21 Women Empowerment Quotes When You Feel Vulnerable

Although we often don’t perceive it as such, vulnerability is our greatest strength and a measure of courage. I selected these 21 women empowerment quotes to uplift and inspire you when you feel vulnerable. 

Some of these women empowerment quotes will offer you strength, some understanding, and others compassion. You can pick a few and write them on a mirror or a piece of paper which you can see. 

Use these women empowerment quotes as a daily reminder that you are enough, and that tough times never last forever while knowing in your heart that you are capable of healing. 

Often, when we feel defeated and vulnerable, we tend to forget our strength. I hope these 21 women empowerment quotes serve as a positive reminder and an inspiration to take another confident step forward and keep going. 

21 Women Empowerment Quotes 

“Breathe. You’re going to be okay. Breathe and remember that you’ve been in this place before. You’ve been this uncomfortable and anxious and scared. And you’ve survived. Breathe and know that you can survive this too. These feelings can’t break you. They’re painful and debilitating, but you can sit with them and eventually they will pass. Maybe not immediately, but sometime soon, they are going to fade away and when they do, you’ll look back at this moment and laugh for having doubted your resilience. I know it feels unbearable right now, but keep breathing, again and again. This will pass. I promise it will pass.” – Danielle Koepke

“Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it, the more natural it becomes to not let my fear run me.” – Arianna Huffington 

“You can waste your life drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” – Shonda Rhimes

“Buddhist practices offer a way of saying ‘Hey, come back over here, reconnect.’ The only way you actually wake up and have some freedom is if you have the capacity and courage to stay with the vulnerability and discomfort.” – Tara Brach

“Someone I once loved gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.” – Mary Oliver 

“If you’re one of those people who has that little voice in the back of her mind saying, ‘Maybe I could do [fill in the blank],’ don’t let it be quiet. Give it a little room to grow, and try to find an environment to grow in.” – Reese Witherspoon 

“Stand for something, or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.” – Rosa Parks 

‘When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” – Carol Burnett 

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher 

“I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that’s not pulling the trigger.” – Mia Hamm 

“You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.” – Tina Fey 

“If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” – Erica Jong

“I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I am not really sure I can do this’, and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.” – Marissa Mayer 

“The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us.” – Gloria Steinem 

“Our deepest wishes and whispers of our authentic self. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach 

“Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.” – Mary Kay Ash 

“When we feel safe enough to expose our shadows, that’s when we become free.” – Gabby Bernstein 

“Shame always shrivels when you share it out loud.” – Marie Forleo 

“You don’t need to be unbreakable 24/7. Sometimes you have to drop your guard so your heart can breathe.” – Emma Xu 

“Do not be ashamed of the wars your soul has fought to save itself.” – Isra Al-Thibeh 

“Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome. Vulnerability is not weakness; it’s our greatest measure of courage.” – Brene Brown