They have long been ignored by the social prejudices that marked the order of an era, however, despite the weight of paradigms, many women raised their voices and stood out in various areas where they were not supposed to be able to do so.
Thanks to them, today women enjoy freedom and acceptance, since their actions made a difference, leaving a deep mark on the world. Then We present you the phrases of the most famous women of all time:
List of the most famous women's phrases of all time
Marie Curie: The famous Polish chemist who discovered radium, and is one of the few people who has been awarded in two categories at the Nobel Prize. She was also the first woman to obtain a position as a tenured professor at the University of Paris.
- There is no need to fear, you just have to understand.
- The best life is not the long one, but the one richest in good deeds.
- Humanity needs practical men who make the most of their work, and who, without forgetting the general good, look after their own interests. But humanity also needs dreamers for whom the selfless development of a passion is so captivating that it is impossible for them to turn their attention to their own material gain.
George Sand: Amantine Dupin, was a writer of French origin, remembered for resorting to the use of masculine attire (George Sand, was the masculine name with which she became known) to be able to enter the Parisian intellectual circles, which in her capacity as woman had no right to access, her thoughts of freedom and emancipation are reflected in her words:
- My profession is to be free.
- A man and a woman are the same thing to such an extent that the amount of distinctions and subtle reasoning on which society draws on this argument is hardly understood.
- Love without admiration is friendship.
- The beauty that is directed to the eyes is only a spell of the moment, the eyes of the body are not always those of the soul.
Emily Dickinson: She was an American poet with a lonely personality, characterized by maintaining friendship by correspondence. She is considered one of the great writers of American literature:
- To travel far, there is no better ship than a book.
- We don't know our true height until we stand up.
- If I can prevent a heart from suffering, I will not live in hand.
- Dying without dying, and living without life is the most arduous miracle proposed by faith.
- Hope is that feathered thing that sits on the soul and sings non-stop.
Margaret Thatcher: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the well-known Woman of steel, was the person who for the longest time served in that political field, in addition to being the first woman to hold the position. His conservative management was qualified with the nickname "Thatcherism" and his women's phrases were well known throughout the world.
- If you want something said ask a man, if you want it done, ask a woman.
- The house should be the center, but not the limit, of a woman's life.
- There is no freedom unless there is economic freedom.
- It is not absolutely necessary to agree with the interlocutor to find a common language with him.
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel: She was a French designer who ushered in a new era of fashion, where simplicity and elegance were the order of the day. She was considered one of the most influential people in the twentieth century, her life full of success is a source of inspiration:
- The bravest act is to think for yourself, and do it out loud.
- Hard times awaken an endless desire for authenticity.
- If you are sad, put on a lipstick and attack!
- Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.
- A woman is the age she deserves.
Virginia Woolf: British writer, considered a leading figure in international feminism. He dealt with topics that had not been considered for the time such as: neurosis, class wars and on British society:
- There is no barrier or lock that you can impose on the freedom of the mind.
- Life is a dream, waking up is what kills.
- Love is an illusion, a story that one builds in his mind, aware all the time that it is not true, and that is why care is taken not to destroy the illusion.
- It is obvious that women's values often differ from the values created by the other sex, yet it is male values that predominate.
- Women have lived all these centuries as wives, with the magical and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man, twice his natural size.
Audrey Hepburn: The woman cataloged as the natural beauty of all time, not only stood out for her beautiful face, but for her remarkable nation as ambassador of the United Nations in Africa:
- Why change? Everyone has their own style, once you have found yours you must stick with it.
- I once read: "Happiness is health and little memory." I should have made it up because it's so true.
- Love has nothing to do with what you want to achieve, only what you hope to give; that is, everything.
- If you follow all the rules, you miss all the fun.
- Ordinary women know more about men than beautiful women. But beautiful women don't need to know about men, it is men who have to know about beautiful women.
Diana of Wales: The princess of the people, with her courage reinvented the concept of British royalty, reaching out to the hearts of her subjects:
- If you find someone you love in your life, hold on to that love.
- I do not follow a book with rules, I am guided by my heart and head.
- Helping those most in need is an essential part of my life, a kind of destiny.
- Hugs can do a lot of good, especially for children.
Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz:
She was a Catholic nun of the San Gerónimo order, who is a great exponent of the so-called Spanish Golden Age. His works were censored in his time, but he has phrases of women who remained in history avoiding censorship
- Without clarity there is no voice of wisdom.
- I do not study to know more, but to ignore less.
- The brightest of appearances can cover the most vulgar of realities.
- Tell me the rapacious victor, defeated by my perseverance. What has your arrogance gotten from upsetting my firm peace?
- This loving torment that can be seen in my heart, I know what I feel, but I don't know why I feel.
Doris Lessing: British writer of feminist tendencies, whose gender was defined by her experience in African territory, and by her personal disappointments. He won a Nobel Prize for Literature:
- Little things amuse little minds.
- But what do you have to do? Death is there, it will come, it is inevitable.
- Art is the mirror of our betrayed ideals.
- You can only learn to be a writer by writing.
Anna Frank: Worldwide known for writing the journal that shook the world. Anna Frank, a German writer of Jewish descent, left her mark on the world through the narration of her experiences, while she remained hidden during the Second World War.
- As long as you can look at the sky without fear, you will know that you are pure inside and that whatever happens you will be happy again.
- In the long run, the sharpest weapon is a kind and gentle spirit.
- I don't think of misery, but of the beauty that still belongs to me.
- How wonderful that no one has to wait a moment before starting to improve the world!
- I have the sensation of being a caged bird, whose wings have been violently torn off, and in the most absolute darkness, it collides with the bars in its narrow cage when it wants to fly.
Emilly Bronte: He published his considered masterpiece "Wuthering Heights" under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. Over the years, it has been recognized as an important icon of English literature:
- Treachery and violence is exposing oneself to using a two-edged weapon that can hurt the person who handles it.
- I would summarize my existence in two sentences: condemnation and death.
- I don't know what souls are made of, but yours and mine are the same thing.
- When nothing is said, and nothing is known, there is no company.
Frida Kahlo: Mexican artist, she became a feminist icon due to the life of suffering marked by various unfortunate events, however she was characterized by developing a positive vision, in which misfortune did not limit her actions:
- Feet, why do I want them, if I have wings to fly?
- Where you cannot love, do not delay.
- Although I have said "I love many of you", and have dated, and kissed others, deep down I have only loved you.
- I used to think I was the strangest person in the world, but then I thought, there are a lot of people in the world, there has to be someone like me, who feels bizarre and damaged, the way I feel. I imagine her, and I imagine that she must be out there thinking about me too.
- Doctor, if you will let me have this tequila, I promise not to drink at my funeral.
Isabel Allende: Chilean writer, who escaped from her country during the government of Augusto Pinochet for being a politically persecuted person. He won the Hans Christian Andersen Prize, because his stories have had the power to catch his readers and from which his phrases directed at women have remained in history.
- Death does not exist, people only die when they forget it; If you can remember me, I will always be with you.
- I learned early on that when emigrating you lose the crutches that have served as a support until then, you have to start from scratch, because the past is erased at a stroke, and nobody cares where you come from or what you have done before.
- I have been a frontier for most of my life, a condition that I have accepted because I have no alternative.
- I regret the diets, the delicious dishes rejected out of vanity, as much as I regret the occasions of lovemaking that I have missed because of to-do tasks, or puritanical virtue.
Alfonsina Storni: She was an Argentine poet of Swiss origin, known for her feminist prose. She committed suicide in Mar de Plata, as a result of a deep depression that afflicted her as a result of her breast cancer diagnosis. His poems with a romantic touch captivated the world:
- I did not kill him with weapons, I gave him a worse death: I kissed him sweetly and broke his heart.
- Today the moon looks at me, white and disproportionate. It's the same as last night, the same as tomorrow.
- What worlds do I have within my soul that I have been asking for a long time to fly?
- I asked the stars for clearer languages, more beautiful words. The sweet stars gave me your life, and I found the lost truth in your eyes.
Louise Hay: Famous American writer belonging to the new age movement, her books were a great contribution to positive thinking therapies:
- If your parents did not know how to love themselves, it would be impossible for them to teach you how to love yourself. They were doing the best they could with those they had been taught as children.
- Power is always in the present moment.
- If I want to be accepted as I am, I need to be willing to accept others as they are.
- Learn from the past and let it go, live in the present moment.
- When there is a problem, there is nothing to do, there is something to know.