HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY
Ever wondered the world without women? The Women as Mother, Wife, Sister, Daughter and the best companion ever instills some of the most treasured lessons of life. Today as the World celebrates the spirit of Womanhood, we bring you some of the woman achievers who made it big in the world, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and personality.
1. Arundhati Bhattacharya - State Bank of India Managing Director and the world's 25th most powerful women in the Forbes list
"There are very few challenges that you can't really overcome".
2. Chanda Kochhar - ICICI Bank Managing Director and the world's 40th most powerful women in the Forbes list
"Don't give up on something just because you think you can't do it."
3. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw - Managing Director of Biocon Limited, a biotechnology company and world's 77th most powerful women
"I really believe that entrepreneurship is about being able to face failure, manage failure and succeed after failing." "I want to be remembered as someone who put India on the scientific map of the world in terms of large innovation."
4. Shobhana Bhartia - Chairperson and Editorial Director of Hindustan Times Group, and the world's 93rd most powerful women
“I am one of those who are punctual in whatever I am doing and I expect that. Things aren’t too bad then it is just about time management and just prioritizing. So one has get to get ones priority right and just go after whatever one feels is important, not forgetting that you need some time for yourself as a person and as a family member".
5. Mother Teresa -Nobel Peace Award Winner
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
6. Kiran Bedi -Retired Indian Police Service officer
"The focus is what is right before you - to give it your best. It sows the seeds of tomorrow." "I do whatever I can for the day. Simple, If I were to die today. I will depart with nothing impending."
7. Saina Nehwal -Badminton Olympic medal winner
“Do your best to achieve the goal. Do what makes you distinct than others. Snatch your regrets by excelling in your pursuits. Do maximum for distinction in your field.”
8. Indra Nooyi, CEO, PepsiCo
"An important attribute of success is to be yourself. Never hide what makes you, you." “I wouldn’t ask anyone to do anything I wouldn’t do myself.” The distance between number one and number two is always a constant. If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization gets pulled up with you. That is a big lesson."
9. Oprah Winfrey, Media Mogul
“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to the greatness.” "On my own I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn’t, I’ll create something else. I don’t have any limitations on what I think I could do or be."
10. Indira Gandhi - Former Prime Minister of India
“To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and get personality.”“You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.”
11. Margaret Thatcher- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1979 to 1990
"In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman"
12. Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize Winner
"When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful."Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality."
13. Michelle Obama, Former First Lady of the United States
"Success isn't about how much money you make; it's about the difference you make in people's lives." "No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens."
14. Sheryl Sandberg - COO of Facebook
"Leadership belongs to those who take it.Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential." “We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.”
15. Anne Sweeney - President of Walt Disney
“Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.”
16. Beyonce, Award-Winning Musician
“Do what you were born to do. You just have to trust yourself.”If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow."
17. Ellen Page, Award-Winning Actress
"When we're growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be."
18. Audrey Hepburn - First Actress to win an Academy Award
"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles."