Krachtige quotes van de grootste feministen op aarde

'The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.'

Woorden 'to live by' volgens de modeontwerper.

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'I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.'

Austen zette deze wijze woorden op papier in Persuasion in 1817.

'At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.'

De Mexicaanse kunstenares Frida Kahlo kampte zelf met zware depressies.

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'Beware; for I am fearless and therefore powerful' .

Shelley, de auteur van Frankenstein en de dochter van Mary Wollstonecraft, schreef de zin in de roman uit 1823.

'Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.'

De activiste claimde dit in een verzameling essays gepubliceerd in 1983.

'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.'

Uit Maya Angelou's onnavolgbare gedicht Still I Rise, voor het eerst gepubliceerd in 1978.

'My mum said to me, "You know, sweetheart, one day you should settle down and marry a rich man". I said, "Mum, I am a rich man"'.

De zangeres uitte deze quote die viral ging in een interview uit 1996.

'I don't like to gamble. But if there's one thing I'm willing to bet on, it's myself.'

Aldus Beyoncé in een interview met ABC.

'Be the heroine of your life, not the victim'.

De journalist en scenarioschrijver, bekend van When Harry Met Sally vertelde dit aan afgestudeerden op Wellesley College in 1996.

'Every woman's success should be an inspiration to another. We're strongest when we cheer each other on.'

Een prachtige quote van de 23-voudige Grand Slam-kampioen in 2018.

'Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.'

Wijze woorden van Oprah in 2001.

'One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.'

De schrijver schreef de zin in de roman A Room of One's Own (1929).

'Don't ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility. Make decisions based on what should happen, not what shouldn't.'

De voormalig first lady deelde deze quotes tijdens haar speech in Phoenix in 2008, terwijl ze campagne voerde voor haar man Barack Obama.

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'When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.'

De winnaar van de Nobel Prijs van de Vrede tijdens een speech op Harvard University in 2013.

'Some women being empowered does not prove the patriarchy is dead. It proves that some of us are lucky.'

De auteur van Hunger schreef hierover in Salon in 2013.

'We raise girls to treat each other as competitors, not for jobs or for accomplishments which I think can be a good thing. But for the attention of men. Feminist: the person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes.'

Uit het boek van Adichie uit 2014, We Should All Be Feminists.

'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.'

Watson tijdens haar speech voor de Verenigde Naties in 2014.

'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. We don't need to be married or mothers to be complete. We get to determine our own ''happily ever after'' for ourselves.'

Na jaren van tabloidgeruchten en speculaties over haar relaties en vruchtbaarheid pende Jennifer Aniston een krachtige essay voor Huff Post in 2016.

'To all of 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 Clintons speech nadat ze de presidentsverkiezingen verloor van Donald Trump in 2016.

'Do not let this defeat you - let this enrage you. Let it motivate you! Let this be the fire you didn't have before... don't be afraid, be loud.'

Geschreven door Lawrence voor platform Broadly in 2016, kort nadat Donald Trump de Amerikaanse verkiezingen won.