Powerful Quotes &Affirmations fromPowerful Women

A quote on its own is easy to read past. Here each woman arrives with three things: a line she is known for, an affirmation written in her voice, and a short account of what she came through to earn it. Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Catherine the Great, Florence Nightingale, Helen Keller, Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, Coco Chanel, Mother Teresa, Maya Angelou and Oprah Winfrey all appear.

Nothing here takes long to read. Entries are brief, and they hold up on a second and third reading, which is the point of keeping a book like this within reach rather than on a shelf. Some people work through a page a morning. Others open it when they need it and put it down again.

It suits a woman building something and short on encouragement, and it travels well as a gift for a birthday or a graduation.