125 Queen Quotes Celebrating The Women In Your Life (2021)

This collection of inspiring queen quotes will help you to honor your mother, sisters, wife, or daughters in your life.

A woman who is strong, courageous, and a natural-born leader sometimes needs to be reminded of just how amazing they are.

Despite the sacrifices women make to ensure our emotional and physical well-being, we take it for granted because we assume it’s their duty. It’s time we treated all women with the respect that queens deserve. They play a variety of integral roles in our day-to-day lives.

If you’re a woman, you have a royal highness in you, so let these queen quotes inspire you to keep your head held high and make others take notice. Let these words remind you of the huge role you play in shaping the world.

As the popular phrase goes, “Behind every successful man, there’s a woman.” Women nurture our dreams and aspirations. They are our core creators and the engines of our lives.

To help you celebrate the women in your life, below is our collection of inspirational, beautiful, and majestic queen quotes, queen sayings, and queen proverbs, collected from a variety of sources over the years.

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queen quotes celebrating the women in your life

1. “Women are the nourishing power of the Universe. Whoever has deep respect for women of the world, will remain free from diseases.” ― Amit Ray

2. “You better treat her like your queen, if you want to be treated like a king.” – Moosa Rahat

3. “You are enough to drive a saint to madness or a king to his knees.” ― Grace Willows

4. “It’s like chess, you know. The Queen saves the King.” – Terry Pratchett

5. “As women, we have superpowers. We are sisters. We are healers. We are mothers. We are goddess warriors.” –  Merle Dandridge

6. “My Queen, this is for you. I bring you the stars, the stars from the borderless sea.” – Matt Suddain

7. “I like a man who looks like a bad boy but knows how to treat a woman like a queen.” – Candice Swanepoel

8. “If a man does not treat you like a princess during courtship, he will not treat you like a queen during marriage.” – Matshona Dhliwayo

9. “You are a queen that demands respect and God will bring the right person into your life to make you forget why you ever wasted your time on nothing important.” – Shannon L. Alder

10. “I love the way he says my name. With the elegance and utmost respect of a King, just before he bows to his Queen.” – M.J. Abraham

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11. “The strength of a kingdom comes from its King, The strength of a King comes from his Queen.” – Cody Edward Lee
Miller

12. “I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men; they are far superior and always have been.” – William Golding

13. “A queen—a queen who bowed to no one, a queen who had faced them all down and triumphed. A queen who owned her body, her life, her destiny, and never apologized for it.” – Sarah J. Maas

14. “I want to encourage women to embrace their own uniqueness. Because just like a rose is beautiful, so is a sunflower, so is a peony. I mean, all flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that’s like women too.” –  Miranda Kerr

15. “In every woman, there is a Queen. Speak to the Queen and the Queen will answer.”  – Norwegian Proverb

16. “It’s always wonderful to get to know women, with the mystery and the joy and the depth. If you can make a woman laugh, you’re seeing the most beautiful thing on God’s Earth.” –  Keanu Reeves
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17. “Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.” – Hillary Clinton

18. “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.” – Oprah Winfrey

19. “Being the Queen is not all about singing, and being a diva is not all about singing. It has much to do with your service to people. And your social contributions to your community and your civic contributions as well.” – Aretha Franklin

20. “Her hair is full of icy wind and daylight. She is every princess, every queen, in the history book.” – Lauren DeStefano

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21. “A man who treats his women like a princess is proof that he was raised by a queen.” – Wiz Khalifa

22. “Strong women wear their pain like stilettos. No matter how much it hurts, all you see is the beauty of it.” – Harriet Morgan

23. “God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I’ve ever met.” – Farrah Fawcett

24. “I do not want a husband who honors me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.” – Elizabeth I

25. “Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.” – Queen Latifah

26. “A queen could leave her throne. But a mother never leaves her son.” – V.E. Schwab

27. “Women are leaders everywhere you look — from the CEO who runs a Fortune 500 company to the housewife who raises her children and heads her household. Our country was built by strong women and we will continue to break down walls and defy stereotypes.” – Nancy Pelosi
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28. “If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” – Margaret Thatcher
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29. “You make the world come alive. You make the world colorful. You are the inspiration behind all that happens. You are the pillar of strength to many around you, the centrifugal force of your own little world, called family.” ― Deeba Salim Irfan

