Empowering statements from powerful women for an instant confidence builder

Albert Rosales

March 4, 2022

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  Being a successful woman takes courage, confidence, and charisma. However, there are days when you feel that you are not beautiful enough, smart enough, and strong enough to face the world. With this in mind, here are some confidence-boosting statements from well-known powerful women:

  “A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.” – Coco Chanel, French Fashion Designer

  Sweetie, never adjust your personality just to fit in the society you’re living in. As a strong and powerful woman, you shouldn’t let any external pressure affect who you want to be and what you want to do.

  While figuring out who and what you wanna be might be a hard thing to do, once you figure it out, everything else will fall into place. So, keep trying everything until you discover your passion.

  “Women have to take the time to focus on our mental health—take time for self, for the spiritual, without feeling guilty or selfish. The world will see you the way you see you, and treat you the way you treat yourself.” – Beyoncé, American singer-songwriter

  Sweetie, it is fine to take time for yourself. Try to zoom out and see everything from afar. This will help you assess how you’re taking everything. As you try to analyze things, you will discover how you should treat yourself every time you’re doing something.

  Furthermore, never be too hard on yourself, Sweetie. There are some things that might not go as expected. And that’s okay. All you have to do is move on and try your best again.

  Also read: The art of self-love

  “It’s not the absence of fear, it’s overcoming it. Sometimes you’ve gotta blast through and have faith.” – Emma Watson, English actress and activist

  Sometimes, all it takes is just a giant leap of faith. The world is full of uncertainties. However, you shouldn’t let this hold you back from reaching for your dreams. You have to overcome these obstacles, not tear you down.

  It is normal to be afraid, especially when you’re about to do something of great importance to you, but use it in a way that can make you more careful as you go through your journey.

  Never ever accept ‘because you are a woman’ as a reason for doing or not doing anything.” – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian Writer

  Countless women have defied the norms and broken stereotypes that were set by a patriarchal society in this day and age. Gender roles no longer determine what you can or can’t do. 

  That said, you should not settle for what’s just handed to you. Instead, get your hands on whatever it is you want to do.

  “The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It’s the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows & the beauty of a woman only grows with passing years.” – Audrey Hepburn, British actress and humanitarian

  Whenever you are in doubt about how you look or how you dress, always think that confidence is everything. It doesn’t matter what you wear or how many accessories you have on, it’s the way you carry yourself in the crowd.

  At the end of the day, what matters most is what is in your heart. Even though women are emotional in nature, the words they speak, the actions they take, and the love they give shows how passionate they are for things they care about.

  Happy National Women’s Month! And to you, Sweetie, YOU ARE ENOUGH!

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