1. Katharine Hepburn

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

2. Amy Poehler

“I love bossy women. I could be around them all day. It means somebody’s passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn’t mind leading.”

3. Ayn Rand

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

4. Audrey Hepburn

“Nothing’s impossible. The word itself says, ‘I’m possible!'”

5. Cate Blanchett

“If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously!”

6. Coco Chanel

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”

7. Gloria Steinem

“Once we give up searching for approval, we often find it easier to earn respect.”

8. Kerry Washington

“I realized that I don’t have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect and beautiful journey of life.”

9. Maya Angelou

“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.”

10. Salma Hayek

“People often say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I say the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder.”

(via Cosmopolitan)