10 Quotes About Sisterhood That Will Make You Rethink Who's in Your Corner

Words have a way of cutting through all the noise and landing exactly where you need them.

I've been collecting quotes about sisterhood and women supporting women for years — not to post them and move on, but because certain lines have genuinely stopped me in my tracks and made me look at my relationships differently. Made me ask harder questions about who I was showing up for and who was showing up for me.

If you've been doing life (or your finances) largely on your own, I hope something on this list cracks something open for you.

"A woman is like a tea bag — you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water." — Eleanor Roosevelt

I think about this one every time I sit down with a woman who's going through divorce, job loss, or any major financial transition. She comes in convinced she's behind, overwhelmed, and not sure she can handle what's ahead. And almost every time, by the end of our work together, I watch her discover a version of herself she didn't know existed. The hot water reveals her. Sisterhood just makes sure she doesn't have to steep alone.

"We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women's voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored." — Sheryl Sandberg

This isn't just about the C-suite. This is about every financial planning meeting, every investment conversation, every estate planning discussion where women's voices have historically been talked over or simplified. When women are in the room together — advocating for each other, asking the questions others won't — the whole dynamic shifts.

"There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women." — Madeleine Albright

Blunt. Unapologetic. And honestly? A little necessary. We've all seen what happens when women compete instead of collaborate. And we've all experienced the opposite too — the woman who made an introduction she didn't have to make, the colleague who shared information instead of hoarding it, the mentor who told you the truth instead of what you wanted to hear. Be that woman. Find that woman.

"I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own." — Audre Lorde

Financial freedom for some women isn't enough. And I mean that personally, not just philosophically. My work is motivated by this idea — that women's financial confidence is a collective project. When one woman gets clear on her finances, she teaches her daughter. When one woman negotiates her salary, she shifts what's possible for the women behind her. This is why community matters.

"Surround yourself only with people who are going to lift you higher." — Oprah Winfrey

I want to ask you something directly: who is in your financial circle right now? Who do you call when you're making a big money decision? Who knows your actual numbers? Who tells you the truth? If the honest answer is "nobody," that's not a small thing. That's something worth changing.

"No woman is an island. Sisterhood is powerful." — Robin Morgan

I spent years trying to be an island. Building my business, raising my kids, managing everything — solo. And I was good at it. But good at something and nourished by something are very different things. The communities I've joined over the years — Bryn Mawr, NAWBO, the women inside The Empowered Sisterhood — didn't make me less capable. They made everything I was already doing more sustainable.

"Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it." — Brené Brown

Vulnerability is the entry point to real sisterhood. It's the woman who finally says "I have no idea what I'm doing with my 401(k)" in a room full of women — and hears four other women say "me too" — who finally stops running. That moment of honesty costs something. And it pays back more than almost any financial decision you'll ever make.

"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud." — Coco Chanel

This one hits differently when it comes to money. So many women have inherited someone else's beliefs about what they deserve, what they're capable of, and what's "appropriate" to want. Thinking for yourself aloud — saying out loud that you want more, that you don't understand something, that you want a different kind of life — is actually a radical act. Do it in community, and it's even more powerful.

"Women who help women are the most powerful force in nature." — Unknown

I've watched this happen in real time. A member of the Sisterhood shares a resource. Another connects her to a professional. A third says "I went through exactly that — here's what helped." It's not a transaction. It's a force. And once you're inside of it, you never want to go back to figuring it all out alone.

"I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept." — Angela Davis

I'll end here, because this is the energy I want you to leave with. If you've been accepting a version of your financial life that doesn't reflect what you truly want — accepting confusion, accepting isolation, accepting less than you deserve — you have the power to change that. And the right community of women will hold you accountable to doing exactly that.

You Don't Have to Read Another Quote — You Can Live One

The women I admire most aren't the ones with the perfectly curated feed. They're the ones who showed up, asked for help, offered help, and kept going even when it was hard.

That's what we're building inside The Empowered Sisterhood — a community for women who are done doing this alone and ready to build something real. Financial confidence, honest conversation, and women who will genuinely celebrate your wins and sit with you through the hard parts.

If you're ready for that kind of circle, we'd love to have you.

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Leah Hadley is a CDFA, MAFF, and AFC with nearly two decades of experience in financial planning. She is the Founder & CEO of Intentional Wealth Partners and Intentional Divorce Solutions, and the creator of The Empowered Sisterhood — a membership community for women ready to build wealth with intention.