Being female means something very different in 2021. No longer are women going to sit down and be quiet, but instead we will be fighting for the equal rights and pay that we deserve. These attitude quotes for girls will empower you and hopefully push you even further to go for your dreams.

Girls with an attitude used to be viewed as “bossy” or “arrogant”, but we are slowly and surely changing that viewpoint. 

This list of attitude quotes for girls to empower themselves is here for your inspiration and to motivate you to be the absolute best version of yourself. If you’re a girl with an attitude, then definitely look through these quotes and even save some of them to look at later on! You can write them in your bullet journal, you can create graphics with them and add them a your vision board, or you can just keep a list to look at once a day or so.

For any quote that I know the original speaker or writer of, I have gone ahead and included their name with it. For all the other ones, I’m not too sure of who originally said them but wanted to include them anyway since they are truly so inspiring. Keep scrolling to see the list of the best attitude quotes for girls and women!

 

Attitude Quotes for Girls to Empower Themselves

These are my miscellaneous attitude quotes for girls that didn’t fit into any particular category. Enjoy!

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

“I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.” – Michelle Obama

“Visualize the highest version of yourself and then start showing up as her.”

“Work on being the girl that you were too lazy to be yesterday.”

“Feeling beautiful has nothing to do with what you look like, I promise” – Emma Watson

“A woman’s place is in the resistance”

“Figure out who you are separate from your family, and the man or woman you’re in a relationship with. Find who you are in this world and what you need to feel good alone. I think that’s the most important thing in life. Find a sense of self because with that, you can do anything else.” – Angelina Jolie

“How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.” – Rupi Kaur

“As for my girls, I will raise them to think they breathe fire”

“In the depths of winter, I finally learn that within me there lay an invincible summer”

“Angry women will change the world”

“It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.” – Dale Carnegie

“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“As a woman, my country is the world”

“Just because someone thinks something about you, it doesn’t make it true.”

“Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world”

“A girl should be two things: who and what she wants”

“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.”

“Some girls look good in diamonds, some girls make diamonds look good” – Atticus Poetry

“We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.” – Sheryl Sandberg

“Speak to yourself like you would speak to someone you love”

“Love yourself fiercely, loyally and unapologetically.” – Jen Sincero

“A wise girl knows her limits, but a smart girl knows that she does have any”

“I hope that my presence on your screen and my face in magazines may lead you young girls on a beautiful journey, that you will feel validation of your external beauty, but also get to the deeper business of being beautiful inside.” – Lupita Nyong’o

“We need to encourage girls that their voice matters. I think there are hundreds and thousands of Malalas out there.” – Malala Yousafzai

 

Attitude Quotes for Girls: Strength

These attitude quotes for girls will motivate you to be a boss and get sh*t done.

“I am a nasty woman”

“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

“Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that”

“Women have to harness their power – it’s absolutely true. It’s just learning not to take the first ‘no’. And if you can’t go straight ahead, you go around the corner.” – Cher

“Strong women get what they want in life because they’re not afraid to ask for what they want.” – Christina Aguilera

“A wise girl knows her limits. A smart girl knows she has none.” – Marilyn Monroe

“Fight like a girl”

“The best way to gain confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.” – Swati Sharma

“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.” – Melinda Gates

“To all the little girls, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every opportunity to pursue and achieve your own dreams” – Hillary Clinton

“I am a woman with thoughts and questions and shit to say. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story, I will.” – Amy Schumer

“Stop asking why they keep doing it and start asking why you keep allowing it.”

“One of the best things you can do to improve the world is to improve yourself.” – Jen Sincero

“Justice is about making sure that being polite is not the same thing as being quiet. In fact, often times, the most righteous thing you can do is shake the table.” – Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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

“Every woman’s success should be an inspiration to another. We’re strongest when we cheer each other on.” – Serena Williams

“Some women choose to follow men, and some choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.” – Lady Gaga

“Our thoughts become our words, our words become our beliefs, our beliefs become our actions, our actions become our habits, and our habits become our realities.” – Jen Sincero

“I am not ashamed to dress ‘like a woman’ because I don’t think it’s shameful to be a woman.” – Iggy Pop

“Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.” – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Where the loser saw barriers, the winner saw hurdles”

“I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.” – Queen Latifah

“I am mine before I am anyone else’s” – Nayyirah Waheed

*You have now made it halfway through this list of the best attitude quotes for girls and women!*

 

Attitude Quotes for Girls: Fun

These attitude quotes for girls are just random and fun, and will hopefully put a smile on your face 🙂

“Little girls with dreams become women with vision”

“I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century” – Hillary Clinton

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

“I am all that I have met”

“A flower doesn’t think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.”

