Sometimes, all it takes is a heart and mind open to receiving a message delivered by the right words strung together to propel us forward. Gogoisms are a wonderful example. So, too, are these quotes, which can uplift, inspire and motivate you to be the your best in midlife. midlife women’s inspirational quotes

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 Midlife Women’s Inspirational Quotes

A Woman’s Perseverance

“You can fall, but you can rise also.”
~Angelique Kidjo

“If you feel like there’s something out there that you’re supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.”
~Wanda Sykes

“If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not making decisions.”
~Catherine Cook

“Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.”
~Maya Angelou

“It’s okay to jump for what we want, we just need to be prepared to take that leap.”
~Valerie Albarda

“It is never too late to start living the life you wish you had.” 
~Lailah Gifty Akita

“If you can’t go straight ahead, you go around the corner.”
~Cher

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
~Maya Angelou

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”
~Rosa Parks

A Woman’s Well-Being

“God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.”
~Voltaire midlife women’s inspirational quotes

“Live life; you deserve to be fully alive.”
~Lailah Gifty Akita

“The key to ultimate happiness and fulfillment lies within our own transformation. The more we learn and grow and evolve as individuals, the more we will find happiness and satisfaction in relationships, work and life.”
~Kristi Bowman

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”
~Maya Angelou

“Whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you’ll find that when you’re free . . . your true self comes out.”
~Tina Turner

A Woman’s Strength

 “A strong woman understands that the gifts such as logic, decisiveness, and strengths are just as feminine as intuition and emotional connection. She values and uses all of her gifts.”
~Nancy Rathburn

“Adversities test whether we really can live for our dreams.” 
~Lailah Gifty Akita

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
~Eleanor Roosevelt

“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.”
~Lena Horne

“You can write me down in history with hateful, twisted lies, you can tread me in this very dirt, but still, like dust, I’ll rise.”
~Maya Angelou

“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”
~Ayn Rand

A Woman’s Inspiration

“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”
~Nora Ephron

“Give light and people will find the way.”
~Ella Barker

“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”
~Maya Angelou

“The greatest gift to man is woman, but the greatest gift to woman is herself.”
~C.C. Campbell

“I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said, you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That’s exactly what I’ve done. I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.”
~Whoopi Goldberg

“The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within – strength, courage, dignity.”
~Ruby Dee

A Woman’s Courage 

“It’s not the absence of fear, it’s overcoming it. Sometimes you’ve got to blast through and have faith.”
~Emma Watson

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”
~Mary Anne Radmacher

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
~Anais Nin

“Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.”
~Ruth Gordon

A Woman’s Worth

“Deal with yourself as an individual worthy of respect, and make everyone else deal with you the same way.”
~Nikki Giovanni

“A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.”
~Diane Mariechild

“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.”
~Oprah Winfrey

“Embrace the junk in your trunk – one man’s junk is another man’s treasure.”
~Valerie Albarda

“Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.”
~Golda Meir

“You are so much more than ‘less than.’”
~Valerie Albarda midlife women’s inspirational quotes

A Woman’s Spark

“We’ll behaved women rarely make history.”
~Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.”
~Katherine Hepburn

“Live your life so outrageously out loud that the neighbors complain about the noise.”
~Valerie Albarda

“Real women don’t have flushes, they have power surges.”
~Sandra Cabot

“Bitches get stuff done.”
~Tina Fey

“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.”
~Maya Angelou

A Woman’s Wisdom

“Live with passion. Live with enthusiasm. Live your best life.” 
~Lailah Gifty Akita

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”
~Alice Walker

“If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don’t be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning ‘Good morning’ at total strangers.”
~Maya Angelou.

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.”
~Judy Garland

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

“We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.”
~Dolly Parton

… And A Man’s Two Cents midlife women’s inspirational quotes

“The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.”
~Albert Einstein

 “Erase from your vocabulary the word “someday.” Do not save things for “special occasions.” Take into account the fact that every day is special. Every day is a gift that we must appreciate and be thankful for. Wear your attractive clothes, wear your nice perfume, use your fine silverware and dishes, and drink from your expensive crystal glasses … just because. Live every day to the fullest and savor every minute of it.”
~Rodolfo Costa

“Dream on it, think on it, ink on it, speak on it…then proceed to bring on it. Fulfillment is ordered to find you. Shine time!” 
~T.F. Hodge

“The road may be rough, the journey may be tough and the experience may be bitter, but they are stepping stones to our future thrones.” 
~Bamigboye Olurotimi midlife women’s inspirational quotes

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These are some of the midlife women’s inspirational quotes that lift me up. What quotes inspire you?