Beyonce Knowles Quotes

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

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.

A woman is most beautiful when she smiles.

God has a plan and God is in control of everything

I don't use backing tapes when I am singing and dancing on stage. I can do cartwheels and sing.

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.

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

The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.

If you work hard, whatever you want, it will come to you.

I know that's easier said than done, but keep trying.

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

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

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

What goes around comes back around.

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

Thank God I found the GOOD in goodbye

I am not bossy, I am the boss.

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

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?

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

Beauty fades. Your spirit is forever.

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

I love the Backstreet Boys! I think they're very talented and I think their harmony is wonderful.

Embrace your past, but live for now.

I am so looking forward to it. I made sure I had a strong foundation before I became pregnant and I think that's the most important thing. There were a lot of things that I wanted to do personally so that when the time came, I really knew who I was and could be the best mother.

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.

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.

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

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].

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.

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

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.

I'm always happy when I'm surrounded by water, I think I'm a Mermaid or I was a mermaid. The ocean makes me feel really small and it makes me put my whole life into perspective… it humbles you and makes you feel almost like you’ve been baptized. I feel born again when I get out of the ocean.

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

You know what, I'm very attracted to someone who makes me laugh and is that charming. Really, I could be charmed by anyone. I'm just a sucker for somebody that is charming.

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 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.

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

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.

I feel more beautiful than I've ever felt because I've given birth. I have never felt so connected, never felt like I had such a purpose on this earth. The best thing about having a daughter is having a true legacy. The word love means something completely different now.

I know you want me back. It's time to face the facts. That I'm the one that's got away. Lord knows that it would take another place, another time, another world, another life. Thank God I found the good in goodbye.

Who runs the world? Girls.

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

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.