It is a year-round responsibility to support and celebrate women’s rights. It’s even more crucial to stand up for women’s equality on International Women’s Month (IWD), which falls on March 8.

If you’re not familiar with it, International Women’s Day is a “global day recognizing the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women” that began in the early 1900s. According to the official IWD website, “the day also serves as a call to action for accelerating women’s equality.”

• “There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” –Michelle Obama
• “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping-stone to greatness.- Oprah



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



• “I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.” –Madonna
• “A woman is like a tea bag: You can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” –Eleanor Roosevelt



• “I am proud of the woman I am today because I went through one hell of a time to become her.” –Unknown
• “She looked back on her life and realized that everything that happened only made her stronger.” –Unknown
• “Well-behaved women rarely make history.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
• “A charming woman doesn’t follow the crowd; she is herself.” –Loretta Young
• “The best protection any woman can have is courage.” –Elizabeth Cady Stanton



• “Where there is a woman, there is magic.” –Ntozake Shange
• “You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.” –Unknown
• “Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.” –Hillary Clinton
• “A girl should be two things: Who and what she wants.” –Coco Chanel



• “She wasn’t looking for a knight. She was looking for a sword.” –Atticus



• Feminism isn’t about making women strong. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength. – G.D. Anderson



• There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself. – Hannah Gadsby



• Life is tough, my darling, but so are you. – Stephanie Bennett-Henry
• Women are the real architects of society. – Cher



• We realize the importance of our voice when we are silenced. – Malala Yousafzai



• Where there is a woman, there is magic. – Ntozake Shange
• I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life. – Maya Angelou
• As soon as I had enough agency in my life to grow up, I became who I am. – Janet Mock