750 Inspirational Teamwork Quotes by Women (2023)
1. “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, the first woman appointed to the US Supreme Court
2. “The road to success is always under construction.”—Lily Tomlin, actress, comedian, writer and producer
3. “It’s true: teamwork makes the dream work.” – Natalya Neidhart, professional wrestler.
4. “Practice creates confidence. Confidence empowers you.” – Simone Biles
5. “If you’re clear on what you believe, you have a great foundation to go make a market.”—Ginni Rometty, Chairman, president and CEO of IBM
6. “Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to be themselves.” – Betty Friedan
7. No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it. –H. E. Luccock
8. “A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don’t work well with their colleagues. ” – Lee Iacocca
9. “I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all.” – Simone Biles
10. “Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing. ”
11. “Teams are incredible things. No task is too great, no accomplishment too grand, no dream too far-fetched for a team. It takes teamwork to make the dream work. ” — John Maxwell
12. “The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people. ” – Theodore Roosevelt
13. “I’m not strong for a girl, I’m just strong.”
14. “If you take out the team in teamwork, it’s just work. Now who wants that?” – Matthew Woodring Stover
15. “Fitness isn’t about looking good. It’s about feeling confident, strong, unstoppable, badass and beautiful in your own skin.”
16. “The great victory, which appears so simple today, was the result of a series of small victories that went unnoticed. ”
17. “I think people have different definitions of team unity. My definition is doing whatever it takes to win, what makes a great team; it’s performance on the field, respect on the field.” – Hope Solo, soccer player.
18. “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. ” – Isaac Newton
19. “No matter how senior you get in an organization, no matter how well you’re perceived to be doing, your job is never done. ”
20. “Little things that seem insignificant in the doing, yet when compounded over time yield very big results. You could call these “little virtues” or “success habits.” I call them simple daily disciplines. Simple productive actions, repeated consistently over time. That, in a nutshell, is the slight edge.”
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22. “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. ” – Mark Twain
23. “A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle. ” – Proverb
24. “I like the challenge of getting players to rise to certain levels, but that’s the easy part. The biggest challenge is to get them to believe in what we’re doing. They have to understand that it’s O. K. to have good days and bad days. ”
25. “Today I will love myself enough to exercise.”
26. “The gym is my happy place.”
27. “I raise up my voice not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard… We cannot succeed when half of us are held back.” – Malala Yousazai, Activist
28. “Success is best when shared.” – Howard Schultz
29. “What separates the good players from a great player is that a great player is willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. ” — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
30. “Group fitness or no fitness, because we won’t do it alone.”
31. It’s all a matter of discipline. ” – Wilma Rudolph
32. “Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.” —Coretta Scott King, Civil Rights Activist
33. “Tough times don’t last. Tough teams do. ” — Robert Schuller
34. “Make progress your passion!”
35. “I wake up every morning and think to myself, ‘How far can I push the company forward in the next 24 hours?’” -- Leah Busque
36. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker
37. Confidence empowers you. ” – Simone Biles
38. “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, founder of The Body Shop
39. “Inclusivity means not ‘just we’re allowed to be there,’ but we are valued. I’ve always said: smart teams will do amazing things, but truly diverse teams will do impossible things
40. “You control your own wins and losses.” – Maria Sharapova
41. We always have more to give. ” – Simone Biles
42. “Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out. ”
43. “There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” – Jane Austen, Novelist
44. Politeness is the poison of collaboration. – Edwin Land
45. “It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” – Jane Goodall
46. “Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.” —Madam C.J. Walker, Entrepreneur
47. “Mom, a title just above Queen.”
48. “A Sunday well spent brings a week of content.”
49. “Fit is not a destination, it is a way of life.”
50. “The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence. ”
51. “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” – Oprah Winfrey
52. “Find the smartest people you can and surround yourself with them.” — Marissa Meyer, CEO of Yahoo!
53. “The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have. ” · 2. “One of the criticisms I've faced over the years is that I'm not aggressive
54. You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins. – Jim Stovall
55. Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. -Anais Nin
56. “I’m not the smartest fellow in the world, but I sure can pick smart colleagues. ” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
57. “Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent. You will be amazed at how your whole approach to a person or problem becomes very different. ”
58. “Weight loss doesn’t begin in the gym with a dumbbell; it starts in your head with a decision.” – Toni Sorenson
59. “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. ”
60. “Set realistic goals, keep re-evaluating, and be consistent.” – Venus Williams
61. “Not finance, not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and rare. ” — Patrick Lencioni
62. “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
63. “Whatever it is that you think you want to do, and whatever it is that you think stands between you and that, stop making excuses. You can do anything. ”
64. “If you’re not making some notable mistakes along the way, you’re certainly not taking enough business and career chances
65. “Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up. ” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
66. “Merry Fitmas.”
67. “One of the criticisms I’ve faced over the years is that I’m not aggressive enough or assertive enough or maybe somehow, because I’m empathetic, it means I’m weak. I totally rebel against that. I refuse to believe that you cannot be both compassionate and strong. ”
68. “You only live once, you might as well be a badass.”
69. “There are four ingredients in true leadership: brains, soul, heart, and good nerves. ”
70. “Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable. ”
71. “If you care about the people you work with then you work harder.” – Kristine Lilly
72. You have to remember that everyone makes mistakes sometimes. ” – Aly Raisman
73. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!”
74. “Don’t let the weekend become your weak end.”
75. We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead. -Beyoncé
76. “Your kids don’t want a perfect mom, they want a happy mom.”
77. Continuous learning leads to continuous improvement. Commit yourself to advancing your knowledge, skills, and expertise. The business environment is quickly changing, and your understanding of the leading practices, thinking, and emerging tools will help you manage for better results. Be a lifelong student.
