Forbes India – Thoughts of Women

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Of course, I don’t worry about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man that I am not interested in.
—Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigerian writer
Nothing is better than laughter. It is the strength to laugh and to surrender, to be light.
—Frida Kahlo
mexican painter
Enormous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt.
—Shirley Chisholm
American politician
A girl should not expect special privileges because of her gender, but neither should she adapt to prejudice and discrimination.
—Betty Friedan
American activist
Don’t be afraid of perfection; you will never reach it.
-Marie Curie
Franco-Polish chemist and physicist
To be irreplaceable, you must always be different.
-Coco Chanel
french fashion designer
I didn’t get there by wishing it or hoping it, but by working for it.
-Estee Lauder
american business woman
I have learned over the years that when the decision is made, it decreases the fear; knowing what to do eliminates fear.
Rosa Parks
American civil rights activist
Normality is not something to aspire to, it is something to move away from.
—Jodie Foster
American actor
A good compromise is one where everyone makes their contribution.
-Angela Merkel
German politician
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take credit for it. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.
—Indira Gandhi
Former Prime Minister
No one changes the world who is not obsessed.
– Billie Jean King
American tennis player
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(This story appears in the December 03, 2021 issue of Forbes India. You can purchase our tablet version at Magzter.com. To visit our archives, click here.)