Madeleine Albright Quotes

The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.

It's great for my daughter to see Beyonce and Taylor Swift, women that are in charge of their own careers, writing songs from their own perspective and taking people to task. That's very different from when I was growing up - it was all like, 'Stand by your man.'

I think the reason why strong women have such a powerful impact is that you've got the strength of a man with the heart and sensitivity of a woman.

As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.

The school made it very clear that women were entitled to positions of authority. That sense of entitlement allowed us to feel that we have a natural place in leadership in the world. That gave me a mental and emotional confidence.

I think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases.

I want people to be sensitive about how women feel and think.

Woman alone can ... speak effectively for woman, since none others can speak with authority, or from the depths of personal experience.

I believe women need to take charge.

We have to teach girls communication skills.

People appreciate a confident man. They love a strong man, and when it comes to a woman, I don't know if people just expect women not to speak up for themselves or be weak or just always be the follow-behind, but I'm proud that I'm in a generation of leaders. I'm proud that I'm surrounded by very strong women.

In the age of girl power, we're loath to send a message of surrender to our girls. To the contrary: we've doubled down on giving them permission to speak up and fight for their rights. This is a good thing.

How do you stand tall and strong as a woman while trying to be the smartest woman in the room and try to remain non-threatening?

I think women have every right to feel like they're the protagonists in their own stories.

It's so worth-while being a judge, because, if I make good, I can help prove that a woman's place is as much on the bench, in City Council, or in Congress, as in the home.

Women often find great roles in revolution, simply because the rules fall apart and everyone has agency, anyone can act.

I'm a pragmatist. I think, as a woman, you have to be more careful. You have to be more communal, you have to say yes to more things than men, you have to worry about things that men don't have to worry about. But once we get enough women into leadership, we can break stereotypes down. If you lead, you get to decide.

Women politicians take their job seriously and accomplish their duties diligently and sensitively. Only they can understand the problems of women and act as a sounding board for their concerns.

I am a woman of the 21st Century who is self-assured and speaks my mind.

I wasn't a visionary but I literally had my finger on the pulse of the women of America.

Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others.

I am thrilled yet overwhelmed. There are so many great women athletes, some incredible performances.

I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don't think any one will deny us.

I'm never going to be the woman behind the man.

The woman pastor would often be, especially for women and children, a better minister than the clergyman; for them also, the woman judge might often surpass the man in penetration and understanding.