78. “Just because you’re struggling, doesn’t mean you’re failing.”
79. “The challenge is not to be perfect… it’s to be whole.” – Jane Fonda
80. You make it in training. ” – Simone Biles
81. “My body isn’t magazine perfect, but when I look in the mirror, I see a mom…and there is no greater honor, love or blessing.”
82. “Our similarities bring us to a common ground; our differences allow us to be fascinated by each other. ”
83. “For exercise I like to lift weights, and for cardio I like to lift weights faster…”
84. “Once you give them the power to tell you you’re great, you’ve also given them the power to tell you you’re unworthy. Once you start caring about people’s opinions of you, you give up control.” – Ronda Rousey
85. “The ratio of We’s to I’s is the best indicator of the development of a team. ” –Lewis B. Ergen
86. “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. ”
87. “Never underestimate the power of a girl who knows what she wants.”
88. “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, founder of iVillage.com
89. “Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.” – Phil Jackson, basketball player.
90. What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change. –Madeleine Albright
91. “A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.” – Gloria Steinem
92. Always push yourself to the next. ” – Marnelli Dimzon
93. 2% of boards and governing bodies have no female directors. By contrast, only 0. 4% had no male directors
94. “A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not to be done. ”
95. “Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live. ”
96. None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful. – Mother Teresa
97. “There is no giant step that can take you there! But, consistent and small steps can!”
98. You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. -Maya Angelou
99. “Fit moms don’t have time. They make time.”
100. “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” – Charlotte Brontë
101. “You never realize how long a minute is until you exercise.”
102. “Drop it like a squat.”
103. “I like to party and by party I mean deadlift.”
104. “The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” – Amelia Earhart
105. · Just because you are CEO, don't think you have
106. “In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”—Coco Chanel, founder of Chanel
107. “No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team. ”
108. “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. ”
109. I truly believe what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail, learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing. ” – Danica Patrick
110. “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
111. “We need to accept that we don’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes. Understand that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success. ”
112. “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” – Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
113. “Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction.
114. Once you start caring about people’s opinions of you, you give up control. ” – Ronda Rousey
115. “I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.” – Mia Hamm, soccer player.
116. “Teams share the burden and divide the grief” – Doug Smith
117. “Whatever it is that you think you want to do, and whatever it is that you think stands between you and that, stop making excuses. You can do anything.” – Katia Beauchamp, co-founder and CEO of Birchbox.
118. “As women achieve power, the barriers will fall. As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
119. Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean. –Ryunosuke Satoro
120. “Our collective experience has shown that when women have the power to make their own choices, good things happen.” – Madeleine Albright
121. “It is so liberating to really know what I want, what truly makes me happy, what I will not tolerate. I have learned that it is no one else's job to take care of me but me."
122. “Teamwork makes the dream work. ” – John C. Maxwell
123. But I know how to do these things only after I have fulfilled my mission. ” – Nadia Comaneci
124. “I’m not here because I have to. I’m here because it makes me feel good.”
125. “Failing is a crucial part of success. Every time you fail and get back up, you practice perseverance, which is the key to life. Your strength comes in your ability to recover. ”
126. “Really get to know and establish relationships with your teammates because they are your new family and they will be the ones there for you when anything goes wrong.” – Alex Morgan, soccer player.
127. If I know someone is training harder than I am, I have no excuses. ” – P. V. Sindhu
128. “I don’t care how talented a team is, unless you believe in one another, you’re weak.” – Julie Foudy, soccer player.
129. “Women are always at the front of revolutions.” – Buthayna Kamel
130. “Teamwork. A few harmless flakes working together can unleash an avalanche of destruction. ” – Justin Sewell
131. “You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own. ”
132. “When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don't speak out ain't nobody going to speak out for you.” —Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Activist
133. Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about. –Sheryl Sandberg
134. “I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles. ”
135. “The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure you’re very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble.” – Serena Williams
136. “Many of us are more capable than some of us, but none of us is as capable as all of us. ” — Tom Wilson
137. “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. ”
138. Finally I was able to see that if I had a contribution I wanted to make, I must do it, despite what others said. That I was OK the way I was. That it was all right to be strong. -Wangari Maathai
139. “I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can’t fail if you do that.” —Anita Hill, Lawyer
140. “Whether you work for yourself or others, there will be moments when you feel unhappy or stuck. You can’t control everything around you, but in those moments, remind yourself that you are powerful and that even small, strategic moves can create big shifts for the better. ”
141. “Work out because you love your body, not because you hate it.”
142. If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing. ”
143. “I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn’t.” -- Dee Dee Myers
144. “Walt Disney told his crew to ‘build the castle first’ when constructing Disney World, knowing that vision would continue to serve as motivation throughout the project. Oftentimes when people fail to achieve what they want in life, it’s because their vision isn’t strong enough.” – Gail Blanke, President and CEO of Lifedesigns
145. “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean. ”
146. “The most successful entrepreneurs I know are optimistic. It’s part of the job description.” – Caterina Fake
147. “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. ”
148. “Every twist and turn in life is an opportunity to learn something new about yourself, your interests, your talents, and how to set and then achieve goals.” – Jameela Jamil, Actress and Activist
149. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King, Former World No. 1 Professional Tennis Player
150. “We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.” -- Queen Victoria
151. “A boat doesn’t go forward if each one is rowing their own way. ” – Swahili Proverb
152. “Don’t wait until you’ve reached your goal to be proud of yourself. Be proud of every step you take toward reaching that goal.” – Simone Biles
153. “It’s not the load that breaks you down; it’s the way you carry it.” —Lena Horne, Dancer
154. “And she lifted heavily ever after.”
