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300 Inspirational Business Woman Quotes For Instagram (2023)

1. “I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on Earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.” – Susan B. Anthony, women’s rights activist and social reformer


2. It’s how you get through the struggle is what makes you who you are


3. “Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. ” – Harriet Beecher Stowe, author


4. You are so much stronger than you think you are


5. Get Creative With Your Instagram Bio


6. “I’ve learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. ” – Martha Washington, First Lady of the United States


7. Confidence is knowing that you can accomplish anything you put your mind to


8. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”


9. “Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve. ” – Mary Kay Ash, Founder, Mary Kay Cosmetics


10. “She is the best businesswoman I know.”


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12. “Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.” - Marva Collins, educator and businesswoman


13. Business: Women serve in leadership roles in all sorts of different businesses. Former Facebook (now Meta) COO Sheryl Sandberg, current GM CEO Mary Barra, former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, Spanx founder Sara Blakely, and Sunshine Contacts cofounder Marissa Mayer are a few examples of powerful female leaders in business. Some, like Melinda French Gates, have also paired their business expertise with a long track record of philanthropy


14. “Life is good.” — Future & Drake, “Life is Good”


15. “For CEOs today, it’s all about achieving growth and efficiency through innovation. It’s not about product innovation so much anymore as about innovating business models, process, culture, and management.”


16. “Step One: In a quiet moment chatting your friend, loved one, or business partner, tell them that the other day you were reading about tombstones. ‘The piece was about,’ you say, ‘what people fantasize will be inscribed above their grave after they die.’ You learned that people want the quality they are most proud of etched in stone. Example: Here lies Diane. She was a caring woman. Or here lies Billy. By golly, he could make people laugh. Step Two: Reveal to your partner what you’d like carved on your tombstone. Step Three: Ask the person what they’re most proud of and what they’d like on their tombstone.”


17. “You only live once but if you do it right, once is enough.”


18. “You’re not responsible for people’s thoughts. In fact, what people think of you is none of your business. Your job is to express your personality the best way you can while having the purest intent possible. In short, your responsibility is to do your best to be your true self. Then, people may or may not like you, and either way is fine. Remember, the most influential people such as presidents and statesmen and women are often hated by millions.”


19. “I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn’t.”


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


21. “Wishing a very Happy American Business Women’s Day. We salute all the women who are taking care of their businesses and also of their homes.”


22. “When you have a strong company culture it will shine through your brand and you can authentically say, “This is what our brand is about.”


23. “With a strong personal brand, you become the only option in the eyes of your ideal customer.”


24. “I became successful due to several reasons. I never gave up and I never let anyone or anything get in my way. I use the power of positive thinking to tackle obstacles and challenges so they don’t defeat me. ” – Lillian Vernon, Founder, Lillian Vernon Corporation


25. “How many cares one loses when one decides to not be something, but to be someone. ” – Coco Chanel, Founder, Chanel


26. “Women have always made great managers and the occasion of American Business Women’s Day reminds us that they make fantastic entrepreneurs.”


27. “As a leader, it’s a major responsibility on your shoulders to practice the behavior you want others to follow.”


28. Women shouldn’t be afraid to put themselves forward. ” – Sarah Wood, Cofounder & COO, Unruly Media


29. “Lean in, speak out, have a voice in your organization, and never use the word, ‘sorry’.” ―Trish Bertuzzi


30. “Customer service has everything to do with consistency, systems, training, and the habits you and your team create.”


31. “For women to succeed in politics, business, and entrepreneurial ventures they have to battle against a stereotype of being heartless and unfeminine.” ― Karla Crome


32. “When screening potential jurors before a trial, Jo-Ellen Demitrius, the woman currently reputed to be the best consultant in the business of jury selection asks an artful question: “If you were the only person who believed in my client’s innocence, could you withstand the pressure of the rest of the jury to change your mind?” How could any self-respecting prospective juror say no? And, having made the public promise, how could any self-respecting selected juror repudiate it later?”


33. “Being a woman in business doesn’t come without challenges. My advice? Surround yourself with other supportive women that encourage you, share ideas, and get you motivated.” -Jessica Alba, Founder of The Honest Company


34. Don’t tell people your plans, show them your results


35. “I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.” ― Marissa Mayer


36. “The key to success is to start before you are ready.”