“I can’t think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself.” – Emma Stone

“Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In my lane. Focused. Flourishing.”

“I’m tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.” – Madonna

“People will talk behind your back, so make sure to give them something to talk about”

“Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.” – Anne Lamott

“There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” – Michelle Obama

“Women are leaders everywhere you look – from the CEO who runs a Fortune 500 company to the housewife who raises her children and heads her household. Our country was built by strong women, and we will continue to break down walls and defy stereotypes.” – Nancy Pelosi

“Who run the world? Girls” – Beyonce

“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

“I am a strong woman. I don’t sit around feeling sorry for myself, nor let people mistreat me. I don’t respond to people who dictate to me or try to bring me down. If I fall, I will rise up even stronger because I am a survivor and not a victim. I am in control of my life and there is nothing I can’t achieve.”

“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“Go the extra mile, it’s less crowded over there”

“My coach said I run like a girl. And I said if he ran a little faster he could too.” – Mia Hamm

“She is full of wounds, riddled with scars, but she is still standing, and she is still beautiful” – r.h. sin

“Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.” – Jennifer Lopez

“Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.” – Rosa Parks

“To be soft is to be powerful” – Rupi Kaur

“You glow differently when you’re happy.”

“You can’t please everyone, and you can’t make everyone like you.” – Katie Couric

 

Attitude Quotes for Girls: Career

These attitude quotes for girls will motivate you in your career and inspire you to go after your dream job.

“Together, we can do anything”

“The days that break you are the days that make you.”

“Girls should never be afraid to be smart.” – Emma Watson

“Maker of my own fortune”

“Always put yourself first, and don’t apologize for it”

“There’s power in looking silly and not caring that you do.” – Amy Poehler

“Don’t compete with anyone except the person you were yesterday”

“Keep your heels, head, and standards high”

“Each person is born with very individual qualities and potential. We as a society owe it to women to create a truly supportive environment in which they too can grow and move forward.” – Princess Diana

“Always be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rate version of someone else.” – Judy Garland

“A strong woman understands that the gifts such as logic, decisiveness, and strength are just as feminine as intuition and emotional connection. She values and uses all of her gifts.” – Nancy Rathburn

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodall

“Anything is possible if you’ve got enough nerve” – J.K. Rowling

“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women” – Maya Angelou

“I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else” – Dolly Parton

“Everything you do along your journey contributes to where you are going.” – Jen Sincero

“If you want to live a life you’ve never lived, you have to do things you’ve never done.” – Jen Sincero

“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it” – Estee Lauder

“Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.” – Earl Nightingale

 

Attitude Quotes for Girls: Feminism

These attitude quotes for girls are all about feminism and girl power 🙂

“A huge part of being a feminist is giving other women the freedom to make choices you might not necessarily make yourself.” – Lena Dunham

“If you want to run for Prime Minister, you can. If you don’t, that’s wonderful too. Shave your armpits, don’t shave them, wear flats one day, heels the next. These things are so irrelevant and surface compared to what it is all really about, and I wish people wouldn’t 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. Women should feel free.” – Emma Watson

“Women’s rights are human rights”

“Girls just wanna have fundamental human rights”

“Men of quality don’t fear female equality”

“We should all be feminists”

“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own” – Audre Lorde

“Feminism: the radical notion that women are people”

“Women feel like we need permission… We need to lead and change that” – Emma Watson

“Here’s my feeling: For everyone, men and women, it’s important to be a feminist. It’s important to have female characters. It’s wonderful for women to mentor other women, but it’s just as important for women to mentor men and vice-versa.” – Mindy Kaling

“Feminism is not a dirty word. It does not mean you hate men. It does not mean you hate girls that have nice legs and a tan, and it does not mean you are a bitch or a dyke, it means you believe in equality.” – Kate Nash

“I’m a feminist. I’ve been a female for a long time now. It’d be stupid not to be on my own side.” – Maya Angelou

“Feminism is the radical notion that women are people” – Marie Shear

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

“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

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

“More than ever, I am aware of the need to support and celebrate each other. I like to believe I am part of a global support group network of 3.4 billion. Imagine – if you can fall back on the 3.5 billion sisters, and the many good men who are with us, what could we possibly not achieve?” – Nicole Kidman

“The future is female”

 

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Thank you so much for checking out this list of the best attitude quotes for girls to empower themselves! These attitude quotes are all amazing words to live by and to use as inspiration. I hope that these quotes will push you to go for your dreams and truly live your best life. These are meant to motivate girls to take up space in the world and to stop apologizing for things, and hopefully you feel like you can do that after reading through this list.

Let me know in the comment section below if you have any girls attitude quotes that I should add to the list, or if you found any here that have inspired or motivated you!

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