155. “Any women who understand the problems of running a home will be nearer to understand the problems of running a country. ”
156. “The moment you want to quit is the moment you need to keep pushing.”
157. “We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.” -- Mary Kay Ash
158. The way to achieve your own success is to be willing to help somebody else get it first. – Iyanla Vanzant
159. “They’ll tell you you’re too loud—that you need to wait your turn and ask the right people for permission. Do it anyway.” – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
160. “Overpower. Overtake. Overcome.” – Serena Williams
161. I just want women to always feel in control. Because we're capable, we're so capable. -Nicki Minaj
162. “We are not a team because we work together. We are a team because we respect, trust and care for each other.” – Mithali Raj, cricket player.
163. No case is ever truly closed, and no challenge is ever over. ” – Mary Lou Retton
164. “Will you be working out today? A) Obviously B) A C) B.”
165. “Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back.” – Sophia Amoruso, Founder of Nasty Gal
166. “I’ve always subscribed to the belief that the best leader is not one who has the most followers, but one who creates the most leaders. I strive every day — and in every program and offering we have at Integrous Women — to create more conscious, confident, and soulful leaders who, in return, will build a better world for all. ”
167. “Hang in there, tomorrow’s Saturday!”
168. “Many hands make light work. ” –John Heywood
169. “Teamwork is the secret that makes common people achieve uncommon results. ”
170. “Each mistake teaches you something new about yourself. There is no failure, remember, except in no longer trying
171. “You have to find what sparks the light in you so that you, in your own way, can illuminate the world.” – Oprah Winfrey
172. “Women will be hidden no more. We will not remain hidden figures. We have names… It was woman that gave you Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It was woman that gave you Malcolm X. And according to the Bible, it was a woman that gave you Jesus. Don’t you ever forget it” – Janelle Monáe
173. “If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. ” – Bear Bryant
174. “Walt Disney told his crew to ‘Build the castle first’ when constructing Disney World, knowing that vision would continue to serve as motivation throughout the project. Oftentimes when people fail to achieve what they want in life, it’s because their vision isn’t strong enough. ”
175. “The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of its behind. ” — Joseph Stilwell
176. “Today is your day. To start Fresh. To eat right. To train hard. To live healthy. To be proud.”
177. “If you think you’re too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room.”—Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop
178. “The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”
179. “Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.” —Iyanla Vanzant, Inspirational Speaker
180. “It never gets easier, you just get stronger.”
181. “A successful team is a group of many hands and one mind. ” – Bill Bethel
182. “Keep you squats low and your standards high.”
183. “You are never too small to make a difference. ”
184. “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, Politician
185. “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 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. ”
186. “Someone busier than you is working out right now.”
187. “Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. ”
188. “Gettin’ good players is easy. Gettin’ ’em to play together is the hard part. ” – Casey Stengel
189. “It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” -- J.K Rowling
190. “I’m a mom. What’s your super power?”
191. “A group becomes teammates when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skills of the others. ”
192. “To build a strong team, you must see someone else’s strength as a complement to your weakness and not a threat to your position or authority. ” – Christine Caine
193. “Set goals. Crush them. Repeat.”
194. “Sport has taught me never to be jealous of someone or insecure if somebody is doing well. It’s taught me teamwork and the value of patience. Even If I lose, I know that I’ve actually not lost.”– Ritika Singh, MMA.
195. “Each person on a team has a responsibility and a role, and knowing the value of each individual and what they bring to the table is something very special and unique.” – Hilary Knight, ice hockey player.
196. “The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime. ” – Babe Ruth
197. Restore connection' is not just for devices, it is for people too. · 2. I decided I can't pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get
198. “The most important thing one woman can do for another is expand her sense of actual possibilities.” – Adrienne Rich
199. ” – Marge Piercy. Working women
200. “The heart of human excellence often begins to beat when you discover a pursuit that absorbs you, frees you, challenges you, or gives you a sense of meaning, joy, or passion. ”
201. “I’ve always approached things with hunger and just enough fear. Plenty of confidence, you know, but just enough fear to work extra hard. Paralyzing fear does nothing, but the kind of fear that makes you nervous enough to really be aware and focused? I like that kind of fear. ”
202. “If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities. ”
203. “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
204. “You may be the only person lieft who believes in you, but it’s enough. It takes just one star to pierce a universe of darkness. Never give up. ”
205. “I think transwomen, and transpeople in general, show everyone that you can define what it means to be a man or woman on your own terms. A lot of what feminism is about is moving outside of roles and moving outside of expectations of who and what you’re supposed to be to live a more authentic life.” – Laverne Cox
206. “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, Feminist, Womanist, Librarian, and Civil Rights Activist
207. “Strategy is not a solo sport, even if you’re the CEO. ”
208. “Maybe, if you put your disbelief aside, roll up your sleeves, take some risks, and totally go for it, you’ll wake up one day and realize you’re living the kind of life you used to be jealous of. ”
209. “[Teamwork] is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results. ” – Andrew Carnegie
210. “Your mind is just constantly moving, thinking of different scenarios, not only on your team but their team too, trying to figure out things they are doing.” – Becky Hammon, basketball coach.
211. “Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and ...
212. “It was when I realized I needed to stop trying to be somebody else and be myself, I actually started to own, accept and love what I had.” —Tracee Ellis Ross, Actress
213. “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. ” – Harry Truman
214. “Don’t dance around the perimeter of the person you want to be. Dive deeply and fully into it. ”
215. “I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist
216. “You just never give up. You do a task to the best of your abilities and beyond. ”
217. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ”
218. “Don’t try to rush progress. Remember, a step forward, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction. Keep believing. ”
219. “The best thing I ever did was believe in me.”
220. “The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it.” – Peggy Fleming
221. “I’m ready.”
