{"id":117807,"date":"2018-03-08T02:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=117807"},"modified":"2020-08-18T14:21:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T21:21:42","slug":"uplifting-and-empowering-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/uplifting-and-empowering-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Woman Needs to Read These Inspiring Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words have the power to hurt us, but they also have the power to heal us, so why not choose the latter? Celebrate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.internationalwomensday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Women&#8217;s Day<\/a>\u00a0with words that uplift and empower you and those around you to be your best selves.<\/p>\n<p>Gather your girls and read through these quotes by some incredible women for your daily dose of inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have\u2026so I want all the girls watching here now to know that a new day is on the horizon! And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say \u2018Me too\u2019 again.\u201d <strong>&#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/golden-globes-awards-2018-oprah-winfrey-speech-cecil-b-demille-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oprah Winfrey,<\/a> Talk Show Host, Actress, and Producer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Belonging shouldn\u2019t mean you are like everyone else. You want to feel accepted, but you don\u2019t have to look like everyone around you, you don\u2019t have to follow the exact same path as someone before you. I think that\u2019s been my experience &#8212; that it\u2019s OK to be different, it\u2019s OK to be unique, that you can set your own path.&#8221; &#8212;<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/on-leadership\/wp\/2015\/04\/10\/misty-copelands-perseverance\/?utm_term=.7a52ea8b96f9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Misty Copeland,<\/a> \u00a0Principal Dancer of American Ballet Theater<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe ambition is not a dirty word. It&#8217;s just believing in yourself and your abilities. Imagine this: what would happen if we were all brave enough to believe in our own ability? To be a little bit more ambitious? I think the world would change.&#8221; &#8212;<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glamour.com\/story\/reese-witherspoon-women-of-the-year-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reese Witherspoon<\/a>, Actress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong>I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life&#8217;s a bitch. You&#8217;ve got to go out and kick ass.\u201d &#8212;<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2014\/may\/28\/maya-angelou-in-fifteen-quotes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maya Angelou<\/a>, Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want to run for prime\u00a0minister, you can. If you don\u2019t, that\u2019s wonderful, too. Shave your armpits, don\u2019t shave them, wear flats one day, heels the next. These things are so irrelevant and surface to what it is all really about, and I wish people wouldn\u2019t get caught up in that. We want to empower women to do exactly what they want, to be true to themselves, to have the opportunities to develop.\u201d &#8212;<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbcamerica.com\/anglophenia\/2015\/04\/25-emma-watson-quotes-to-live-by\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emma Watson<\/a>, Actress and Founder of #HeforShe Movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne day you will have the power to make a difference, so use it well.\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8212;<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/celebrity\/Mindy-Kaling-Quotes-35059691?stream_view=1#photo-35061307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mindy Kaling,<\/a> Actress and Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCourage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run, it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just one step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appears, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.\u201d &#8212;<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/unfoundationblog.org\/10-inspiring-eleanor-roosevelt-quotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eleanor Roosevelt<\/a>, Former First Lady and U.S. Delegate to the United Nations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"Words have the power to hurt us, but they also have the power to heal ...","author":7532775,"featured_media":118410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[260],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/08110046\/priscilla-du-preez-318420-unsplash.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/08110046\/priscilla-du-preez-318420-unsplash-386x200.jpg","formated_date":"March 8, 2018","category_name":"Life","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113832\/entertainment.svg","author_name":"Kristine Eckart","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#c813f9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117807"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7532775"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}