Top 160 Beyoncé Knowles Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Me, myself and I. That’s all I got in the end.”

— Beyoncé Knowles

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2. “What goes around comes back around.”

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3. “If everything were perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow.”

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4. “God has a plan and God is in control of everything.”

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5. “Power is not given to you. You have to take it.”

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

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7. “Who runs the world? Girls.”

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8. “I am not bossy, I am the boss.”

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9. “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.”

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10. “Thank God I found the GOOD in goodbye.”

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

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

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13. “Perfection is a disease of a nation.”

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14. “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.”

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15. “A woman is most beautiful when she smiles.”

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16. “Spread positivity; don’t matter how big, or how small.”

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17. “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.”

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

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19. “Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice.”

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20. “The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.”

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21. “Baby it’s you. You’re the one I love. You’re the one I need. You’re the only one I see.”

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22. “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.”

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23. “I love my job, but it’s more than that: I need it.”

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

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25. “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.”

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

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27. “Love is so blind, it feels right when it’s wrong.”

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28. “My daughter introduced me to myself.”

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29. “Embrace your past, but live for now.”

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30. “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.”

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

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

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

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

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35. “I’m learning how to drown out the constant noise that is such an inseparable part of my life. 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.”

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36. “Whenever I’m confused about something, I ask God to reveal the answers to my questions, and he does.”

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37. “I’m no longer afraid of conflict, and I don’t think conflict is a bad thing.”

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

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39. “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.”

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40. “You can’t appreciate the good times without the bad ones.”

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41. “I embrace mistakes, they make you who you are.”

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42. “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?”

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43. “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.”

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

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

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46. “I’m a good person and I don’t think I’ll be left on my own. I don’t know when I’ll meet a man – I think I’m rushing it. But I am tired of working and not having someone.”

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47. “I have so much admiration for women who are mothers, who balance family and work. I see them and I have this word in my head – respect. I also look to learn. I see these women and I think, ‘Yes, it can be balanced, it can all work out.’”

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48. “We have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.”

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49. “Beauty fades. Your spirit is forever.”

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50. “I am a woman and when I think, I must speak.”

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