Women's Achievements Quotes

People will say, 'Who are your role models, and who are your pioneers?' And the first person that comes to my mind is Billie Jean King because we didn't have women that we could watch when I was growing up.

Using my voice to recognize and celebrate other women is a joy for me.

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors.

I never really thought about being a woman in a man's world. Then at the World Championships in 2000 I finished 15th. I was called on to the podium just for being a woman, and I realised things were going to be different.

The girls are working so hard to put female wrestling on the map and to make it as big as the men. To see it actually happening... I'm so grateful.

Would anyone else like to say anything nice about women?

Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball. It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come.

It's so great that women are being allowed to be heroes in big things.

As a woman, it's nice to hear people at the stage door say, 'I didn't even know! She's a woman, and that's the most amazing thing'.

I'm really glad that I kept the gap. There are a lot of iconic women from past and present who have one.

There has been a positive change with people being aware about women's cricket of late. It's still far from what it needs to be, but women are slowly getting the right recognition for this game.

Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.

I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver.

My inbox is now bulging with touching emails from young women scientists who have been kind enough to write and thank me for inspiring them and helping them on their way. It has also been of great comfort to me to see many women at the top of science testifying for my record in supporting women scientists.

I'm a huge fan of women; I think we're great.

In the beginning, my first clients were Oprah, Whoopi Goldberg, and all different types of women.

I am the first female chief executive of Hong Kong.

Women are outperforming men in almost every sphere of life in our society and the women of East Indian ancestry are no exception to this rule. They have broken the cultural mould.

There are so many young women coming up through the ranks. Adele is an amazing singer. Beyonce has great stage presence. She's just a beautiful woman. I love how everyone has just taken charge of their lives and careers.

When I was first starting out was also when I first started really paying attention to the Oscars and stuff like that. And I remember thinking, 'Wow, everything is great for women in Hollywood, because Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Jessica Lange, Sally Field - they're all doing incredible work.'

It's wonderful that we're portraying women in this way so that young women can see that women actually are strong and capable of accomplishing all kinds of things.

I was impressed with what someone like Karl Lagerfeld built and did and the house that he made, but there was never really a female figure I wanted to emulate.

There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.

It's great to see so many women grab the world by its lapel, push their limits, and shine through it all.

I love dominating in what's been considered man's world and showing them that women are equal talent.