37. “In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.” —Sheryl Sandberg, American business executive, billionaire, and philanthropist


38. “I’m a businesswoman who goes to work every single day.” – Tyra Banks


39. “You manage things; you lead people.”


40. “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” – Rosalynn Carter, American writer and activist who served as first lady of the United States


41. “No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens.”


42. “Exceptional customer service proactively manages your brand and reactively can turn upset customers into raving fans based on how you handled their complaint.”


43. Never apologize for being a bad ass woman


44. “Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else. ” – Sarah Blakely, Founder, Spanx


45. “It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent. ” – Madeleine Albright, Czech-born American politician and diplomat


46. “And if the end result is that someone, somewhere winds up believing they can do something out of the ordinary, well, then you’ve really made it.” ― Angela Ahrendts


47. “If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it. ” – Margaret Fuller, American journalist, critic, and women’s rights advocate


48. “Girls and women of our race must not be afraid to take hold of business endeavour and. by patient industry. close economy. determined effort. and close application to business. wring success out of a number of business opportunities that lie at their doors.” - Madam CJ Walker


49. “Who cares what insecure people think who are insanely jealous that you are OK with yourself?”


50. “You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.” – Aung San Suu Kyi, human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and state counselor of Myanmar


51. In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders. —Sheryl Sandberg, American business executive, billionaire, and philanthropist


52. “The thing is, If you try to market to everyone, then you successfully market to no one.”


53. “None of us can know what we are capable of until we are tested.” – Elizabeth Blackwell, first woman to graduate from medical school in the U.S.


54. “Your value will be not what you know; it will be what you share.”― Ginni Rometty


55. “Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does.” –Steuart Henderson Britt, consumer behavior specialist


56. “Good leaders organize and align people around what the team needs to do. Great leaders motivate and inspire people with why they’re doing it. That’s purpose. And that’s the key to achieving something truly transformational.”


57. “If I hadn’t had mentors, I wouldn’t be here today. I am a product of great mentoring and great coaching.”


58. The goal isn’t more money it’s financial freedom


59. “Do your best in the day, for the day, and then work on tomorrow when it comes. Show yourself grace and laugh at yourself.”


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


61. “It is within everyone’s grasp to be a CEO. ” – Martha Stewart, Founder, CEO, Martha Steward Living OmniMedia


62. Chase your goals not people


63. “Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.” – Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and author of Lean In


64. “I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.” – Florence Nightingale, British nurse, social reformer, and statistician


65. “No one has ever become poor by giving.” – Anne Frank, Jewish diarist who wrote about her family’s time in hiding during the German occupation in World War II


66. “I always want to make films. I think of it as a great opportunity to comment on the world in which we live.” – Kathryn Bigelow, first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director


67. “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘ I will try again tomorrow. ’” – Mary Anne Radmacher, author, artist


68. “I’ve always leaned toward a feminine, funky style, even in business settings. I used to paint my nails blue in 1993, before it was mainstream.”


69. Incorporate relevant hashtags


70. “What I love the most that I really want to talk about is that there are women in business. They are incredibly focused on creating their own businesses and going out there. That’s going to be their life, whether they have kids or not. And then there are women who have children that kind of nobly say, “


71. “Before you can decide on your brand fonts, colors or imagery, let alone your messaging, you need to know who you're trying to attract first.”


72. “Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does.” – Steuart Henderson Britt


73. Nothing more stronger than a broken woman rebuilding her self


74. “If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.” – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, first female head of state in Africa


75. “There is no royal flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it, for if I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard. ” – Madam C. J. Walker, first female self-made millionaire


76. “Never dull your shine for somebody else.” —Tyra Banks. model and businesswoman


77. “Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, ‘We’ve always done it this way.’ I try to fight that. That’s why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise.”


78. “You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are. ” – Melissa Etheridge, singer


79. “To set yourself up for success, you need to be real about what you can commit to consistently.”


80. “To gain your share of the market, you must show how your company is different and how your culture produces a unique experience for your customers, leaving no room for competition. And that, Bombshell, is your brand.”


81. “Magic happens when you connect people. I credit much of my success to always making it a point to truly get to know people and help them whenever I can. It’s become the backbone of our firm’s success. Women founders in particular are often highly skilled at making connections that can help advance their businesses. ”


82. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." -Walt Disney


83. “I had many high-powered sales and marketing professionals who reported to me, but I also had thousands of call center representatives reporting to me. I had to learn to communicate to very different types of groups of managers with different orientations, different priorities.”


