"Dear, happy Women's Day!" - www.unionroom.cn

"Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations." - Dr. Mae Jemison, American astronaut and physician

"Feet, what do I need them for if I have wings to fly?" - Frida Kahlo, Mexican artist

"Let nothing bind you in the world other than your highest inner truth." - Emma Herwegh, German writer

"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." - Yoko Ono, Japanese multimedia artist

"We are too precious to let disappointments enter our minds." - NL Beno Zephine, Indian diplomat

"Do not say you are weak, because you are a woman." - Mary Kom, Indian boxer

"I am stronger than myself." - Clarice Lispector, Brazilian novelist

"I really believe in the idea of the future." - Zaha Hadid, British-Iraqi architect

"Courage calls to courage everywhere." - Millicent Fawcett, British writer and suffragette

"Wings are freedom only when they are wide open in flight. On one's back they are a heavy weight." - Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet

"The future can awaken in a more beautiful way than the past." - George Sand, French novelist

"A person who has at least one dream has a reason to be strong." - Sanmao, Chinese-born Taiwanese writer

"I matter, I matter equally. Not 'If only', not 'as long as'. I matter, Full Stop." - Chimamanda Adichie, Nigerian writer