Beyonce knowles quotes

Do what you were born to do. You just have to trust yourself.

I've worked hard and I deserve everything I have. I never thought I'd have so much money. I just wanted to be financially stable and it embarrasses me and I don't feel comfortable talking or thinking about it. I don't know exactly how much I have but I don't buy much.

I'm over being a pop star. I don't wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic.

Most women don't want to take the time to figure out their style. It's okay to experiment a little bit, but don't get too far from what looks good on you.

The great thing about McDonald's is that they have a lot of different things on the menu. I love their salads.

Thank God for my computer. Sometimes when there is no one to talk to, I talk aloud so that I can get all my thoughts out and try to figure out the issues that I'm having and try, I'm trying to find the answers.

When you're famous, no one looks at you as a human anymore. You become the property of the public.

When you really don't like a guy, they're all over you, and as soon as you act like you like them, they're no longer interested.

My mother taught me the principles of hard work, setting my own goals and visualizing my future. From my early days with Destiny's Child, I understood I had to be focused and dedicated if I wanted true success. We were taught we needed a plan and the discipline to execute that plan to the fullest. I strongly believe if you work hard, whatever you want, it will come to you. I know that's easier said than done but keep trying.

If you are with the right person, it brings out the best version of you.

Have your own life before you become somebody's wife.

I don't flaunt my money. I like to stay at nice hotels but I'm not a flashy chick. I haven't got much jewellery or anything.

When you love and accept yourself, when you know who really cares about you, and when you learn from your mistakes, then you stop caring about what people who don't know you think.

I always treat myself to one meal on Sundays when I can have whatever I want. Usually it's pizza, which is my favorite indulgence.

Love is so blind, it feels right when it's wrong.

If everything was perfect you would never learn and you would never grow.

Perfection is a disease of a nation.

I am a woman and when I think, I must speak.

I like to walk around with bare feet and I don't like to comb my hair.

I don't really have any different cravings from the ones that I had before. I've always liked food that is not good for you, and I still do. But I think I've been really good with eating healthy. I think probably the biggest thing is french fries, but that's nothing new. Right now, I'm trying to force myself to drink water with lemon. Bo-ring.

I have learned that it is no one else’s job to take care of me but me.

Independnce comes from you knowing who you are and you being happy with yourself.

I think it's healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care - that you work hard and want to give a great performance. You just have to channel that nervous energy into the show.

My parents taught my sister and me the importance of giving back and making a difference in another person's life.

I think it's important for women to be around other women and learn from each other.

The reality is, sometimes you lose. And you're never too good to lose, you're never too big to lose, you're never too smart to lose, it happens.

I have nine Grammy Awards. I wouldn't have that if I couldn't sing.

We ain't got nothing without love. That's all we'll have when the world is through Cause, baby, we ain't got nothing without love.

I'm a human being and I fall in love and sometimes I don't have control of every situation.

My mom has always told me that beauty fades but inner beauty is forever. There's nothing more beautiful than a woman [who] takes care of [herself].

Take the time to define yourself and define your value. If you're having a hard time doing that, ask yourself: What is something I would say to someone I love?

I was thinkin if I cheated on my fears, broke up with my doubts, got engaged to my faith. I can marry my dreams.

The more successful I become, the more I need a man.

I discovered after going to music festivals that I am a rock fan. I love the guitars, the phrasing, and the abandon of rock fans.

It is so liberating to really know what I want, what truly makes me happy, what I will not tolerate. I have learned that it is no one else's job to take care of me but me.

Me, myself and I. That's all I got in the end.

You can't put your finger on who I am. I can't put my finger on who I am.

We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.

Just because you become a mother, it doesn't mean you lose who you are.

But I don't know what guys I like because I haven't been out with enough to know. I'm still learning.

Take all the rules away. How can we live if we don't change?

I used to want you so bad, I'm so through with that because honestly you turned out to be the best thing I never had!

