best wishes (and songs) for mothers, daughters, friends and girlfriends

Women’s Day, here are the phrases to dedicate on March 8th. International Women’s Day occurs every year on March 8 and is celebrated all over the world to remember the social, political and economic achievements achieved by women in recent decades. The anniversary is also an occasion to denounce the discrimination and violence of which women are still victims in various parts of the world and to continue the civil battle for equality and equal opportunities.

Women’s Day, best wishes

Surely one day is not enough to celebrate women, but if there are those who traditionally prefer to give a bouquet of mimosas (symbol of the day) there are those who prefer to dedicate a beautiful note (perhaps handwritten). So here is a series of best wishes for Women’s Day to celebrate special friends, mothers, daughters and companions by showing them our affection.

Surely one day is not enough to celebrate women, but if there are those who traditionally prefer to give a bouquet of mimosas (symbol of the day) there are those who prefer to dedicate a beautiful note (perhaps handwritten). So here is a series of best wishes for Women’s Day to celebrate special friends, mothers, daughters and companions by showing them our affection.

The dedications

We can only start from the last Sanremo Festival 2023. Chiara Ferragni “smacks” at the Ariston with her outfit: her stole with the words “Pensati Libera” is a dedication to all women

• “No one is more arrogant, aggressive and disdainful in front of women than a man who is not sure of his manhood”. (Simone de Beauvoir)
• “If God hadn’t made the woman, He wouldn’t have made the flower”. (Oscar Wilde)
• “Give women adequate opportunities and they will be capable of anything”. (Oscar Wilde)
• “The strength of women comes from something that psychology cannot explain. Men can be analysed, women… only adored”. (Oscar Wilde)
• “Violence is not strength but weakness, nor can it ever be the creator of anything, but only destroy it”. (Benedict Cross)
• “What would humanity be without women? ‘She would be poor, sir… dreadfully poor”. (Mark Twain)
• “Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, as it mainly consists of dealing with men.” (Joseph Conrad)
• “If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.” (Margaret Thatcher)
• “Women are a screw on which everything revolves”. (Lev Tolstoy)
• “If women are frivolous it is because they are intelligent to the bitter end”. (Alda Merini)
• “The difference between men and women is epigenetic, environmental. Brain capital is the same: in one case it has historically been repressed, in the other it has been encouraged. So also among peoples. It’s always a cultural fact.” (Rita Levi Montalcini)
• “I know what I want, I have a purpose, an opinion, a faith and a love. Let me be myself, and I’ll be happy. I know I’m a woman, a woman with inner strength and a lot of courage.” (Anne Frank)
• “The women who changed the world never needed to show anything but their intelligence.” (Rita Levi Montalcini)
• “If God hadn’t made the woman, he wouldn’t have made the flower either.” (Victor Hugo)
• “Women have to do everything twice as well as men to be judged half as good. Luckily it’s not difficult.” (Charlotte Whitton)
• “It’s easy to be a girl, all you need is a pair of stiletto heels and skimpy dresses… but to be a woman you have to dress your brain with character, personality and courage”. (Rita Levi Montalcini)
• “Without women’s smiles, the world would be eternally dark”. (Fabrizio Caramagna)
• “When you write about women, you have to dip your pen in the rainbow and dry the page with the dust from the wings of butterflies”. (Denis Diderot)
• “Every time a woman fights for herself, she fights for all women”. (Maya Angelou)
• “Which author in the world can teach you beauty like a woman’s gaze?” (William Shakespeare)
• “If you educate a man, you educate a man. If you educate a woman, you educate a generation”. (Brigham Young)
• “We have been loved and hated, adored and denied, kissed and killed, just because we are women”. (Alda Merini)
• “The seven ages of a woman are: infant, child, young lady, young woman, young woman, young woman and young woman”. (Herbert V. Prochnow)
• “Being a woman is so fascinating. It’s an adventure that requires such courage, a challenge that never bores”. (Oriana Fallaci)
• “Men are women who didn’t make it”. (Groucho Marx)
• “Women hold up half the sky.” (Mao Zedong)
• “Behind every successful man, there is a woman who doesn’t understand why.” (Maryon Pearson)
• “There is no limit to what we as women can accomplish. Congratulations!”. (Michelle Obama)
• “​Women are not equal enough with men, so we have to make ourselves indispensable. After all, we have the greatest weapon in our hands: we are women!” (Maria Callas)
• “A woman should be two things: who and what she wants” (Coco Chanel)
• “A wise girl knows her limits, but a smart one knows she has none”. (Marilyn Monroe)
• “I’m definitely a woman and I like it.” (Marilyn Monroe)
• “In women everything is heart, even the head”. (Jean Paul)
• “An intelligent woman has millions of enemies: all stupid men”. (Marie Von Ebner Eschenbach)
• “Women who try to be equal to men lack ambition”. (Marilyn Monroe)
• “Woman is like a tea bag, you can’t tell how strong it is until you put it in boiling water”. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
• “If you see yourself tall with heels, with love for yourself you’ll see yourself immense”. (Frida Kahlo)
• “A man can wear whatever he wants. He will always remain a woman’s accessory”. (Coco Chanel)
• “If men were beautiful and intelligent, they would be called women”. (Audrey Hepburn)
• “After women, flowers are the most beautiful thing God has given to the world”. (Christian Dior)
• “The saddest thing a woman can do is bring down her self-esteem because of a man”. (Emma Watson)
• “Beauty is needed for women to be loved by men, stupidity to love men”. (Coco Chanel)
• “Some women choose to follow men, and some choose to follow their dreams”. (Lady Gaga)
• “Violence against women is a appalling violation of human rights. But it’s not inevitable. We can put an end to this.” (Nicole Kidman)

Songs

In music, as in life, the woman remains the protagonist. There are many songs written and dedicated to the female universe. March 8 is the international day in which women are celebrated in the essence of her, mother, worker, partner and friend of her. Not only your partner, your daughter or your mother dedicate songs to each other, for Women’s Day it is fun to dedicate songs to each other even among friends. So here’s a playlist dedicated to the strength of women.

• What women don’t say – Fiorella Mannoia
• A woman’s bag – Noemi
• Women know it – Ligabue
• We are women – Sabrina Salerno and Jo Squillo
• Being a woman – Anna Tatangelo
• The girls – Blacks by chance
• Girls have big dreams – Edoardo Bennato
• Woman – Zither Quartet
• Women – Sugar
• Woman – Mia Martini
• Woman’s recipe – Ornella Vanoni
• A woman as a friend – Lucio Battisti
• Female – Pino Daniele
• Woman with you, Anna Oxa
• Sally – Vasco
• I’m not a lady Loredana bertè
• The talent of women – Ivano Fossati
• Sara – Pino Daniele
• Just Like a Woman – Bob Dylan
• Woman in love – Barbra Streisand
• Gianna – Rino Gaetano
• Respect – Aretha Franklin
• I’m Every Woman – Chaka Khan
• I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
• Keep Ya Head Up – 2Pac
• Man! I Feel Like a Woman! -Shania Twain
• Listen – Beyonce
• Roar – Katy Perry
• Grown Woman – Beyoncé
• I’m Every Woman – Whitney Houston
• Strength Of A Woman – Mary J. Blige
• Masterpiece (Mona Lisa) – Jazmine Sullivan
• Pretty Girl Rock – Keri Hilson
• Woman – Toni Braxton
• What About – Janet Jackson
• Superwoman – Alicia Keys
• One Woman Army – Ciara
• Caught Out There – Kelis
• Four women – Nina Simone
• Confident – Demi Lovato

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