222. “Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.” – Anne Sweeney, Co-chair of Disney Media
223. “It takes 21 days to make or break a habit.”
224. “I’m not dieting, I’m changing my lifestyle.”
225. “I really don’t think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don’t mind the failure, but I can’t imagine that I’d forgive myself if I didn’t try.” —Nikki Giovanni, Poet, Writer and Activist
226. Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses and their concerns without fear of reprisal. –Patrick Lencioni
227. “In the future, there will be no female leader. There will just be leaders.” – Sheryl Sandberg
228. “The team with the best athletes doesn’t usually win. It’s the team with the athletes who play best together.” – Lisa Fernandez, softball player.
229. People think at the end of the day that a man is the only answer [to fulfillment]. Actually a job is better for me. -Diana, Princess of Wales
230. The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison. – James Cash Penney
231. “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
232. “Listening to others, especially those with whom we disagree, tests our own ideas and beliefs. It forces us to recognize, with humility, that we don’t have a monopoly on the truth.” – Janet Yellen, Economist
233. “Know what you bring. Know what you don’t bring. And build a team that covers everything you need.”—Angie Hicks, founder of Angie’s List
234. “Teamwork does not come naturally. Let’s face it. We are born with certain inclinations, but sharing isn’t one of them.” – Pat Summitt, basketball coach.
235. “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
236. “If you don’t have an evolving growth strategy, then you and your team are just driving around the block. You may be doing well, but you’re not going anywhere.”
237. I decided I can't pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it. -Serena Williams
238. “I don’t need to be Number 1 on the team. If I need to hit, pitch, run, whatever, I will do it. If everything was going to be about me, I’d quit.” – Michele Smith, American olympian.
239. “Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it.” – Mia Hamm, soccer player.
240. “Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ” – Kenyan Proverb
241. “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 K. Nooyi, CEO of Pepsi Co.
242. “It’s better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. ”
243. That’s what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice. ” – Bethany Hamilton
244. “The most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong, are ‘accept responsibility. ”
245. “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
246. “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean. ” – Ryūnosuke Satoro
247. “Even when you’ve played the game of your life, it’s the feeling of teamwork that you’ll remember. You’ll forget the plays, the shots, and the scores, but you’ll never forget your teammates.” – Deborah Palmore
248. “Until we get equality in education, we won’t have an equal society.” – Sonia Sotomayor
249. “Bad attitudes will ruin your team. ” – Terry Bradshaw
250. “You had me at deadlifting.”
251. My best successes came on the heels of failures. -Barbara Corcoran
252. “Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together. ” –Vesta M. Kelly
253. “Feminism is for everybody.” – bell hooks
254. “I think realizing that you’re not alone, that you are standing with millions of your sisters around the world is vital.” -Malala Yousafzai
255. “Taking care of yourself is productive.”
256. “I can promise you that women working together—linked, informed, and educated—can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.” – Isabel Allende
257. “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, Co-founder of Lumi Labs
258. “Gains going up on a Monday.”
259. “Challenging yourself every day is one of the most exciting ways to live.”
260. “You are either supporting the vision or supporting division. ” — Saji Ijiyemi
261. “If you’re comfortable with yourself and know yourself, you’re going to shine and radiate and other people are going to be drawn to you.” – Dolly Parton
262. “When you did one set of squats and you check the mirror to see if you booty grew already.”
263. “There are always new, grander challenges to confront, and a true winner will embrace each one.” – Mia Hamm
264. “I’ve been a female for a long time now. It’d be stupid not to be on my own side.” – Maya Angelou
265. “Teamwork is a lot like being part of a family. It comes with obligations, entanglements, headaches, and quarrels. But the rewards are worth the cost.” – Pat Summitt, basketball coach.
266. “Playmakers are team players. They’re selfless, and their strengths bring out the strengths of their teammates.” – Tobin Heath, soccer player.
267. “A single leaf working alone provides no shade. ” – Chuck Page
268. Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, She doesn't have what it takes. They will say, Women don't have what it takes. -Clare Boothe Luce
269. “Emotional intelligence is the ability to use emotion to increase your own and others’ success. ”
270. “Ok, cardio done, what’s next?”
271. “Leadership is hard to define, and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader. ”
272. “Teamwork: Simply stated, it is less me and more we. ” – Anonymous
273. Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. –Vince Lombardi
274. “A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.” – Melinda Gates
275. “Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand. ” – Emily Kimbrough
276. “A woman is like a tea bag—you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
277. “A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture, and transform.” – Diane Mariechild
278. “I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it. ”
279. “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
280. “There’s a beast in every woman, and it stirs when you put a barbell in her hands.”
281. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. ” – Helen Keller
282. “A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts. ”
283. “Teamwork is really a form of trust. It’s what happens when you surrender the mistaken idea that you can go it alone and realize that you won’t achieve your individual goals without the support of your colleagues.” – Pat Summitt, basketball coach.
284. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me?”
285. “Today I get to workout!”
286. “When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing. ” – Bo Schembechler
287. “Dreams are lovely but they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It’s hard work that makes things happen. It’s hard work that creates change.” – Shonda Rhimes, TV Producer
288. “You manage things; you lead people. ”
289. “I encourage women to step up. Don’t wait for somebody to ask you. ”
290. “Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence, and making sure that impact lasts in your absence. ”
291. “I’m not the smartest fellow in the world, but I sure can pick smart colleagues. ” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
292. “When he took time to help the man up the mountain, lo, he scaled it himself. ” – Tibetan Proverb
293. “The silencing of one woman is the silencing of all women. The awakening of women is the awakening of the whole world.” – Dr. Tererai Trent
294. “You have to look at your career and personal life at the big-picture level: it’s a marathon, not a sprint. Doing that helps me feel OK during the weeks when one part of my life overwhelms the other. ”
295. “People overcoming the odds is actually a really important part of humanity, and I don’t think we kind of get to celebrate that as much as we should. ”
296. “Every journey begins with a single step.”