I would want them to really think about how amazing they are and how lucky they are to be a woman. And how powerful they are. And I'd tell them to love every day of it because it's the biggest miracle and a woman that's able to give birth is the most important, lucky, fortunate woman in the world.

I've had small depressions, days when I've woken up and felt sad, especially when I'm so far away from home. I've got my religion and that is my therapy, although I think it would be good for me to have someone I can talk to. But I have friends. I haven't got a therapist but maybe I should.

I grew up in a very nice house in Houston, went to private school all my life and I've never even been to the 'hood. Not that there's anything wrong with the 'hood.

A woman is most beautiful when she smiles. Other than that, the most valuable tip I've learned is always use a skin moisturiser!

Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice.

I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good show.

I feel like my body is borrowed and this life is very temporary.

Happiness comes from you. No one else can make you happy. You make you happy.

Make sure you have your own life before becoming someone's wife ~spoken to Oprah in an interview

There's definitely a dangerous feeling when you're in love-it's giving your heart to someone else and knowing that they have control over your feelings. I know for me, who always tries to be so tough, that's the dangerous thing.

I know I'm stronger in the songs than I really am. Sometimes I need to hear it myself. We all need to hear those empowering songs to remind us.

Being pregnant was very much like falling in love. You are so open. You are so overjoyed. There's no words that can express having a baby growing inside of you so, of course, you want to scream it out and tell everyone.

Imperfections make you more beautiful.

I like guys who are cool and laid-back.Someone who works really hard and has goals but who I can be silly with. Looks are not important to me.

Love is something that never goes out of style.

Embrace your past, but live for now.

If you work hard, whatever you want, it will come to you. I know that's easier said than done, but keep trying.

Diana Ross is a big inspiration to all of us. We all grew up watching everything about her - her mike placement, her grace, her style and her class.

I like it when I'm on the stage, but honestly, I would be very happy if I could cut it off, just enjoy my life when I wasn't performing.

The best thing is looking back and realizing how good life is. If you don't take the time to think about it and analyze it, you'll never realize all the dots that are connected.

Everyone's not good at everything, it's ok to depend on someone.

What goes around comes back around.

Thank God I found the GOOD in goodbye

A woman is most beautiful when she smiles.

We are all the same and we all want the same things: the right to be happy, to be just who we want to be and to love who we want to love.

I embrace mistakes, they make you who you are.

I mean, I feel like you get more bees with honey. But that doesn't mean I don't get frustrated in my life.

It is the most powerful creation to have life growing inside of you. There is no bigger gift.

Beauty fades. Your spirit is forever.

I don't like to gamble, but if there's one thing I'm willing to bet on, it's myself.

Elvis is iconic; a lot of performers today look to that for inspiration.

I think I've realized that business and being polite [don't] match. You can be fair, but me being polite was not me being fair to myself.

You're everything I thought you never were and nothing like I thought you could've been.

I'm no longer afraid of conflict, and I don't think conflict is a bad thing.

The more you mature, you realize that this imperfections make your more beautiful.

Who runs the world? Girls.

Power is not given to you. You have to take it.

I don't really like to call myself a brand, and I don't like to think of myself as a brand. I'm a singer, a songwriter, a musician and a performer. And an actress, and all the other things that I do. When you add it all together, some might call it a brand, but that's not my focus.

One of the reasons I connect to the Super Bowl is that I approach my shows like an athlete.

I wanted to sell a million records, and I sold a million records. I wanted to go platinum; I went platinum. I've been working nonstop since I was 15. I don't even know how to chill out.

There are a lot of things I never did, because I believe in watching those true Hollywood stories and I see how easy it is to lose track of your life.

The incomparable Michael Jackson has made a bigger impact on music than any other artist in the history of music. He was magic. He was what we all strive to be. He will always be the King of Pop! Life is not about how many breaths you take, but about how many moments in life that take your breath away. For anyone who has ever seen, felt or heard his art, we are all honored to have been alive in this generation to experience the magic of Michael Jackson. I love you, Michael.

