March is Women's History Month. It's a time to highlight the achievements of amazing women throughout history. This month, we'll likely hear all about Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie, Malala Yousafzai, JK Rowling - all incredible, history-altering women who deserve to be celebrated all year round, not only in March.
However, to kick off Women's History Month, we want to show you you some truly inspiring quotes from women in history that you may not have heard of.
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any," said Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple."
"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn," said Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of 19th century abolitionist novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
"Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live," said Mae C. Jemison, the first female African-American astronaut.
"You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe," said Leymah Gbowee, a Liberian peace campaigner and Nobel Prize winner.
"I need to listen well so that I hear what is not said," said Thuli Madonsela, South Africa's Public Protector and anti-corruption advocate.
"It is a source of happiness to do whatever can be done for our country that suffers so many anguishes, it is sad to stay with one's arms crossed," said Minerva Mirabal, one of the three Mirabal sisters who fought against the Dominican Republic's dictator, Rafael Trujillo.
"I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past," said Clara Barton, the woman who started The Red Cross.