297. “Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you. ”
298. “A good leader is able to paint a picture of a vision for the future and then enlist others to go on the journey with her. A truly conscious leader recognizes that it is not about her, but that the team is looking to her for inspiration and direction. Keeping her ego in check is essential. ”
299. “I am a woman phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, that’s me.” – Maya Angelou
300. “One small positive thought in the morning can change the entire outcome of your day.”
301. “True leadership stems from individuality that is honestly and sometimes imperfectly expressed… Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.” — Sheryl Sandberg, COO ofFacebook
302. “With kids, they don’t do what you want them to do when you want them to do it. Organizations don’t necessarily, either. You’ve got to listen. You’ve got to learn how to influence. ”
303. “Interdependent people combine their own effort with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success. ”
304. “Turn it up Thursday!”
305. “It’s not swagger, I’m just sore.”
306. “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. ”
307. “Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” – Amy Poehler
308. “When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute. ”
309. “The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.” -- Faye Wattleton
310. “In teamwork, silence isn’t golden. It’s deadly. ”
311. “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. ” – Henry Ford
312. “Skip the gym, just because it’s Friday?”
313. “The only person who can stop you from reaching your goals is you.” – Jackie Joyner Kersee
314. “If any female feels she needs anything beyond herself to legitimate and validates her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency.” – bell hooks
315. “I’m a lifting mom. Just like a normal mom, except much cooler.”
316. “Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures. ”
317. “An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage. ”
318. “If you live in the past, that’s depression, and if you live in the future, that’s anxiety. So you have no choice but to live in the present. ”
319. “Be your own inspiration.”
320. “None of us is as smart as all of us. ” – Ken Blanchard”
321. “It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.”
322. “I get angry about things, then go on and work.” —Toni Morrison, Author
323. “You never know if you can actually do something against all odds until you actually do it.” – Abby Wambach
324. “Diversity and inclusion, which are the real grounds for creativity, must remain at the center of what we do.” – Marco Bizzarri
325. Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.
326. “People respond well to those that are sure of what they want. ”
327. “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
328. “Lucky implies I didn’t do anything. Lucky implies something was given to me. Lucky implies that I was handed something I did not earn, that I did not work hard for. Gentle reader, may you never be lucky. I am not lucky. You know what I am? I am smart, I am talented, I take advantage of the opportunities that come my way and I work really, really hard. Don’t call me lucky. Call me a badass.”
329. “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team. ”
330. “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. ”
331. “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
332. “Women need to shift from thinking “I’m not ready to do that” to thinking “I want to do that – and I’ll learn by doing it.” ” – Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook
333. “If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, then you are an excellent leader. ”
334. · “You have to fight because you can't count on
335. I accept what lies ahead and then I do my best. You can’t take things too seriously, and you can’t use things as an excuse or you’ll never get through. ” – Kristine Lilly
336. “Our lives are stories in which we write, direct and star in the leading role. Some chapters are happy while others bring lessons to learn, but we always have the power to be the heroes of our own adventures. ”
337. 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
338. “Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success. ”
339. “It’s important to teach our female youth that it’s OK to say, ‘Yes, I am good at this,’ and you don’t hold back.” – Simone Biles
340. “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” – Shirley Chisholm
341. “Individual commitment to a group effort — that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. ” – Vince Lombardi
342. “Remember, teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability. ”
343. “Don’t wish for it. Work for it.”
344. “Success is an exception, so be exceptional. ”
345. “None of us is as smart as all of us. ”
346. I didn't have to become perfect because I've learned throughout my
347. “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
348. We should raise each other up. Make sure you're very courageous: be strong, be
349. “Without goals, training has no direction.” – Natalie Coughlin
350. “I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones. ”
351. “Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good. ”
352. “I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I always knew the woman I wanted to be.” – Diane Von Furstenberg
353. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. ”
354. “Women don’t need to find a voice, they have a voice, and they need to feel empowered to use it, and people need to be encouraged to listen.” – Meghan Markle
355. “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse. ”
356. The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. -Ayn Rand
357. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down. ” – Mia Hamm
358. “The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
359. “To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone. ”
360. A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. -Eleanor Roosevelt
361. “Why doesn’t a product exist? Why isn’t a task done more efficiently? Why do you do what you do? Whether you’re just entering the workforce or starting a new business, it can be overwhelming—full of inefficiencies and full of people with a myriad of different opinions (you’ll never lack advice), so it’s important to find your way from the very beginning—your true north star—and stay connected to it as you evolve and navigate your career. ”
362. “Teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.” – Patrick Lencioni
363. “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” – Mother Teresa
364. “Rarely are opportunities presented to you in a perfect way. In a nice little box with a yellow bow on top. 'Here, open it, it's perfect. You'll love it.' Opportunities – the good ones – are messy, confusing and hard to recognize. They're risky. They challenge you.”
365. “Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” – Nora Ephron
366. “There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.” -- Amelia Earhart
367. “We must have ideals and try to live up to them, even if we never quite succeed. Life would be a sorry business without them. With them, it’s grand and great.” – Lucy Maude Montgomery, Writer
368. “I always thought I just wanted look good until I realized what it felt like to be strong.”
369. “I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we sign up to get our asses kicked. We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time.”
370. “Do not be afraid to make decisions. Do not be afraid to make mistakes. ”
371. In union, there is strength. –Aesop
372. “I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men. They are far superior and always have been.” – William Golding
373. “I’m doing this for me.”