84. “Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.” – Hillary Clinton, American politician, diplomat, lawyer, writer, and public speaker


85. “Invite people into your life that don’t look or think like you.” – Mellody Hobson, president and co-CEO of Ariel Investments


86. “Advertising is a business of words, but advertising agencies are infested with men and women who cannot write. They cannot write advertisements, and they cannot write plans. They are helpless as deaf mutes on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera.” ~ David Ogilvy , Advertising quotes for business


87. “I’ve never thought of myself as a female engineer, or founder, or a woman in tech. I just think of myself as someone who’s passionate.” ― Leah Busque


88. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King, American tennis player who fought for equal prize money for female athletes


89. “You will be defined not just by what you achieve, but by how you survive.”―Sheryl Sandberg


90. “You can’t buy happiness. It comes with age, but you can buy a winning smile.”


91. You owe it to yourself to be great. You don’t owe anybody else any explanations


92. “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself. ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. ’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do. ” – Eleanor Roosevelt


93. “Stay true to yourself and your vision. Don’t let any one person’s opinion move you; listen, but be confident.”―Amanda Kahlow


94. “I was taught to strive, not because there were any guarantees of success, but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.” – Madeleine Albright, first female U.S. secretary of state


95. “I pledge to invest in women because I believe it offers one of the greatest returns on investment. I am committed to the belief that we would all be in a much better place if half the human race were empowered to prosper, invent, be educated, start their own businesses, run for office essentially be given the chance to soar.”


96. “To the women entrepreneurs, we wish a very Happy American Business Women’s Day. For you, there is no word like impossible but you have the power to make things happen.”


97. “Who run the world? GIRLS”-Beyonce👩🧕👩‍💼💼


98. “Do one thing every day that scares you.”


99. “Never take lightly that becoming an employer puts another person’s ability to provide for their life in your hands.”


100. “I would further argue that our businesses and economy don’t just need more women in the workplace and in leadership positions and starting businesses (though we do). We need more women acting more like women.” – Sallie Krawcheck, Own It: The Power of Women at Work


101. “As a leader, it’s a major responsibility on your shoulder to practice the behavior you want others to follow. ” – Himanshu Bhatia Founder and CEO, Rose International Inc


102. “Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom.” – Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman appointed to the Supreme Court


103. “When you’re an entrepreneur you have to go in feeling like you’re going to be successful. ” – Lillian Vernon, Founder, Lillian Vernon Corporation


104. “Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.” – Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women


105. “If we are going to be part of the solution, we have to engage the problems.” – Majora Carter, urban revitalization strategist


106. “We must develop a thick skin. With an unshakeable sense of self – and a commitment to being compassionate – nothing will faze you.”


107. “Remember, you are not aspiring for perfection, Bombshell. You are aspiring for progress, one step at a time.”


108. “Failure is not the opposite of success: it’s part of success.” -Arianna Huffington, businesswoman


109. “Don’t let others define you. Define yourself. ” Ginni Rometty, Chairman and CEO, IBM


110. “Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.” – Marie Curie, Polish-French physicist and first female Nobel Prize winner


111. “I really love what I do. It’s extremely motivating to me. ” – Jenny Craig, Founder, Jenny Craig


112. The structure of human betterment cannot be built upon foundations of materialism or business, but upon the bedrock of individual character in free men and women. - Author: Herbert Hoover


113. Include Relevant Keywords On Your Instagram Bio


114. “Dream big. There is nothing seen that wasn’t imagined. There’s no overnight success. You have to start by dreaming big and working towards your goal.” – Folorunso Alakija, Nigerian businesswoman


115. You got this, you got this, you got this, you got this, you got this!


116. “A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman, But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. ” – Melinda Gates, Cofounder and Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation


117. Why be ordinary, when you can be extraordinary?


118. “Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.” — Sara Blakely, American businesswoman and entrepreneur.


119. “I know so many girls that have felt like they’ve been taken advantage of. Not only in the music business but in every single career out there. ” – Margo Price


120. “Success is about creating value. ” – Candice Carpenter, iVillage. com


121. “For some women parties and dressing up has no meaning because they are born to create big business empires in the world. Happy American Business Women’s Day.”


