Career Women Quotes

“A strong woman builds her own world. She is one who is wise enough to know that it will attract the man she will gladly share it with.”
― Ellen J. Barrier, How to Trust God When All Other Resources Have Failed

“I mean, I’d thought about where I would be in five years, what I wanted, but I guess I didn’t realize I’d already headed down a path.”
― Maria Jane, Perfect

“I’m not alone. I have my friends and colleagues. I love it here.”
― Maria Jane, Perfect

“Unless she married soon, Bond thought for the hundredth time, or had a lover, her cool air of authority might easily become spinsterish and she would join the army of women who had married a career.”
― Ian Fleming, Moonraker

“She had been a career woman all her life. She noted there was no such thing as a career man. She had made her choices. No regrets. But there were losses. There always were.”
― Jeanette Winterson, The Gap of Time

“My hope is that as you are reading this book, you feel encouraged and emboldened to get into the driver's seat of your career and to make the adjustments necessary to live your career life to its fullest.”
― Lois Moran, Career VOLTA: Shift Your Career into High Gear

“It was the programming that is given to us girls from the first, the programming that says men's careers are more important than ours. I tended to go out with powerful men who treated my career like a hobby whereas theirs was the real deal. I think a lot of women do that too. I hope you look at your own life and recognize whether you are minimizing it, because I did.”
― Rose McGowan, Brave

“... Women's impulse to change her own rhythms in the face of an environment constructed to retain her as guardian of the suburban hearth.”
― Nancy Rubin Stuart, The New Suburban Woman

“Most women have built a false sense of safety by focusing all their their energy on their careers. Truth is, subconsciously, they don’t trust their own ability to attract and receive true love. And that’s because they don’t trust their own sensuality.”
― Lebo Grand

“Society lies to women when they say they can have it all - a family, a career, success at home, and success in the workplace. You can't.”
― Courtney Walsh, The Summer of Yes

“Well, be careful,” she said, her words deliberate. She quickly twisted her head, as if making certain no one was behind her. When she turned back around, her green eyes were hard and filled with hate. “Because wouldn’t it be terrible if you slipped and hurt yourself?”
― Kate White, Eyes on You

“So many women have built a false sense of safety by focusing all of their energy on their careers when the truth is, subconsciously, they don’t trust their own ability to attract and receive true love. And that’s because they don’t trust their own sensuality.”
― Lebo Grand