374. “If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader. ” – Dolly Parton
375. “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.” -- Michelle Obama
376. I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. -Rosa Parks
377. The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team. – Phil Jackson
378. “Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.” – Arianna Huffington, Editor-In-Chief of Huffington Post Media Group, AOL
379. “Too little confidence, and you’re unable to act. Too much confidence and you’re unable to hear. ”
380. “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team. ” – Phil Jackson
381. Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there. – Virginia Burden
382. “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 leading.” -- Amy Poehler
383. “Are you sure you know what you’re talking about?” That’s the critical inner voice in our heads trying to shake our confidence in the most inconvenient times—an important project conversation or one-on-one meeting with our manager. If we let our critical inner voice tell us we’re not smart or capable enough, we won’t trust our judgment and make good decisions.
384. “Surround yourself with a trusted and loyal team. It makes all the difference.” -- Alison Pincus
385. “Don’t let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.”
386. “It’s a good day to lift something heavy.”
387. “I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.” — Virginia Rometty, CEO of IBM
388. “In union there is strength. ” Aesop
389. “With kids, they don’t do what you want them to do when you want them to do it. Organizations don’t necessarily, either. You’ve got to listen. You’ve got to learn how to influence.” — Ellen J. Kullman, formerly Chair and Chief Executive Officer of DuPont.
390. “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott
391. “You can’t cry when things get a little bit hard. You’ve just got to push through and know that there’s a reason and end to the means.” — Abby Wambach
392. “A little progress each day adds up to big results.”
393. “Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live. ” – Anne Sweeney (President of Walt Disney)
394. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. ”
395. “No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team. ” – Reid Hoffman
396. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King
397. Overtake. Overcome. ” – Serena Williams
398. “Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people. ” – Steve Jobs
399. “Respect you body. Fuel your body. Challenge you body. Move your body. And most of all, love you body.”
400. “What I always say is, ‘Do every job you’re in like you’re going to do it for the rest of your life, and demonstrate that ownership of it. ”
401. “There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” – Michelle Obama
402. “No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.” —Althea Gibson, Tennis player
403. “Don’t stop trying just because you’ve hit the wall. Progress is progress no matter how small.”
404. “Think of the life of the working woman as the decathlon. If you even finish it’s a miracle. ”
405. “Being a mom is the best reason you’ll ever have to take care of you.”
406. “None of us is as smart as all of us. ” – Ken Blanchard
407. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has. ” – Margaret Mead
408. “Have fun, find joy, be you” is one of ClickUp’s core values that perfectly sums up the foundation of teamwork.
409. “Part of leadership is knowing when to go ahead with a decision that’s within your authority because you’re really convinced it’s the right thing, even if other people don’t understand it at that point
410. ” –Unknown. 17. “Remember, teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that
411. “How was your workout?” Me “Everything hurts and I’m dying!”
412. “I don’t go by the rule book. I lead from the heart, not the head.” -- Princess Diana
413. “The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something. ”
414. “Women are the real architects of society.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe
415. “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” – Angela Davis
416. “A group is a bunch of people in an elevator. A team is a bunch of people in an elevator, but the elevator is broken. ” — Bonnie Edelstein
417. Nervous means you care, you really want to do well. ” – Paula Creamer
418. One piece of log creates a small fire, adequate to warm you up, add just a few more pieces to blast an immense bonfire, large enough to warm up your entire circle of friends; needless to say that individuality counts but teamwork dynamites. – Jin Kwon
419. “You are stronger than you think.”
420. “Don’t feel entitled to anything you didn’t sweat and struggle for.” —Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund
421. “I am not free while any woman who is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” – Audre Lorde
422. “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." -- Marillyn Hewson
423. “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. ”
424. “I’ve been absolutely terrified every minute of my life—and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” – Georgia O’Keefe
425. “Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.” – J.K. Rowling, Writer
426. “Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.” -- Anne Sweeney
427. “I thought about giving up, but then I remembered who was watching.”
428. Our country. Our world
429. “What do you love doing so much that the words failure and success essentially become irrelevant?”
430. “At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” – Frida Kahlo
431. “Having the opportunity to learn from others is a privilege that I’m truly thankful for. I love soaking up everything my coaches/mentors tell me. If I have one piece of advice for you today, it’s be coachable.”
432. “Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don’t settle for them.” – Mia Hamm
433. “You make your own luck. You make it in training.” – Simone Biles
434. “Option A is not available. So let’s kick the sh** out of option B.” – Sheryl Sandberg , COO of Facebook
435. “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” – Michael Jordan
436. “You may not always have a comfortable life, and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.” – Michelle Obama, Former First Lady of the United States of America
437. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ” – Vidal Sassoon
438. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. – Booker T. Washington
439. “Sticks and stones may break my bones but squats will make me badass!”
440. “People were my day job—business was my night job. We have to be who we are. We have to live according to our values. I don’t care where we are, Dubai, Tokyo, etc. —it doesn’t make any difference. ”
441. “Healthy is an outfit and looks different on everybody.”
442. “Collaboration has no hierarchy. The Sun collaborates with soil to bring flowers on the earth. ” — Amit Ray
443. “Before feminism, work was largely defined as what men did or would do. Thus, a working woman was someone who labored outside the home for money, masculine-style. ”
444. “Teamwork makes the dream work. ”
445. “You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life. ”
446. They will eventually add up to something great. ” – Kara Goucher
447. “To say my fate is not tied to your fate is like saying, “Your end of the boat is sinking. ”
448. “There is immense power when a group of people with similar interests gets together to work toward the same goals. ” – Idowu Koyenikan
449. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” – Coco Chanel
450. “I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.” – Virginia Woolf
451. “We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.” – Beyoncé
452. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!” – Aly Raisman
453. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”
454. “A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.” Eleanor Roosevelt, Author, Politician and Diplomat
455. “Zumbunny.”
