Quotes For International Women’s Day For Disney Nerds

Happy International Women’s Day!

Today we celebrate all the women past, present, and future. As Disney Nerds we know that the Disney Universe is full of amazing women. We’ve grown up learning the lessons bestowed on us by our beloved Disney characters. For International Women’s Day, I thought we’d go through some of the best.

• “I’m a damsel, I’m in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day.”—Megara, Hercules (1997)
• “If you dream a thing more than once, it’s sure to come true.” — Aurora, Sleeping Beauty (1959)
• “That’s how we’re going to win. Not fighting what we hate. Saving what we love.” – Rose Tico, The Last Jedi (2017)
• “Believe you can, then you will.” — Mulan (1998)
• “It serves me right for wishing on stars. The only way to get what you want in this world is through hard work.” –Tiana, The Princess and the Frog (2009)
• “Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one.” –Grandmother Willow, Pocahontas (1995)
• “If you keep on believing, the dream that you wish will come true.” — Cinderella

• “Dear Child, the belonging you seek is not behind you… it is ahead.” – Maz Kanata, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
• “All we do is our best, and sometimes, the best that we can do is start over.” – Peggy Carter, Agent Carter (2015)
• “Sometimes our strengths lie beneath the surface.” — Moana (2016)
• “You don’t have to carry a sword to be powerful.” Ahsoka, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011)
• “Even in our darkest moments, there’s light where you least expect it” — Mirabel, Encanto (2021)
• “My daddy never did get what he wanted. But he had what he needed. He had love! He never lost sight of what was really important. And neither will I!” — Tiana, The Princess and the Frog (2009)
• “You control your destiny, you don’t need magic to do it.” –Merida, Brave (2012)

• “If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you’ll learn things you never knew.” — Pocahontas (1995)
• “I have nothing to prove to you.” – Captain Marvel (2019)
• “I want adventure in the great wide somewhere. I want it more than I can tell. And for once it might be grand to have someone understand I want so much more than they’ve got planned.” — Belle, Beauty and The Beast (1991)
• “Whether we fail or succeed, at least our actions will show The Empire and The Galaxy that we will not stand down, that we will not be broken by fear, that we are strong, united by our courage.” – Hera Syndulla, Star Wars: Rebels (2014-2018)
• “I don’t need you to tell me who I am.” – Scarlet Witch, WandaVision (2021)
• “Bright young women, sick of swimming. Ready to stand.” – Ariel, The Little Mermaid
• “Girls, come on. Leave the saving the world to the men? I don’t think so!”—Elastigirl, The Incredibles (2004)

• “How dare you! All of you! Standing around deciding my future?! I am not a prize to be won!” –Jasmine, Aladdin (1992)
• “Rebellions are built on hope.” – Jyn Erso, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
• “Who says that my dreams have to stay just my dreams?” — Ariel
• “Be who you are right now.” – Bo Peep, Toy Story 4
• “Life’s not a spectator sport. If watchin’ is all you’re gonna do, then you’re gonna watch your life go by without ya.”—Laverne, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
• “I’m sure I’ll get along somehow. Everything’s going to be alright.” — Snow White, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
• “Stop whining. Woman up.”—Go Go Tomago, Big Hero 6 (2014)

• “I know my value. Anyone else’s opinion doesn’t really matter.”—Peggy Carter, Agent Carter (2015)
• “It’s no use going back to yesterday because I was a different person then.” — Alice in Wonderland (1951)
• “Just because something works doesn’t mean it can’t be improved” – Queen Ramonda, Black Panther, (2018)
• “Something inside me has always been there. But now it’s awake. And I’m afraid. I don’t know what it is or what to do with it. And I need help.” – Rey, Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)
• “You don’t lose hope, love. If you do, you lose everything. –Mrs. Potts, Beauty and the Beast (1991)
• “Try. Try to make the world a better place. Look inside yourself and recognize that change starts with you. It starts with me. It starts with all of us.”—Judy Hopps, Zootopia (2016)
• “You said you’d trust Ping. Why is Mulan any different?”—Mulan, Mulan (1998)

• “Our fate lives within us. You only have to be brave enough to see it.” — Merida (2012)
• “Hope is like the sun. If you believe in it when you see it, you’ll never make it through the night.” — Princess Leia, Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
• “Have faith in your dreams and someday your rainbow will come shining through.” — Cinderella (1950)
• “No, I will not stop. For every minute for the rest of my life, I will fight.” — Rapunzel, Tangled (2010)
• “Let it go!” — Elsa
• “There’s just no telling how far I’ll go.” — Moana
• “When the raindrops come tumbling, remember you’re the one who can fill the world with sunshine.” — Snow White