30. “I look those haters straight in the eye, keep my chin up and shoulders back. Because I know I’m a fierce queen – and they know it, too.” – Alyssa Edwards

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31. “You are a Queen. Let mine be the joy of giving you your kingdom.” – Katherine Mansfield

32. “A strong women is someone who is able to smile this morning like she wasn’t crying last night.” – Harriet Morgan

33. “Whatever glory belongs to the race for a development unprecedented in history for the given length of time, a full share belongs to the womanhood of the race.” – Mary McLeod Bethune

34. “I’ve always said, if you treat yourself like a queen, you’ll attract a king.” – Pepa

35. “I just want to say to women, ‘Be yourself – it’s the inner beauty that counts. You are your own best friend, the key to your own happiness, and as soon as you understand that – and it takes a few heartbreaks – you can be happy.” – Cherie Lunghi

36. “The Queen is the only person who can put on a tiara with one hand, while walking down stairs.” – Princess Margaret

37. “Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity.” – Mahatma Gandhi

38. “There was a time when men thought it was sexy to have a housewife waiting for him to come home from work in her slippers, but in modern society, I think an independent woman is even more sexy.” – Kat Graham

39. “To be a queen of a household is a powerful thing.” – Jill Scott

40. “Anyone could see that this woman is living a nightmare. Except that she goes through her daily life wide awake, knowing that she could make a mistake at any moment.” ― Núria Añó

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41. “Women are the real architects of society.” – Cher

42. “A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

43. “I love strong women, not only in life but in craft.” – Brad Garrett
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44. “I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I always knew the woman I wanted to be.”- Diane Von Furstenberg

45. “The Queen rarely loses her temper, but when she does, she brooks no argument.” –Ingrid Seward

46. “A woman that knows her worth doesn’t measure herself against another woman but stands strong, calmed and self confident.” ― Auliq Ice

47. “Always wear an internal crown and have a queendom mindset. A queen is a leader and role model.” – Janna Cachola
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48. “What makes you different or weird – that’s your strength.”- Meryl Streep

49. “Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.” – Golda Meir

50. “A lot of people would say ‘sexy’ is about the body. But to me, ‘sexy’ is a woman with confidence. I admire women who have very little fear.” – Allegra Versace

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51. “When you are a real queen, there is absolutely no reason to try and make people believe that you are one. Because you just are. Life is lived with grace, courage, and serenity. If you must dedicate any amount of time and mental ability to making anyone believe that you are one; you’re not!”― C. JoyBell C.
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52. “I love good strong words that mean something.”― Louisa May Alcott

53. “I am a queen because I know how to govern myself.”― Lailah Gifty Akita

54. “In the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do.” – Gianni Versace

55. “I want to be queen of this great country not because someone is holding my hand,but because I can do it.Me.Elisa.”― Rae Carson

56. “A woman’s rank
Lies in the fulness of her womanhood:
Therein alone she is royal.” – George Eliot

57. “Real kings and queens are people whose heads are crowned with dreams as they sit on the throne of passion. They rule with visions in the regalia of inspirations!” – Israelmore Ayivor

58. “The most important thing is to enjoy your life–to be happy–it’s all that matters.” – Audrey Hepburn
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59. “When they go low, we go high.”― Michelle Obama

60. “Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.” – Emily Dickinson

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61. “You can be the king, but watch the queen conquer.”― Nicki Minaj

62. “Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own.” – Philip Treacy

63. “If you want to be a King, you must first kneel before your Queen.”― MissTammy Cantellia

64. “All kings and queens are not born of royal bloodlines. Some become royal because of what they do once they realize who they are.” – Pharrell Williams

65. “Even when she’s dethroned by hardship, she still wears the sun as a crown.” – Curtis Tyrone Jones

67. “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey

68. “The only person that deserves a special place in your life is someone that never made you feel like you were an option in theirs.”― Shannon L. Alder

69. “Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.” – Marianne Williamson

70. “Freedom is to live with dignity.”― Manal al-Sharif

Insightful queen quotes

71. “In every woman there is a Queen. Speak to the Queen and the Queen will answer.” – Norwegian Proverb