456. “The harder you work, the luckier you get.”
457. “On my own, I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn’t, I’ll create something else. I don’t have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.” – Oprah Winfrey, Media Mogul
458. Not let that pressure get to me and still be Missy. ” – Missy Franklin
459. “One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes…and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.” -- Eleanor Roosevelt
460. “Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.”
461. “The best protection any woman can have is courage.” – Elizabeth Cady Stanton
462. “I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist. ”
463. “Goals have never defined me as a player. What has defined me is my impact on the team. If that means passing or playing defense to win, I’ll do it.” – Mia Hamm, soccer player.
464. Champions keep playing until they get it right. -Billie Jean King
465. Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. – Helen Keller
466. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” —Harriet Tubman, Abolitionist and Political Activist
467. It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed. –Napolean Hill
468. “Believe in yourself and anything is possible.”
469. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
470. Girls don’t skate. ’ I would say, ‘Watch this. ” – Hayley Wickenheiser
471. “Smile! It’s already Tuesday!”
472. “People respond well to those that are sure of what they want.” – Anna Wintour, Editor-in-Chief, Vogue
473. “You don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note. ” – Doug Floyd
474. “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.” -- Oprah Winfrey
475. “If you truly pour your heart into what you believe in, even if it makes you vulnerable, amazing things can and will happen.” – Emma Watson
476. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. ”
477. The ratio of We’s to I’s is the best indicator of the development of a team. – Lewis B. Ergen
478. “A girl should be two things: who and what she wants. ”
479. “Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back… play for her.” – Mia Hamm
480. “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. ”
481. “In teamwork, silence isn’t golden, it’s deadly. ” – Mark Sanborn
482. “You have to fight because you can’t count on anyone else fighting for you. And you have to fight for people who can’t fight for themselves. To get anything of real value, you have to fight for it.” – Ronda Rousey, Professional Wrestler
483. “You can and should set your own limits and clearly articulate them. This takes courage, but it is also liberating and empowering and often earns you new respect. ”
484. “Rarely are opportunities presented to you in a perfect way. In a nice little box with a yellow bow on top. Here, open it, it's perfect. You'll love it. Opportunities – the good ones – are messy, confusing and hard to recognize. They're risky. They challenge you. ”
485. “When you notice that your squats are paying off!”
486. “Your future is created by what you do today, not what you do tomorrow.”
487. “Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
488. “It finally feels like Spring! Why aren’t you outside running?”
489. “The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough. ”
490. The idea of constantly pursuing something with purpose helps me to stay focused. ” – Tessa Virtue
491. The feeling of satisfaction comes by overcoming something. ” – Marta
492. “The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.” – Barbara Corcoran, Founder of The Corcoran Group
493. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
494. “Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it, and eventually, the confidence will follow. ”
495. “Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know that so it goes on flying anyway.” – Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics
496. “Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence." - Sheryl Sandberg · "I tell my ...
497. “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Ryun
498. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. ”
499. “There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others. ” – George Shinn
500. “You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!” – Aly Raisman
501. “Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.” —Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator
502. “You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.” – Rosa Parks
503. “You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny.” – Viola Davis, Actress and Producer
504. “I still believe that women should get paid equal and should be treated with respect. I’m all about that. I don’t get out and have to preach it or march in the streets, I write about it.” – Dolly Parton
505. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” —Maya Angelou, Author; Poet; Actor; Teacher
506. “My best successes came on the heels of failures.” -- Barbara Corcoran
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508. “I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. And I want to be respected in all of my femaleness because I deserve to be.” – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
509. A team is not a group of people who work together but a team is a group of people who trust each other.” — Simon Sinek
510. “Women’s history is women’s right… an essential, indispensable heritage from which we can draw pride, comfort, courage, and long-range vision.” – Dr. Gerda Lerner
511. “I’m as proud of many of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things. ”
512. “Individual commitment to a group effort–that is what makes a teamwork, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. ”
513. “Don’t you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can’t be exactly who you are.” – Lady Gaga, Singer, Songwriter, and Actress
514. “Only by binding together as a single force will we remain strong and unconquerable. ” –Chris Bradford
515. “Learning, without any opportunities to share what we’ve learned, is a little like cooking for ourselves; we do it, but we probably won’t do it as well. ”
516. “People respond well to those that are sure of what they want.” – Anna Wintour, editor-in-Chief of American Vogue
517. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” – Maya Angelou
518. “Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.” -- Dianne Feinstein
519. “You don’t have to be extreme, just consistent.”
520. “If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.” -- Dolly Parton
521. “When you have a seat at that table, you’ve earned it because you understand human behavior. You understand what your employees need, what their gaps are, and you represent them. But this doesn’t just happen because you say it is so. ”
522. “Creating the culture of burnout is the opposite of creating a culture of sustainable creativity. ”
523. “Teamwork doesn’t come naturally, it needs to be taught.” – Pat Summitt, basketball coach.
524. “Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time. ”
525. “Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes.” -- Margaret Wheatley
526. “I’ve found that small wins, small projects, small differences often make huge differences. ”
527. “Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re done by a team of people. ” – Steve Jobs
528. “In teamwork, silence isn’t golden. It’s deadly. ” – Mark Sanborn
529. “Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence." -Sheryl Sandberg
530. “Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.” – Timothy Leary
531. “When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.” – Roxane Gay, Writer
532. “Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.” – Hillary Clinton
533. “Women should be celebrated every day, but a month dedicated to female empowerment is extremely special. It doesn’t just honor the iconic women who have changed history, but encourages new generations to dream big and know that anything is possible.” – Molly McCook
534. “If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.” -- Maya Angelou
535. “It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) that those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed. ” – Charles Darwin
536. “I’ve been working on my core.”
