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50 Happy Women Quotes for International Women's Day

With International Women's Day this month it is a great time to be inspired by the many wonderful happy women quotes by strong women who have gone before. This is a handcrafted list of 50+ happiness quotes by famous women who have made successful careers in literature, fashion, film, music and the arts among other professions. Also included are women's rights activitists like Maya Angelou and Alice Walker.
Happy Women Quotes by happy strong women - more than 50 quotes by famous women in politics, arts, films, music and fashion to mark international women's day

Happy Women Quotes for International Women's Day

I have curated this list of quotes by strong happy women about what happiness means to them and what they have discovered about being happy in life. Above all these happy strong women quotes are the distilled wisdom of many women who have been successful in a world where they have had to find their power and their voice in a very male dominated environment. Let the knowledge and experience of these women empower you.

  1. People used to ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up and I’d say ‘Happy!’ That was all I wanted to be.
    Goldie Hawn

  2. People used to ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up and I’d say ‘Happy!’ That was all I wanted to be. Famous Woman Quote by Goldie Hawn on being happy
    Goldie Hawn's famous quote on happiness


  3. Happiness is a choice. You grieve, you stomp your feet, you pick yourself up and choose to be happy.
    Lucy Lawless


  4. Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether you let it affect you or not.
    Valerie Bertinelli



  5. When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
    Helen Keller


  6. Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product of a life well lived.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
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  7. Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product of a life well lived. Quote by former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt on the nature of happiness

  8. Trust your own instincts, go inside, follow your heart. Right from the start, go ahead and stand up for what you believe in. As I’ve learned, that’s the path to happiness.
    Lesley Ann Warren


  9. I do believe in choice, the freedom of choice and carving out your own happiness.
    Sandra Bullock


  10. Happiness is a choice. Choose to be happy.
    Tia Mowry


  11. Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get, you’ve got to make yourself.
    Alice Walker

  12. One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.
    Iris Murdoch

  13. One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats. Quote by Iris Murdoch in a collection of happiness quotes by famous women

  14. Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.
    Mary Lou Retton


  15. Happiness is always there. You just have to choose to see it. There’s no point dwelling in the dark and ignoring the light of the stars.
    Carrie Hope Fletcher


  16. I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.
    Brene Brown


  17. You are in charge of how you react to the people and events in your life. You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead.
    Anais Nin


  18. Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
    Colette


  19. Be happy. It's one way of being wise. Quote by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, famous write on happiness


  20. No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.
    Barbara DeAngelis


  21. I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.
    Elizabeth Gilbert


  22. Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get, you’ve got to make yourself.
    Alice Walker

  23. I can choose to be happy, or choose to be miserable every day - waiting until I die.
    Angel Haze


  24. Decide that life is good and you are special. Decide to enjoy today. Decide that you will live life to the fullest now, no matter what. Trust that you will change what needs changing, but also decide that you're not going to put off enjoying life just because you don't have everything you want now. Steadfastly refuse to let anything steal your joy. Choose to be happy...and you will be.
    Donna Fargo


  25. I think happiness is a choice. I believe luck is your attitude. It sounds like a really annoying bumper sticker. But there is such a great truth in that. You choose how you want to feel about what happens to you. I could have been a miserable failure. I haven't had anybody looking over me, and I've found my own way through optimistic exploration and fire-burning mistakes. I am a very happy person with an extraordinary life, so I must be doing a lot of things right. I really believe when you peel away the layers, the worlds is a beautiful place filled with beautiful people.
    Drew Barrymore


  26. Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the fields…Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness.
    Mary Oliver


  27. A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning.
    Lillian Gish


  28. A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning. Lillian Gish Quote from a collection of happiness quotes  by famous women who share their wisdom on how to be happy


  29. My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
    Maya Angelou


  30. The business of being happy requires making a conscious choice. People think being happy will just happen to them someday, if only they do this or that right. But it doesn't - you have to choose it. You choose happiness, you don't wait for it to choose you.
    Bethenny Frankel


  31. I do believe in choice, the freedom of choice and carving out your own happiness.
    Sandra Bullock


  32. You are in charge of how you react to the people and events in your life. You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead.
    Anais Nin


  33. The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are.
    Goldie Hawn


  34. Be healthy and take care of yourself, but be happy with the beautiful things that make you, you.
    Beyoncé


  35. Being happy never goes out of style.
    Lilly Pulitzer


  36. Being happy never goes out of style. Quote by Lilly Pulitzer - in a collection of happiness quotes by famous women

  37. The happiness you feel is in direct proportion with the love you give.
    Oprah Winfrey


  38. Happiness is always there. You just have to choose to see it. There’s no point dwelling in the dark and ignoring the light of the stars.
    Carrie Hope Fletcher


  39. Happiness comes from living as you need to, as you want to. As your inner voice tells you to. Happiness comes from being who you actually are instead of who you think you are supposed to be.
    Shonda Rhimes


  40. Keep choosing happiness daily and happiness will keep choosing you back.
    Fawn Weaver

  41. I choose to make the rest of my life, the best of my life.
    Louise Hay


  42. I choose to make the rest of my life, the best of my life. Louise Hay Quote from a collection of happiness quotes  by famous women who share their wisdom on how to be happy


  43. I just think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful.
    Drew Barrymore


  44. The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy by yourself and for yourself.
    Ellen DeGeneres


  45. My mission in life is not merely to survive but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
    Maya Angelou


  46. Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come without leaving happier.
    Mother Teresa


  47. Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
    Anne Frank


  48. Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. Anne Frank Quote in a collection of happiness quotes by famous women


  49. It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis.
    Margaret Bonnano


  50. Every day is a new day, and you'll never be able to find happiness if you don't move on.
    Carrie Underwood


  51. Happiness is the best makeup.
    Drew Barrymore


  52. Happiness is the best makeup. Drew Barrymore quote on beauty and being happy in life from a collection on famous women quotes


  53. Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.
    Iris Murdoch


  54. If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
    Mother Teresa


  55. Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right.
    Sarah Addison Allen


  56. Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right. Sarah Addison Allen Quote from a collection of happiness quotes  by famous women who share their wisdom on how to be happy

  57. A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
    Phyllis Diller


  58. I think self-knowledge is a key to happiness. We can build happy lives only on the foundation of our own natures, our own values, and our own interests.
    Gretchen Ruben


  59. Happiness is fleeting - I think that is the main lesson I have learned.
    Cate Blanchett


  60. The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.
    Meryl Streep


  61. The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can. Famous Woman Quote by Meryl Streep on being happy
    Meryl Streep Quote on Happiness
    Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  62. I've never met a woman who is not strong. She just doesn't exist.
    Diane von Furstenberg


Final Thoughts

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