72. “You are a queen. So walk in your royalty.”― Angel Moreira

73. “The Queen is by much the most powerful of the forces.” – Howard Staunton

74. “Don’t be a drag. Just be a queen.” – Lady Gaga

75. “Being brave means that knowing when you fail, you won’t fail forever.”
― Lana Del Rey
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76. “If one wants to be called a queen, one should act with civility and grace.” – Jinkx Monsoon

77. “I am definitely the queen. I definitely see myself as the queen.” – Lil’ Kim

78. “Every queen is a woman, but not every woman is a queen.” – Mehmet Murat Ildan

79. “Someday soon you’ll call me Queen.”― Nicki Pau Preto

80. “I’d like to be queen of people’s hearts.” – Princess Diana

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81. “I will do what queens do, I will rule.” – Daenerys Targaryen

82. “A queen offers her hand to be kissed & can form it into a fist while smiling the whole damn time.”― Elizabeth Acevedo

83. “People are like bees. They’re all workers who could be queens, with the right stuff, but once a queen-making has begun, it can’t be reversed.“ –Natasha Pulley

84. “If you don’t think I’m a princess then you’re 100% right, I’m the fucking queen.”― Amanda Conner

85. “No Queen has clean hands.” – George R.R. Martin

86. “She was beautiful; she was also terrible. She was the Summer Queen.”― Kailin Gow

87. “Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.” – Queen Elizabeth I

88. “First an empress, then an empire.”― A.D. Aliwat

89. “Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.” – Roman Payne

90. “A crown of kisses to the queen of dreams.”― Albert Camus

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91. “I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.” – Queen Elizabeth I

92. “These people will try to manipulate you, try to bring you down but remember baby girl you are a queen, own your crown.”― Nikki Rowe

93. “I have to be seen to be believed.” – Queen Elizabeth II

94. “The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart.”― Marianne Williamson

95. “I’d like to be a queen in people’s hearts but I don’t see myself being queen of this country.” – Princess Diana

96. “Queen, do not allow a commoner to dethrone you. Own that throne. You are royalty.”― Gift Gugu Mona

97. “A true plague of a girl. And yet a queen in every sense of the word.” –
Renee Ahdieh

98. “If they love you for anything, it will be for your beauty.”― Melissa Bashardoust

99. “Come on, fight me as a queen would.” – Rebecca Ross

100. “Sometimes a man with with eyes still can’t see you as the beautiful queen you are.”― Angel Moreira

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101. “I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long.” – Marie Antoinette

102. “A queen loves where she must not where she will.”― George R.R. Martin

103. “I’d love to have tea and scones with the Queen; she’s my idol.” – Agyness Deyn

104. “That awesome moment when you realize that the whole purpose of being a queen is being original.” – Unknown

105. “I’d decided that I was going to stop dressing like a princess and start dressing like a queen.”― Kiera Cass

106. “Crowns ain’t made of rhinestones. They’re made of determination, discipline, and a hard to find alloyed usually called courage.” – Unknown

107. “Some women are built by the fire. Yet, there are some that are the FIRE!”― Shannon L. Alder

108. “I don’t wear an invisible crown. I’ll make you feel it, see it, and remember it.” – Unknown

109. “It only takes one voice to give others the chance to see possibilities.”― Aimee Carter

110. “I don’t need saving because I’m not the princess. I’m the queen, and I’ve got this sh!t handled.” – Unknown

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111. “I’m an icon. I’m the Queen of Limerick.” – Dolores O’Riordan

112. “There’s no point in fighting for the throne if you’re not going to make a difference.”― Rhiannon Thomas

113. “You don’t turn your back on your destiny.”― Trine Villemann

114. “You can only be a queen when you know how to govern yourself.” – Unknown

115. “I’d have been queen of all England, but Massachusetts haunted me and wouldn’t let me go.”― C.F. Joyce

116. “A sign of a real queen is holding respect for others… Just as high as her crown.” – Unknown

117. “Sometimes you have to sacrifice your queen to capture the king.”― Aimee Carter

118. “There’s a queen in every woman.” – Unknown

119. “A king always protects his queen.”― Moosa Rahat

120. “I’m a queen who demands respect and I know God is preparing me a king who can offer me all the respect I need.” – Unknown

