Popular Quotes Through Time

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.

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

The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.

I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men. And let's face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define value. They define what's sexy. And men define what's feminine. It's ridiculous.

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.

I embrace mistakes. They make you who you are.

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.

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

My focus is my art, and that's what I love to do. I have to be really passionate in order to do something. I've turned down many things that I just didn't believe in.

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

Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice.

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

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

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.

I don't have to prove anything to anyone, I only have to follow my heart and concentrate on what I want to say to the world. I run my world.

I hold a lot of things in. I'm always making sure everybody is okay. I usually don't rage; I usually don't curse. So for me, it's a great thing to be able to scream and say whatever I want.

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

If you don't take the time to think about and analyze your life, you'll never realize all the dots that are all connected.

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.

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