Global pop culture icon
Beyoncé
Giselle Knowles-Carter, more commonly known as Beyoncé, is an American singer,
songwriter, record producer, dancer and actress. She was the lead-singer of the
R&B girl-group Destiny's Child. Beyoncé's solo career began in 2006
following the break-up of Destiny's Child. The iconic pop star has solved more
than 100 million records worldwide, and is one of the world's best-selling
music artists. She is the most awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards
with 24 awards, and is the most nominated woman in the history of the Grammy
awards. She has won 22 Grammy awards in her illustrious musical career. She
married rapper Jay-Z in 2008 and they share three children: Her net worth is
currently estimated at US $355 million. She is the fifth-most followed woman on
Instagram, and overall, the eighth most followed person.
See our Top
50 empowering Beyoncé quotes below:
1. “If everything was
perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow.” - Beyoncé
2. “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?”
- Beyoncé
3. “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.” - Beyoncé
4. “We need to reshape our
own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take
the lead.” - Beyoncé
5. “Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have
to depend on someone telling you who you are.” - Beyoncé
6. “I can never be safe; I
always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just
set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am.” - Beyoncé
7. “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?” - Beyoncé
8. “The most alluring thing
a woman can have is confidence.” - Beyoncé
9. “My message behind this album was finding the beauty
in imperfection.” - Beyoncé
10. “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.” - Beyoncé
11. “We all have our
purpose, we all have our strengths.” - Beyoncé
12. “Take all the rules away. How can we live if we don’t change?” - Beyoncé
13. “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.” - Beyoncé
14. “We need to reshape our own perception of how we view
ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.” - Beyoncé
15. “Be healthy and take
care of yourself, but be happy with the beautiful things that make you, you.” -
Beyoncé
16. “Thank God I found the GOOD in goodbye.” - Beyoncé
17. “A true diva is
graceful, and talented, and strong, and fearless and brave and someone with
humility.” - Beyoncé
18. “Do what you were born to do. You have to trust yourself.” - Beyoncé
19. “We all have our
imperfections. But I’m human, and you know, it’s important to concentrate on
other qualities besides outer beauty.” - Beyoncé
20. “Your self-worth is
determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are.”
- Beyoncé
21. “Power means happiness; power means hard work and
sacrifice.” - Beyoncé
22. “Your self-worth is
determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are.”
- Beyoncé
22. “Everyone’s not good at everything, it’s OK to depend
on someone.” - Beyoncé
23. “I felt like it was time
to set up my future, so I set a goal. My goal was independence.” - Beyoncé
24. “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.” - Beyoncé
25. “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.” - Beyoncé
26. “The best thing is looking back and
realizing how incredible life is. If you don’t take the time to think about or
analyze your life you’ll never realize all the dots that are all connected.”
- Beyoncé
27. “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.” - Beyoncé
28. “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.” - Beyoncé
29. “I embrace mistakes. They make
you who you are.” - Beyoncé
30. “I’m over being a pop star. I don’t
wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic. And I feel like I’ve accomplished a
lot. I feel like I’m highly respected, which is more important than any award
or any amount of records. And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop
star is not enough.” - Beyoncé
31. “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.”
- Beyoncé
32. “I’m a workaholic and I don’t
believe in ‘No’. If I’m not sleeping, nobody’s sleeping.” - Beyoncé
33. “Thank God I found the good in
goodbye!” - Beyoncé
34. “I remember being in Japan when
Destiny’s Child put out ‘Independent Women,’ and women there were saying how
proud they were to have their own jobs, their own independent thinking, their
own goals. It made me feel so good, and I realized that one of my responsibilities was to
inspire women in a deeper way.” - Beyoncé
35. “Don’t try to lessen yourself
for the world; let the world catch up to you.” - Beyoncé
36. “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.” - Beyoncé
37. “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.” - Beyoncé
38. “My biggest thing is to teach not to
focus on the aesthetic. It’s really about who you are, and the human being,
that makes you beautiful.” - Beyoncé
39. “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.”
- Beyoncé
40. “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.” - Beyoncé
41. “Women have to take the time to
focus on our mental health — take time for self, for the spiritual, without
feeling guilty or selfish.” - Beyoncé
42. “I guess I am a modern-day feminist.
I do believe in equality. Why do you have to choose what type of woman you are?
Why do you have to label yourself anything?” - Beyoncé
43. “I don’t like to gamble, but if
there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself.
44. “Humanity requires both men and
women and we are equally important and need one another.” - Beyoncé
45. “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.” - Beyoncé
46. “Power is not given to you. You
have to take it.” - Beyoncé
47. “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.”
- Beyoncé
48. “I don’t feel like I have to please anyone. I feel free. I feel like
I’m an adult. I’m grown. I can do what I want. I can say what I want. I can
retire if I want. That’s why I’ve worked hard.” - Beyoncé
49. “I love my job, but it’s more than that: I need it.” - Beyoncé
50. “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.” - Beyoncé
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