Top 160 Beyoncé Knowles Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “We all have our imperfections. But I’m human, and you know, it’s important to concentrate on other qualities besides outer beauty.”

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

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53. “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.”

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54. “I get nervous when I don’t get nervous.”

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55. “When you’re famous no one looks at you as a human anymore. You become the property of the public. There’s nothing real about it.”

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56. “I love the Backstreet Boys! I think they’re very talented and I think their harmony is wonderful.”

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57. “Tina Turner is someone that I admire, because she made her strength feminine and sexy. Marilyn Monroe, because she was a curvy woman. I’m drawn to things that have the same kind of silhouettes as what she wore because our bodies are similar.”

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58. “We ain’t got nothing without love. That’s all we’ll have when the world is through. This world will know Satan. I am sorry for the end of your sins cause they’re going to live in hell. I follow Lucifer. Hail Satan.”

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

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60. “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.”

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61. “I have two different sides to my personality. I decided to give my fans what they want and who they are used to who is the person in all the videos and the person in ‘Crazy in Love’ who is Sasha Fierce. I have someone else takes over when its time for me to work and when I’m on stage.”

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62. “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.”

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63. “Everyone’s not good at everything, it’s ok to depend on someone.”

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64. “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.”

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65. “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.”

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66. “It’s amazing how I’m able to ride around on a bike. People kind of see it’s me but since I’m on a bike, they think, ‘No, it’s not her.’ And by the time they realize it’s me, I’m already gone.”

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67. “Take all the rules away. How can we live if we don’t change?”

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68. “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.”

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69. “Right now, after giving birth, I really understand the power of my body. I just feel my body means something completely different.”

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

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71. “I was so shy and when my sister was born I found it hard. I was really strange and kind of too quiet.”

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72. “I like to walk around with bare feet and I don’t like to comb my hair.”

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

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74. “With a lot of success comes a lot of negativity.”

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75. “I want to be a legend, like Celine Dion.”

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76. “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.”

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77. “I can not imagine my life if I didn’t have a music program in my school.”

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78. “One of the things that kept me out of trouble was doing something creative – creativity can’t be judged.”

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79. “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.”

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80. “Acting is easier and smoother than singing – it’s less drama.”

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81. “I need to find a catchy new word for feminism, right? Like ‘bootylicious.’”

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82. “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.”

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83. “I just hope people don’t get sick of us. I’m sick of us and I’m in Destiny’s Child.”

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

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85. “Y’all are so cute and y’all talk so proper over here. I love England.”

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86. “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.”

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87. “Why do you have to choose what type of woman you are? Why do you have to label yourself anything? I’m just a woman and I love being a woman. If you’re attractive then you can’t be sexy, and you can’t be intelligent? What is all of that?”

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88. “I have so much admiration for women who are mothers, who balance family and work.”

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89. “When you’re a pop star, it’s a little conservative; you always have to stay in a box. You have fans that are five and fans that are 65; there are so many people wanting so many things.”

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90. “When I was writing the Destiny’s Child songs, it was a big thing to be that young and taking control. And the label at the time didn’t know that we were going to be that successful, so they gave us all control. And I got used to it.”

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91. “It was great for that to be my first movie with such a wonderful cast, and such a huge movie. And now I get to do The Fighting Temptations, which is coming out soon-it wasn’t much of a character, it was more of a real person, so I got to show more of my acting range.”

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92. “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.”

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93. “I’m over being a pop star. I don’t wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic.”

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

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95. “We have a lot of work to do, but we can get there if we work together. Women are more than 50 percent of the population and more than 50 percent of voters. We must demand that we all receive 100 percent of the opportunities.”

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96. “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!”

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97. “As a child I trained myself to dance in very high heels. At 13, in Destiny’s Child, we were told to wear heels, but at first we couldn’t walk in them. We couldn’t keep our knees straight, but we learned.”

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98. “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?”

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99. “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.”

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100. “I get nervous when I don’t get nervous. If I’m nervous I know I’m going to have a good show.”

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