Girlboss Quotes

#1. You can work for other people and still be a #GIRLBOSS; it's more about a state of mind and knowing yourself well enough to know when you're making decisions for yourself or because the world expects them of you. And guess what? It's okay to do that sometimes, too.

Sophia Amoruso

#2. Piano is very elegant. I also think it's a very truthful instrument.

Howard Shore

#3. You don't get what you want if you don't ask for it.

Sophia Amoruso

#4. When I put on makeup, I'm not doing it to pander to antiquated patriarchal ideas of feminine beauty. I'm doing it because it makes me feel good.

Sophia Amoruso

#5. Remember, #GIRLBOSS: It's not cool to get drunk on your own success.

Sophia Amoruso

#6. You may not have finished today but the work you did got you closer than if you would have done nothing.

S.A. Tawks

#7. All love is socioeconomic. It's the gradients in status that make arousal possible.

Gary Shteyngart

#8. War is always a struggle in which each contender tries to annihilate the other. Besides using force, they will have recourse to all possible tricks and stratagems to achieve the goal.

Che Guevara

#9. You don't get what you don't ask for.

Sophia Amoruso

#10. PLUTO is the limit for me.
Someday they will spell victory with my T. That day is Today. Don't wait for the green light. Rise, poise, beauty, youth, wear a smile, put some style, straighten those shoulders and walk out BOLD.

Me

#11. What about Ella's nightmares?"
It's Ella, who has been listening quietly, that responds. "I'll tough them out. The next time that big freak gets into my head, I'm going to punch him in the balls."
"Whoa!"
"All right," I say, grinning. "Meeting adjourned.

Pittacus Lore

#12. If you have a vision and there is no job title for it yet. That's a vision right there!

Janna Cachola

#13. A #GIRLBOSS is in charge of her own life. She gets what she wants because she works for it.

Sophia Amoruso

#14. If you're dreaming big, #GIRLBOSS, don't be discouraged if you have to start small. It worked for me.

Sophia Amoruso

#15. The only factor that affects your chance of getting a raise is whether or not you've earned it. It doesn't matter if your car broke down or that your landlord's raising your rent. Those facts are not your boss's problem. All she needs to know is that you're kicking ass, like a #GIRLBOSS should.

Sophia Amoruso

#16. The #GIRLBOSS who is willing to do a job that is below her - and above - is the one who stands out.

Sophia Amoruso

#17. Every evening, i turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway!

Mary Carter Crowley

#18. Don't ever let the Man get you.

Sophia Amoruso

#19. I wrote '#GIRLBOSS' while running a $100 million-plus revenue business.

Sophia Amoruso

#20. Abandon anything in your life and habits that might be holding you back.

Sophia Amoruso

#21. If you don't feel like you're ready to get your license - just because people are putting pressure on you, don't feel like you have to rush into something. Take your time, really feel confident and be ready. It doesn't matter what other people say, do what's best for you and makes you feel safe.

Victoria Justice

#22. Don't ever grow up.
Don't become a bore.

Sophia Amoruso

#23. You will always fall in love, and it will always be like having your throat cut, just that fast.

Catherynne M Valente

#24. So You Want to Be a #GIRLBOSS? Life is short. Don't be lazy.

Sophia Amoruso

#25. ...butcher, baker, fusion-reactor maker.

Charles Stross

#26. I've always had to work hard because I had no other choice, but I always believed in myself. I always knew I'd be a #GIRLBOSS.

Sophia Amoruso

#27. Owning your style takes some effort, and it's okay to expend effort on how you look. Putting in effort is exactly what you should be doing. You should get dressed for your life. I don't care if the only place you have to go is the post office. Get dressed, #girlboss, and let your freak flag fly.

Sophia Amoruso

#28. Imagination has the creative task of making symbols, joining things together in such a way that they throw new light on each other and on everything around them. The imagination is a discovering faculty, a faculty for seeing relationships, for seeing meanings that are special and even quite new.

Thomas Merton

#29. A #GIRLBOSS knows when to throw punches and when to roll with them.

Sophia Amoruso

#30. the history of human life has been a struggle between wisdom and stupidity. She and the rebel angels, the followers of wisdom, have always tried to open minds; the Authority and his churches have always tried to keep them closed.

Philip Pullman

#31. I'm the girl next door, not the sex symbol.

Carla Gallo