122. “Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the World.”


123. “We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change. ” – Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook


124. “Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.”


125. “Never dull your shine for somebody else.” —Tyra Banks, model and businesswoman


126. Don’t wait for opportunities, create your own


127. “Nasty Gal would have surely failed had it been my goal to grow a business to the size that I have today.”


128. “Don’t confuse progress with winning.”


129. “Whatever you do, be different – that was the advice my mother gave me and I can’t think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you’re different, you will stand out. ” – Anita Roddick


130. “I want little girls to grow up knowing they can do anything, even play football.” – Jen Welter, first female coach in the NFL


131. “I pledge to invest in women because I believe it offers one of the greatest returns on investment. I am committed to the belief that we would all be in a much better place if half the human race (women) were empowered to prosper, invent, be educated, start their own businesses, run for office essentially be given the chance to soar.” – Sara Blakely


132. “I don’t believe in failure. It’s not failure if you enjoyed the process.”


133. Be a stiletto in a room full of flats


134. “Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble-making individual- Natalie Clifford Barney, playwright, poet, and novelists


135. “Define goal. Take action. Stay focused. Expect success. Nothing less.” – Michele Ruiz, entrepreneur, bilingual communication specialist, author, and keynote speaker


136. “Wishing a very Happy American Business Women’s Day to the women who are striving to create their name in this world.”


137. “I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.”


138. It doesn’t matter if THEY like you, THEY don’t pay the bills


139. “...when women gain control over spending, less family money is devoted to instant gratification and more for education and starting small businesses.”


140. “Blue collar workers cannot hire each other. White collar workers cannot hire each other. You have to have a businessman or a businesswomen, a business owner to hire you. And you cannot make the environment so unfriendly to them or so unprofitable or so burdensome that they go out of business,because if they go out of business, you are out of a job.” – Duncan Hunter


141. “Much to the confusion of small-minded people, confidence does not equate arrogance.”


142. “Your brand is what your customers and


143. “Being a woman in business doesn’t come without challenges. My advice? Surround yourself with other supportive women that encourage you, share ideas, and get you motivated.” —Jessica Alba, founder of The Honest Company


144. “Train your new employee properly. Sounds so obvious, and yet it often doesn’t happen.”


145. “Do not be afraid to make decisions. Do not be afraid to make mistakes.” – Carly Fiorina, first female CEO of a Fortune 20 company


146. “I will overcome any hurdle or obstacle that’s in my path." — OutKast, “Knowing”


147. “Days in the sun and nights in the rain. Summer is over, simple and plain.” — Drake & Majid Jordan, "Summer’s Over"


148. “Decide … whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.” – Amelia Earhart, aviation pioneer and author


149. “In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.”


150. “I was asked what I thought about the recession. I thought about it and decided not to take part.”


151. “I’m making out with a dead girl in my dreams. I’m screwing women I have no business screwing. I’m pushing away the one person who actually gives a damn about me. It’s like the Bermuda Triangle of heartache and I’m sinking fast” – Faith Sullivan


152. “In any business, it is impossible to do it half-heartedly and succeed.”


153. “To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.” – Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard business professor and director of the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative


154. “Don’t just stand for the success of other women- insist on it. ” – Gail Blanke, President and CEO, Lifedesigns


155. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizen can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. ” – Margaret Mead, American cultural anthropologist, author, speaker


156. “Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” – Golda Meir, first female prime minister of Israel


157. Dream big, work hard, make it happen!


158. “Values are the measuring stick for how


159. “A woman has the potential to play many roles and business woman is just another role she plays. Warm greetings on American Business Women’s Day.”


160. “My greatest joy is in helping others be their best.”


161. “I’ve always been a multi-passionate woman, so my passion for business existed right alongside my passion for dance.” – Marie Forleo


162. “You create opportunities by performing, not complaining.” – Muriel Siebert, first female member of the New York Stock Exchange


163. Add a Link to Your Instagram Profile


164. “But she looked powerful. She wore the sun like a shiny pin on the side of her hair.” -Lilian Li


165. “The question isn’t who is going to let me: it’s who is going to stop me.” -Ayn Rand


166. “Cheaper does not always equal better.”


