Few Quotes to Get You Through The Day -- or Months

Be honest, all of us women love some beautiful quotes to get us inspired --- to be a better person, to pursue a dream, to get through frustrating times, and to realize the probably not-so-ideal-but-truly-amazing life we do have. Some of them can even be funny -- just what we need to get through these times of uncertainty.

Here are few powerful quotes that we love to read -- sometimes a few times a day, sometimes once a week, just as much as we need to be the strong beautiful souls we are.

Confidence and Self - Love

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

– Eleanor Roosevelt

“Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.”

– Eleanor Roosevelt

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”

– Helen Keller

“If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”

– Fred Rogers

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.”

– Brené Brown

Habits and Motivation

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

– George Eliot

“Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world making the most of one's best.”

– Harry Emerson Fosdick

“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change.” – Paulo Coelho

“Feeling sorry for yourself and your present condition is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.”

– Dale Carnegie

“Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.”

– John Wooden

“Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do.”

– Sean Covey

Funny

"You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." – Jack London

"People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing—that’s why we recommend it daily."

– Zig Ziglar

"You cannot soar with the eagles as long as you hang out with the turkeys."

– Joel Osteen

“Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.”

– Kyle Chandler

"When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’"

– Sydney Harris

"There are no traffic jams along the extra mile."

– Roger Staubach

"Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats."

– Voltaire

"Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing ’til it gets there."

– Josh Billings

“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time.”

– Joe Girard

“Optimist: someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster, it’s more like a cha-cha.”

– Robert Brault