have it all.” – Cathy Engelbert
37. “If men don’t have to be aggressive in order to be accepted women won’t feel compelled to be submissive. If men don’t have to control, women won’t have to be controlled. Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong. It is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum not as two opposing sets of ideals.” – Emma Watson
38. “Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.” – Virginia Woolf
39. “We are complete with or without a mate, with or without a child. We get to decide for ourselves what is beautiful when it comes to our bodies. That decision is ours and ours alone.” – Jennifer Aniston
40. “It’s not about how many times you get rejected or fall down or are beaten up, it’s about how many times you stand up and are brave and you keep on going.” – Lady Gaga
41. “The worst thing that we can do as women is not stand up for each other, and this is something we can practice every day, no matter where we are and what we do—women sticking up for other women, choosing to protect and celebrate each other instead of competing or criticizing one another. Holding back women are holding back half of every country in the world.” – Amal Clooney
42. “Who made man the exclusive judge, if women partake with him the gift of reason?” – Mary Wollstonecraft
43. “All men should be feminists. If men care about women's rights, the world will be a better place. We are better off when women are empowered. It leads to a better society.” – John Legend
44. “Every woman’s success should be an inspiration to another. We’re strongest when we cheer each other on.” – Serena Williams
45. “You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness. But still, like air, I rise.” – Maya Angelou
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2. “A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.” – Gloria Steinem
3. “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” – Audre Lorde
4. “If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency.” – Bell Hooks
5. “Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” – Maya Angelou
6. “Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings.” – Cheris Kramarae
7. “Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie.” – Gloria Steinem
8. “I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.” – Dolly Parton
9. “The only thing required to be a woman is to identify as one. Period. End of story.” – Amanda Lovelace
11. “Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.” – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
12. “No matter what happens, no matter who turns on me, no matter what pompous swine thinks he has power over me, I am still me. I will always be me.” – Sara Raasch
13. “What is feminism? Simply the belief that women should be as free as men, however nuts, dim, deluded, badly dressed, fat, receding, lazy and smug they might be. Are you a feminist? Of course you are.” – Caitlin Moran
14. “The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.” – Roseanne Barr
16. “It's difficult to see the glass ceiling because it's made of glass. Virtually invisible. What we need is for more birds to fly above it and shit all over it, so we can see it properly.” – Caitlin Moran
17. “You deserve to be here. You deserve to exist. You deserve to take up space in this world of men.” – MacKenzi Lee
18. “She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city.” – Roman Payne
19. “Great minds may have cold hearts. Form but no color. It is an incompleteness. And so they are afraid of any woman who both thinks and feels deeply.” – Sena Jeter Naslund
21. “Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely and the right to be heard.” – Hillary Rodham Clinton
22. “If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression.” – Simone de Beauvoir
23. “If women want rights more than they got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it.” – Sojourner Truth
24. “There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.” – Bell Hooks
26. “Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.” – Marie Shear
27. “I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.” – Elizabeth Cady Stanton
28. “I embrace the label of bad feminist because I am human. I am messy. I'm not trying to be an example. I am not trying to be perfect. I am not trying to say I have all the answers. I am not trying to say I'm right. I am just trying to support what I believe in, trying to do some good in this world, trying to make some noise with my writing while also being myself.” – Roxane Gay
29. “Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn't be that women are the exception.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
30. “I am a woman and a warrior. If you think I can't be both, you've been lied to.” – Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
More Inspirational Feminist Quotes
31. “The point is not for women simply to take power out of men’s hands, since that wouldn’t change anything about the world. It’s a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.” – Simon De Beavoir
32. “There's nothing a man can do, that I can't do better and in heels.” – Ginger Rogers
33. “Society will not crumble if men take a turn at the dishes.” – Linda P. Rouse
34. “To all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful, and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams.” – Hillary Clinton
35. “It is absolutely men’s responsibility to fight sexism too. And as spouses and partners and boyfriends, we need to work hard and be deliberate about creating truly equal relationships.” – Barack Obama
36. “The biggest barrier for women is the thought that they can’t have it all.” – Cathy Engelbert
37. “If men don’t have to be aggressive in order to be accepted women won’t feel compelled to be submissive. If men don’t have to control, women won’t have to be controlled. Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong. It is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum not as two opposing sets of ideals.” – Emma Watson
38. “Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.” – Virginia Woolf
39. “We are complete with or without a mate, with or without a child. We get to decide for ourselves what is beautiful when it comes to our bodies. That decision is ours and ours alone.” – Jennifer Aniston
40. “It’s not about how many times you get rejected or fall down or are beaten up, it’s about how many times you stand up and are brave and you keep on going.” – Lady Gaga
41. “The worst thing that we can do as women is not stand up for each other, and this is something we can practice every day, no matter where we are and what we do—women sticking up for other women, choosing to protect and celebrate each other instead of competing or criticizing one another. Holding back women are holding back half of every country in the world.” – Amal Clooney
42. “Who made man the exclusive judge, if women partake with him the gift of reason?” – Mary Wollstonecraft
43. “All men should be feminists. If men care about women's rights, the world will be a better place. We are better off when women are empowered. It leads to a better society.” – John Legend
44. “Every woman’s success should be an inspiration to another. We’re strongest when we cheer each other on.” – Serena Williams
45. “You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness. But still, like air, I rise.” – Maya Angelou
Share these Short Feminist Quotes with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.