167. “Making the decision to not follow a system, or someone else’s rules has allowed me to really dig into what my own strengths and gifts are without spending time feeling jaded or wasteful. ” – Ishita Gupta, Founder, Ishita Gupta Media and Fearless Magazine


168. “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. ” -Indira Gandhi, first Indian Female prime minister, leader of the Indian National Congress


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170. “It’s the journey that matters. The signature is not just on the outside, but on the inside.”


171. “Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.”-


172. “Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down, and trust your instincts. Good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt. They’re not painful. That’s not just with somebody you want to marry, but it’s with the friends you choose. It’s with the people you surround yourself with.” – Michelle Obama, former first lady of the United States


173. “There are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.” – Indira Gandhi, former prime minister of India


174. “Some leaders are born women.” – Geraldine Ferraro, first female vice presidential candidate


175. When you buy from a small business you’re not helping a CEO buy a third vacation home. You are helping a little girl get dance lessons, a little boy his team jersey, a mom put food on the table, a dad pay a mortgage or a student pay for college. – Anonymus


176. “While a mission statement speaks to why a company exists, a vision statement communicates what you want to accomplish


177. “When you buy from a small business, you’re not helping a CEO buy a third vacation home. You are helping a little girl get dance lessons, a little boy get his team jersey, a mom and dad to put food on the table.”


178. “Success is making those who believed in you look brilliant.” -Dharmesh Shah


179. “There’s a huge gap in the market for modern online marketing and business education for women that’s effective, fun, and gorgeous to engage with. I knew I could fill that gap.” – Marie Forleo


180. “If you’re not [learning], you’re falling behind. Somebody else is getting better as you’re becoming less valuable. I see so many irrelevant salespeople I want to cry. They stopped learning.”― Jill Konrath


181. “Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently.”


182. “You change the world by being yourself.” -Yoko Ono


183. “I’ve always leaned toward a feminine, funky style, even in business settings. I used to paint my nails blue in 1993, before it was mainstream.” – Sara Blakely


184. Highlight Your Skills & Target Audience


185. “Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. Be faithful in small things, because it is in them that your strength lies.” – Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary


186. “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt, former first lady of the United States, diplomat, and activist


187. “We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.”


188. “I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough. ” – Marissa Mayer, CEO, Yahoo


189. “Timb' laces get tighter and parka hoods flip up.” — Drake, “Come Winter”


190. “Trying to do it all and expecting it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.” ― Sheryl Sandberg


191. “Be an amateur. Not everything you do has to be good, especially at first.”― Ann Handley


192. “There is nothing like a concrete life plan to weigh you down. Because if you always have one eye on some future goal, you stop paying attention to the job at hand, miss opportunities that might arise, and stay fixedly on one path, even when a better, newer course might have opened up.” ― Indra Nooyi


193. “Each person must live their life as a model for others.” – Rosa Parks, civil rights activist


194. “When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. ” – Audre Lorde, writer and feminist


195. “Be sure to ask for help, and vent or brag on your progress along the way.”


196. “I am committed to the belief that we would all be in a much better place if half the human race (women) were empowered to prosper, invent, be educated, start their own businesses, run for office essentially be given the chance to soar.”


197. “You never lose in business, either you win or you learn.”


198. “Arguing with a fool proves there are two.” -Doris M. Smith


199. “The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of a mistake.” – Meg Whitman, CEO of Quibi


200. “The glass ceiling that once limited a woman’s career path has paved a new road towards business ownership, where women can utilize their sharp business acumen while building strong family ties. ” – Erica Nicole, Founder and CEO of YFS Magazine


201. One day or day one? You decide


202. “Do what you love and success will follow. Passion is the fuel behind a successful career.”―Meg Whitman


203. “Books showed me there were possibilities in life, that there were actually people like me living in a world I could not only aspire to but attain.” — Oprah Winfrey (businesswoman)


204. “I’ve made it my business to observe fathers and daughters. And I’ve seen some incredible, beautiful things. Like the little girl who’s not very cute — her teeth are funny, and her hair doesn’t grow right, and she’s got on thick glasses — but her father holds her hand and walks with her like she’s a tiny angel that no one can touch. He gives her the best gift a woman can get in this world: protection. And the little girl learns to trust the man in her life. And all the things that the world expects from women — to be beautiful, to soothe the troubled spirit, heal the sick, care for the dying, send the greeting card, bake the cake — all of those things become the way we pay the father back for protecting us.” — Adriana Trigiani