The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.

I am not bossy, I am the boss.

You have to have something that is forever, something that is invisible.

Spread positivity; don't matter how big, or how small.

We need to stop buying into the myth about gender equality. It isn't a reality yet. Today, women make up half of the U.S. workforce, but the average working woman earns only 77 percent of what the average working man makes. But unless women and men both say this is unacceptable, things will not change.

I work closely with a number of charities from food pantries to drug rehabilitation to natural disaster relief to preventing sexual exploitation of young girls. It is one of the most rewarding things I do.

And my husband and I have been together for 10 years, so I guess people felt a part of it and it makes me feel really good

If I hadn't gone through some of the painful experiences in my life, I would not be me.

Baby it's you. You're the one I love. You're the one I need. You're the only one I see.

God has a plan and God is in control of everything

This is such a pivotal moment in my life! I'm transitioning as a woman, and I'm finally able to express myself as I am.

We all have our imperfections. But I'm human, and you know, it's important to concentrate on other qualities besides outer beauty.

Who I am on stage is very, very different to who I am in real life.

Women have to work much harder to make it in this world. It really pisses me off that women don't get the same opportunities as men do, or money for that matter. Because lets face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define our values and to define what's sexy and what's feminine and that's bullshit. At the end of the day, it's not about equal rights, it's about how we think. We have to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves.

Why do you have to choose what type of woman you are? Why do you have to label yourself anything?

One of the things that kept me out of trouble was doing something creative - creativity can't be judged.

Whenever I feel bad, I use that feeling to motivate me to work harder. I only allow myself one day to feel sorry for myself. When I'm not feeling my best I ask myself, 'What are you gonna do about it?' I use the negativity to fuel the transformation into a better me.

You can't appreciate the good times without the bad ones.

There's ups and downs in this love. Got a lot to learn in this love. Through the good and the bad, still got love.

I felt like it was time to set up my future, so I set a goal. My goal was independence.

Any other woman who has to go to work and pick up the kids and make dinner - that's way harder than what I have to do.

I love musicals and I'm happy they are coming back because I'd love to do more.

Whenever I'm confused about something, I ask God to reveal the answers to my questions, and he does.

I think it's healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care.

Men and women balance each other out, and we have to get to a point where we are comfortable with appreciating each other.

I'm a workaholic and I don't believe in 'no.' If I'm not sleeping, nobody's sleeping.

It's easy to hear the voices of others and often very difficult to hear your own. Every person you meet is going to want something different from you. The question is: what do you want for yourself?

We're all going through our problems, but we all have the same insecurities and we all have the same abilities and we all need each other.

You have to feel fortunate to be one of the people whom parents don't mind their children looking up to. The older I get, the more I think about the amount of influence I have on these young girls, and it's scary sometimes. But I also understand how lucky I am to have that.

My mother always taught me to be strong and to never be a victim. Never make excuses. Never expect anyone else to provide for me things I know I can provide for myself.

My fans kept asking where they could get clothes like Destiny's Child's, so it was only natural for us to do a clothing line.

Tina Turner is someone that I admire, because she made her strength feminine and sexy.

A true diva is graceful, and talented, and strong, and fearless and brave and someone with humility.

We have to teach our boys the rules of equality and respect, so that as they grow up gender equality becomes a natural way of life. And we have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.

Y'all are so cute and y'all talk so proper over here. I love England.

For me, it's about the way I carry myself and the way I treat other people. My relationship and how I feel about God and what He does for me, is something deeply personal. It's where I came from, my family, I was brought up in a religious household and that's very important to me.

I love my husband, but it is nothing like a conversation with a woman that understands you. I grow so much from those conversations.

I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I'd get on stage and be able to break out of my shell.

Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone to tell you who you are.

With a lot of success comes a lot of negativity.

To me it's sexier when it doesn't look like you go to the gym. I feel best when I'm not really thin and not really heavy - when I'm still curvy.