Quotes by 21st-century Women

Malala Yousafzai

Miley Cyrus

Greta Thunberg

Demi Lovato

Lorde

Emma Roberts

Kate Upton

Weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born,

Malala Yousafzai

Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.

The possibility to realize a dream is what makes life interesting

You don't have to be someone special to achieve something amazing. You've just got to have a dream, believe in it and work hard.

I was tired of the bullying. I was tired of being pushed down so that I couldn't say my beliefs. And being fearful of losing sales. Losing fans. Losing bookings. Losing contracts and sponsorship. You know, that's my day to day. And a lot of my friends have the same thing. And we live in Hollywood, which is supposed to be the most open viewpoint city. But the truth is there was a lot of hate and a lot of negativity and I wanted to change the storyline to love and support and unity as an American.

Anybody can quit. Only a real champion and a person of character and strength can keep going and refuse to give up.

Sadie Robertson

To me, your individual passion is what makes you an individual, and that might sound cheesy but it's really true. You should absolutely go after what you're passionate about because without it you lose what makes you you, and I think that's applicable not just to kids but to everyone. I feel like that is so integral to, not necessarily happiness, but to being comfortable with who you are. So that's what I would say, be comfortable with who you are and find self-worth in that.

The measure of a friendship is not its physicality but its significance. Good friendships, online or off, urge us toward empathy; they give us comfort and also pull us out of the prisons of our selves.

Compared to dreams, reality can be truly cruel. But it can also come up with beautiful surprises.

As far too many know, it is the small, loving acts that help an enormous amount in times of grief. My father is good with advice, as you might guess, but he keeps it short, and the takeaway is usually the same: to help us find our own way, and our own gifts. If you do what you love, hold nothing back, and never let fear of failure get in the way, then you've pretty much figured out the Trump formula.

I'm not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps. I'm the first Simone Biles.

I'm a feminist and the theme of her song is, 'When you're ready come and get it from me.' I'm sick of women being portrayed this way.

All of a sudden, it became a bit daunting. I'll be out shopping, and all it takes is for one person to recognise me and it can get scary.

Like jilted and disappointed lovers, some of my students just want to be left alone.

I loved Heidi Klum, but now I know Kathy Ireland is on the cover of Forbes, so that's pretty amazing as well.

Sometimes you meet a person and you just click-you're comfortable with them, like you've known them your whole life, and you don't have to pretend to be anyone or anything.

Alexandra Adornetto

We live in a strange world. But it's the world that my generation has been handed. It's the only world we've got. We are now standing at a crossroads in history. We are failing but we have not yet failed. We can still fix this. It's up to us.

When I sing or play music, I'm able to relieve myself of whatever it is that I'm struggling with.

I like New York better than Seattle. It's bigger. I was really sad when I left, because I miss my friends, but I call them almost every day, and I have friends here now.

Rachel Trachtenburg

I kind of take Hilary as a role model because she started out at about the same age, she hadn't done much before starting her series, and I haven't either.

Knowing how they were sleeping on a dirt floor at that very moment, while I had a soft pillow under my head, made me feel incredibly guilty.

AnnaSophia Robb

We do what we can. The results are none of our business.

Words are everything. Words give wings even to those who have been stamped upon, broken beyond all hope of repair.

Samantha Shannon

But none of that kept me from picturing what a tsunami might look like if it did rise up and roar toward my little boat like some watery blue version of the Great Wall of China.

Abby Sunderland

No, I don't have a boyfriend, [...] I don't want one.