205. “Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does” – Steuart Henderson Britt


206. “I like to say it’s an attitude of not just thinking outside the box, but not even seeing the box.”― Safra A. Catz


207. “Even if you delegate that responsibility, ultimately you are the one responsible for how


208. “Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.” – Anne Sweeney, American businesswoman and former co-chair of Disney Media


209. “No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible, BE the unexpected. ” – Lynda Barry, author


210. “Magic happens when you connect people. I credit much of my success to always making it a point to truly get to know people and help them whenever I can. It’s become the backbone of our firm’s success. Women founders in particular are often highly skilled at making connections that can help advance their businesses.”


211. “If a woman thinks she can then she surely can because for her, there is nothing impossible in this world. A very Happy American Business Women’s Day to business women.”


212. “So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard. ” – Caterina Fake, Cofounder, Flickr


213. “Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.” – Gertrude Stein, American novelist


214. “Don’t cut off your career branches too early. Don’t step away from your career based on what ‘might’ happen.” – Mary Barra, chairwoman and CEO of General Motors


215. “Building a brand means knowing your story and building and sharing that story”—Tamara McCleary


216. “Creating a company culture is the first operational step in becoming a bold, brave fempreneur. It creates certainty, a road map and stability.”


217. Coffee and one hand confidence in the other


218. “Starting a small business has been one of the best choices I ever made.”


219. “I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance too?”― Jill Konrath


220. “Scary hours.” — Drake


221. “Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got. ” – Janis Joplin, American rock singer


222. “I’ve always been a bit of an introvert, but just because you don’t fit the classic mold doesn’t mean you can’t be a leader. You just need to find your own style and someone with a similar style who you can learn from.”― Jess Lee


223. “Your mission statement, vision statement, core values, and service standards provide a clear focus for all while keeping your team humble and hungry. It creates that family environment in which your employees enjoy coming to work and dealing with the challenges they face each day.”


224. “If you are committed to creating value and if you aren’t afraid of hard times; obstacles become utterly unimportant. A nuisance perhaps, but with no real power. The world respects creation; people will get out of your way. ” – Candice Carpenter


225. “Did you eat?” Has to be one of the most romantic questions ever


226. “So, I put them [women] all around the same table, and I was like ‘look, we’re gonna start a webcam business, you’re gonna stay here, you’re gonna live in London, I’m gonna look after you, and we’re gonna get rich rich and we’re gonna be a team…


227. “I want little girls to grow up knowing they can do anything, even play football.”


228. “If you follow your heart, if you listen to your gut, and if you extend your hand to help another – not for any agenda, but for the sake of humanity – you are going to find the truth.” – Erin Brockovich, legal clerk, consumer advocate, and environmental activist


229. “Your ideal customer should be attracted to the brand that rests on the fabulous culture you


230. “Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live. ” – Anne Sweeney, President, Walt Disney


231. “Your company culture is the internal foundation on which everything in your business builds.”


232. “What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best – which I believed then and believe now is the greatest privilege there is. When I did that, success found me. ” – Debbi Fields, Founder, Mrs. Fields Bakeries


233. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” -Nelson Mandela


234. “Love is a decision, not just an emotion. It is selfless, and a commitment. ” —Lydia McLaughlin, businesswoman


235. “We must develop a thick skin. With an unshakeable sense of self – and a commitment to being compassionate – nothing will faze you.” – Mari Smith, social media marketer known as the “Facebook Queen”


236. “I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. And I also hope that you will choose to make some of that trouble on behalf of women.” – Nora Ephron, American journalist, writer, and filmmaker


237. “I want every little girl who’s been told she’s bossy to be told again she has leadership skills.”


238. “Your mission statement outlines why your company exists. It doesn’t have to be all fancy-pants, just a clear statement of what you do.”


239. “There is nothing like a concrete life plan to weigh you down. Because if you always have one eye on some future goal, you stop paying attention to the job at hand, miss opportunities that might arise, and stay fixedly on one path, even when a better, newer course might have opened up.”


240. “When I’m hungry, I eat. When I’m thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.” – Madonna, American entertainer and first female billionaire of pop music


241. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me?”


242. “Successful people understand that you don’t need to make things complicated.”