121. “I was a princess made of ashes; there is nothing left of me to burn. Now it’s time for a queen to rise.” – Laura Sebastian

122. “In the privacy of my dreams, I’m a warrior.” – Kimberly Derting

123. “Don´t desire to be a wife so much that you accept less than a husband.” – Gugu Mofokeng

124. “She was their witch queen, and they adored her.” – Lev Grossman

125. “I am a queen, and I demand to be treated like a queen.” – Sheila Jackson Lee

126. “It’s a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I’d be a drag queen.” – Dolly Parton

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127. “One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in, and where you want to go.” – Sheila Murray Bethel

128. “The world needs strong women—women who will lift and build others, who will love and be loved, women who live bravely, both tender and fierce, women of indomitable will.” – Amy Tenney

129. “And you, you scare people because you are whole all by yourself.” – Lauren Alex Cooper

130. “Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.” – Maya Angelou

131. “I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. And I want to be respected for all of my femaleness because I deserve to be.” – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

132. “A queen will always turn pain into power.” – Anonymous

133. “I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.” – Queen Latifah

134. “She never seemed shattered; to me, she was a breathtaking mosaic of the battles she’s won.” – Matt Baker

135. “Having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage, not weakness.” – Katherine Henson

136. “A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.” – Diane Mariechild

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137. “I am a drama queen!” — Parineeti Chopra

138. “Being queen is overrated.” — Queen Rania of Jordan

139. “I think I was always a drama queen.” — Kathryn Hahn

140. “I really like milk. I’m a dairy queen.” — Melanie Martinez

141. “Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen.” — Little Richard

142. “I’m constantly trying to redefine what being a beauty queen is.” — Catriona Gray

143. “The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.” — E. M. Forster

144. “My parents would always tell you that I was the crazy princess growing up. I was a drama queen.” — Mallory Jansen

145. “God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.” — Russell Crowe

146. “Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It’s just a name. But it’s regal, obviously, and -sounds splendid.” — Freddie Mercury

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147. “Own yourself, woman.”  –Toni Morrison

148. “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change.  I am changing the things I cannot accept.”  –Angela Davis

149. “She was a wild one; always stomping on eggshells that everyone else tip-toed on.”  –Kaitlin Foster

150. “Strong women don’t have ‘attitudes,’ we have standards.”  –Marilyn Monroe

151. “The woman who doesn’t require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet.”   –Mohadesa Najumi

152. “I don’t care what you think about me.  I don’t think about you at all.”  –Coco Chanel

153. “She is water. Strong enough to drown you, strong enough to cleanse you, and deep enough to save you.”  –Rupi Kaur

154. “Some women fear the fire, some simply become it.”  -R.H. Sin

155. “She is a queen, her soul is royalty.”  –Adrian Michael
156. “And one day she discovered that she was fierce, and strong, and full of fire and that not even she could hold herself back because her passion burned brighter than her fears.”  –Mark Anthony

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157. “Perhaps I cannot make my people good, she told herself, but I should at least try to make them a little less bad.“ – George R.R. Martin

158. “If only Queen Elizabeth II had the intellectual, political and linguistic skills of Queen Elizabeth I, many people would support giving her some of the powers of an elected president.“ – A. N. Wilson

159. “I observe and remain silent.“ – Queen Elizabeth I

160. “Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor’s son to marry.“ – Elizabeth I

161. “Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.“ – Queen Elizabeth II

162. “My care is like my shadow in the sun, follows me flying, flies when I pursue it, stands and lies by me, doth what I have done.“ – Elizabeth I

163. “Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can’t protect themselves?“ – George R.R. Martin

164. “The past can not be cured.“ – Queen Elizabeth I

165. “There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen.“ – Marie Lu

166. “In the games of queens and kings, we leave our dreams at the door and we make do with what we have. Sometimes if we’re fortunate, we still manage to have a good life.“ – Melina Marchetta

Which of these queen quotes was your favorite?

All women deserve to be treated like queens. Whether it’s a relative, a friend or a mentor, you should make the women in your life feel appreciated, valued and special, today and every day.

Many of us attribute our success and achievements to the women in our lives. We hope the above quotes have inspired you to reflect on the ways we can support, encourage, love and empower them.

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