Oprah Winfrey, Hillary Clinton and many other successful women are all pushing you towards greatness.
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Reflect with ELLE on inspirational quotes from the world’s most successful women
1. “In life there are inevitable failures.
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2. “Whatever you think you want to do – and whatever you think is stopping you from doing it – stop making excuses.
3. “People often respond more kindly to those who know clearly what they want” – Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine.
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The most powerful woman in the fashion world – Anna Wintour
4. “Grace is when encountering difficult moments in the journey and knowing how to pick yourself up, becoming hungry enough to learn and not being too harsh on yourself” – Michelle Peluso – CEO of Glit Group.
5. “Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights.
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Hillary Clinton is one of the brightest faces in the race for the White House later this year.
6. “Leadership is a concept that is difficult to define, and a good leader is even more difficult to define.
7. “Eliminate the negative, emphasize the positive” —Donna Karan, American fashion designer and owner of the DKNY brand.
8. “I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I always knew the woman I wanted to be” — Diane von Furstenberg, American fashion designer, founder of the DVF brand.
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9. “I often do things that I’m a little bit unprepared for.
10. “Dreams are lovely but they are just dreams.
11. “Leadership is about making others better by your presence and ensuring that impact continues in your absence.”
12. “Success is not based on how much money you make;
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President Obama’s wife is always active in fundraising activities for the community.
13. “We must accept that we will not always make the right decisions, that sometimes we will be terribly destructive – and understand that failure is not the opposite of success, it is
14. “Learn from every mistake, because every experience, especially mistakes, are there to teach you and push you to become more of yourself” — Communication Queen Oprah Winfrey.
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