243. Once you treat success like there is no other option, that is when you will truly be successful


244. “We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.”


245. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” – Coco Chanel, French fashion designer


246. “Growth and comfort do not coexist.”


247. “Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away. ” – Barbara De Angelis, author and consultant


248. “The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn but to unlearn. ” – Gloria Steinem, author and activist


249. “What sets you apart can sometimes feel like a burden, and it’s not. And a lot of the time, it’s what makes you great.” – Emma Stone, Academy and Golden Globe Award-winning actress


250. “There are no ugly women, only lazy ones.” – Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman who started one of the world’s first cosmetic companies


251. “California is like a crazy beautiful ex-girlfriend. You look back and only remember the good. But as soon as you see her again, you realize how she stole your money all the time, had terrible friends and tried to destroy your business by telling on you for everything.”


252. [Or time when the photo was taken]


253. “We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” ― Arianna Huffington


254. “Don’t be bothered with what you think other people expect of you when it comes to your raw talent.”


255. “The most successful entrepreneurs I know are optimistic. It’s part of the job description.”


256. “This woman enabled her husband to cheat, and she wasn’t doing either one of them any favors. Instead of leaving him, she would take him home, scold him, and then carry on with business as usual. Inside, though, she would be hurting.


257. “I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.” – Sonia Sotomayor, first Latina Supreme Court justice


258. “Being adaptable to change is an admirable quality in anyone — male or female — who hopes to succeed in business. Nevertheless, I believe that change is not necessarily progress. Change for the sake of change may improve nothing but your chance of being disappointed.” – Mary Kay Ash


259. “A company is only as good as the people it keeps.” — Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman and founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics.


260. “To love what you do and feel like it matters – how could anything be more fun?” – Katharine Graham, first American female Fortune 500 CEO


261. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. ” – Coco Chanel, fashion designer


262. “Support women. Support freelancers. Support creatives. Support small businesses.”


263. “Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.” – Maya Angelou, American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist


264. “Understanding who isn’t your ideal customer sometimes helps you better clarify who is.”


265. “Roll up to that attractive woman in the bar and ask her out. Roll up on that good-looking dude and ask him out for coffee. Roll up on your business idea and make it happen. Because being 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 and regretting that you didn’t swing the bat is the worst regret of them all.”


266. “We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success. ” – Arianna Huffington, Editor in Chief, Huffington Post


267. “Life has too many moments to miss. So make sure you grab them all!” #BeHappy


268. “I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass. ” – Maya Angelou, author and poet


269. “Summertime and the livin' is easy.” — Ella Fitzgerald, “Summertime”


270. “Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. ” – Robin Chase, Founder, Zip Car


271. “Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom.”


272. “I realized that if I was willing to step up and be in the spotlight, I’d be able to make everyone else around me much more powerful as well.”― Alaina Percival


273. “Growth and comfort do not coexist.” ― Ginni Rometty


274. “Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.”


275. “Stick to your true north― build greatness for the long term.”―Ruth Porat


276. You can't fix who you are on your own, but God is in the business of transforming broken girls into beautiful trophies of His grace. - Author: Paula Hendricks


277. Don’t be busy, be productive


278. “It’s our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. ” – J. K. Rowling, author


279. Add a CTA


280. “At the end of the day, you are the only one that is limiting your ability to dream, or to actually execute on your dreams. Don’t let yourself get in the way of that.”― Falon Fatemi


281. Roll up to that cute girl in the bar and ask her out. Roll up on that good looking dude and take him out for coffee. Roll up on your business idea and make it happen. Because being 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and having regrets that you didn’t swing the bat is the worst regret of them all.


282. “Knowing that things could be worse should not stop us from trying to make them better.”


283. “The most successful entrepreneurs I know are optimistic. It’s part of the job description.” ― Caterina Fake


284. “Life without dreaming is a life without meaning.” – Wale, “Aston Martin Music”


285. “Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing but nobody else does.”


286. “If you can’t convince them, confuse them.” -Harry Truman


287. “Stay on your game and keep going for your dreams. The World needs that special gift that only you have.”


288. “There is no scientific answer for success. You can’t define it. You’ve simply got to live it and do it. ” – Anita Roddick, Founder, The Body Shop


289. “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.”