537. “If we tried to think of a good idea, we wouldn’t have been able to think of a good idea. You just have to find the solution for a problem in your own life. ”
538. I don’t worry about what other people are doing, and I don’t think about things I can’t control. ” – Annika Sorenstam
539. “The nicest thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side. ” — Margaret Carty
540. “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.” – Michelle Obama
541. “Bootcamp is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”
542. “You can and should set your own limits and clearly articulate them. This takes courage, but it is also liberating and empowering, and often earns you new respect. ”
543. “When women lose themselves, the world loses its way. We do not need more selfless women. What we need right now is more women who have detoxed themselves so completely from the world’s expectations that they are full of nothing but themselves. What we need are women who are full of themselves. A woman who is full of herself knows and trusts herself enough to say and do what must be done. She lets the rest burn.” – Glennon Doyle
544. “I think it’s a combination of personality traits that have helped me to succeed. Not only hard work - but patience, sacrifice and choosing my battles have all helped me to reach the point in my career to which I aspired, in a company I admired. ”
545. “The secret is to gang up on the problem, rather than each other. ” — Thomas Stallkamp
546. “I pledge to invest in women because I believe it offers one of the greatest returns on investment.” – Sara Blakely
547. “Hard things are put in our way, not to stop us, but to call out our courage and strength. ”
548. “Every time we interact with another person at work, we have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return?”
549. “I was sad, but then I drank coffee and lifted weights; I feel better now.”
550. “When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious.” – Marianne Williamson
551. “So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.” – Caterina Fake, Co-founder ofFlickr
552. “If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction.” – Melinda Gates
553. “Imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn’t have the weight of gender expectations.” – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
554. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained. -Marie Curie
555. “Leadership is about the team - the culture they keep and embrace, it’s about empathy for your customers, clients, employees and the communities where you do business, it’s about doing the right thing for the right reasons, being confident enough to take risks and responsible enough to think of those who your decisions and risks may affect. ”
556. Restore connection' is not just for devices, it is for people too. If we cannot disconnect, we cannot lead. -Arianna Huffington
557. “Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they’re doing it because they care about the team. ” – Patrick Lencioni
558. “Let’s go to the gym!”
559. It takes two flints to make a fire. – Louisa May Alcott
560. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet. ” – Nadia Comăneci
561. “I am slightly offended by the way busy working women my age are presented in film. I’m not, like, always barking orders into my hands-free phone device and telling people constantly, “I have no time for this!” I didn’t completely forget how to be nice and feminine because I have a career. ” ― Mindy Kaling
562. “Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from everybody else.” -Sara Blakely
563. “Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. ”
564. “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. ” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
565. “We know that when a woman speaks truth to power, there will be attempts to put her down… I’m not going to go anywhere.” – Maxine Waters
566. Cultivate a network of trusted mentors and colleagues. Other people can give us the best insight into ourselves—and our own limitations. We must have the courage to ask for help and to request feedback to expand our vision of what's possible.”
567. “Teamwork does not come naturally. Let’s face it. We are born with certain inclinations, but sharing isn’t one of them. ” – Pat Summitt
568. “I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.” – Madonna
569. “Always be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.”
570. “If we can trust each other and leave everything-all our hearts-out on the field, I think we’re going to have something to come home to and cheer about.” – Abby Wambach, soccer player.
571. “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. ”
572. A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skills of others. – Norman Shidle
573. “Never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance in the world to pursue your dreams.” – Hillary Clinton
574. “Usually, at startups, there is a certain amount of flexibility in how things are done. People take on different responsibilities; they wear different hats, which is one reason why startups succeed. And you don’t take all that magic out and just introduce a lot of rigor everywhere to make things efficient.”
575. Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up. – Oliver Wendell Holmes
576. “An important attribute of success is to be yourself. Never hide what makes you, you.” – Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo
577. “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. ”
578. “Put the team before yourself.” – Pat Summitt, basketball coach.
579. “Leadership is not a person or a position. It is a complex moral relationship between people based on trust, obligation, commitment, emotion, and a shared vision of the good. ”
580. ” – Ayn Rand · “The way you tell your story to yourself matters. ” – Amy
581. “People talk about confidence without ever bringing up hard work. That’s a mistake. ”
582. All of that adversity helped me and drove me to want to be the best. ” – Hayley Wickenheiser
583. “Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. ”
584. “Good things come to those who sweat.”
585. “I want all the girls without an exception to have that space for themselves where they have opportunities to be the women they wish to be.” – Priyanka Chopra
586. No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team. – Reid Hoffman
587. “Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.” – Bethany Hamilton
588. “Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” – Maya Angelou
589. “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. ” – Michael Jordan
590. “When you hand good people possibility, they do great things. ” ― Biz Stone
591. “I raise my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.” – Malala Yousafzai
592. “A team is more than a collection of people. It is a process of give and take. ” – Barbara Glacel
593. “It’s okay to admit what you don’t know. It’s okay to ask for help. And it’s more than okay to listen to the people you lead – in fact, it’s essential. ”
594. “You have to be positive, and I’m not just talking about athletics, this also applies to life.” – Sheryl Swoopes
595. . . You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant
596. “You don’t have to go fast, you just have to go.”
597. “I am a woman and a warrior. If you think I can’t be both, you’ve been lied to.” – Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
598. “Women’s rights are human rights.” – Hillary Clinton
599. “Me ignoring all my responsibilities and going to the gym instead.”
600. “Without being willing to fail and continually get back up again, I would never have been able to find the right market and establish my product within it
601. “The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure you’re very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble.” -- Serena Williams
602. “It’s easy to spot strong women. They are the ones who nail it in the gym.”
603. “Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe you must become its soul.” – Coretta Scott King