290. “There are lots of opportunities out there for women to work in these fields; girls just need support, encouragement and mentoring to follow through with the sciences.” – Sally Ride, first American woman to fly to space


291. “My best successes came on the heels of failures. ” – Barbara Corcoran, American Entrepreneur and ‘Shark’ on ABC’s Shark Tank


292. “Success isn’t about the end result, it’s about what you learn along the way.” -Vera Wang


293. “But like the sun, know you know I find my way back ‘round.” — J. Cole, “Crooked Smile”


294. “Warm winds in the springtime.” — SZA, “Warm Winds”


295. “The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. ” – Roseanne Barr, actor


296. “It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”


297. “I think the key is for women not to set any limits. ” – Martina Navratilova, tennis player and coach


298. “My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.”


299. Except not you. Not this time


300. Business: Women serve in leadership roles in all sorts of different businesses. Former Facebook (now Meta) COO Sheryl Sandberg, current GM CEO Mary Barra, former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, Spanx founder Sara Blakely, and Sunshine Contacts cofounder Marissa Mayer are a few examples of powerful female leaders in business. Some, like Melinda French Gates, have also paired their business expertise with a long track record of philanthropy.


301. “If you want your business to succeed, it is critical to appoint enough female leaders.”


302. Add Your Contact Information


303. “What people think of you is none of your business You’re not responsible for people’s thoughts. In fact, what people think of you is none of your business. Your job is to express your personality the best way you can while having the purest intent possible. In short, your responsibility is to do your best to be your true self. Then, people may or may not like you, and either way is fine. Remember, the most influential people such as presidents and statesmen and women are often hated by millions.”


304. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ” – Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady of the United States


305. “The what to do can be taught; the how to do it is not as easy to pass on to someone who simply doesn’t “get it.”


306. “It is pure mythology that women cannot perform as well as men in science, engineering and mathematics. In my experience, the opposite is true: Women are often more adept and patient at untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action.”― Weili Dai


307. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer.” – Harriet Tubman, abolitionist and political activist


308. “Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong. ” – Ella Fitzgerald, jazz vocalist


309. “I always say, ‘I think being a woman in business is our weakness and strength are being underestimated.” – Sara Blakely


310. “Being a parent is a huge part of who I am, and of course I share that with other women. I’m not just a businesswoman. I’m my sons’ mother and my husband’s wife – although I never post about him on social media because he’d probably divorce me if I did! But I think by showing who I am as a mom and as a business owner, I show other women that we’re all balancing those two worlds.” – Elle Macpherson


311. “My biggest challenge every day is to be a great mother and a great businesswoman.” – Tory Burch


312. “If you’re not making some notable mistakes along the way, you’re certainly not taking enough business and career chances.” – Sallie Krawcheck, CEO and co-founder of Ellevest


313. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.”


314. “A plan is not putting you in a box and forcing you to stay there. A plan is a guide to keep you on course, efficient, and safe.”


315. “On the occasion of American Business Women’s Day, let us support the women who are working hard to establish their business and make it to new heights.”


316. “Leadership is not about men in suits. It is a way of life for those who know who they are and are willing to be their best to create the life they want to live.”


317. “If you need the user to tell you what you’re selling, then you don’t know what you’re selling, and it’s probably not going to be a good experience.” – Marissa Mayer, businesswoman, investor, and former CEO of Yahoo


318. “One of the best things you can do is stop and listen; that’s why it’s good to not just immediately respond when someone talks to you. Just stop and make sure you internalized what they said.”—Lori Richardson


319. “I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.” – Gloria Steinem, feminist journalist and social activist


320. “You can have it all. Just not all at once.” – Oprah Winfrey, television personality


321. “I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody’s passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn’t mind learning.”


322. “I pledge to invest in women because I believe it offers one of the greatest returns on investment. I am committed to the belief that we would all be in a much better place if half the human race (women) were empowered to prosper, invent, be educated, start their own businesses, run for office essentially be given the chance to soar.”


323. “Never be ashamed! There’s some who will hold it against you, but they are not worth bothering with. ” – J. K. Rowling, author


324. I'd learned balance is internal; that there really wasn't one set formula for how to live your life nor how to handle the wife-mother-businesswoman juggling act. Maybe it was just being tuned in to every role and knowing when one or the other needed to be the focus. - Author: Kaira Rouda


325. “Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.” ―Sara Blakely


326. “I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.”

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