Top 400 Marilyn Monroe Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Don’t stop when you’re tired; stop when you’re done.”

— Marilyn Monroe

2. “The sky is not the limit. Your mind is.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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3. “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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4. “We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.”

— Marilyn Monroe

5. “It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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6. “Who said nights were for sleep?”

— Marilyn Monroe

7. “I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.”

— Marilyn Monroe

8. “You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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9. “We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”

— Marilyn Monroe

10. “I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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11. “I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”

— Marilyn Monroe

12. “Sometimes good things fall apart so better things could fall together.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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13. “Boys think girls are like books. If the cover doesn’t catch their eye, they won’t bother to read what’s inside.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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14. “If you’re gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.”

— Marilyn Monroe

15. “All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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16. “If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.”

— Marilyn Monroe

17. “A wise girl kisses but doesn’t love, listens but doesn’t believe, and leaves before she is left.”

— Marilyn Monroe

18. “The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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19. “If I’d observed all the rules I’d never have got anywhere.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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20. “Ever notice how ‘What the hell’ is always the right answer?”

— Marilyn Monroe

21. “I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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22. “Never regret anything because at one time it was exactly what you wanted.”

— Marilyn Monroe

23. “I don’t mind living in a man’s world, as long as I can be a woman in it.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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24. “Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.”

— Marilyn Monroe

25. “A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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26. “Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.”

— Marilyn Monroe

27. “A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.”

— Marilyn Monroe

28. “Always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who will, Sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life’s a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.”

— Marilyn Monroe

29. “Within crisis, are the seeds of opportunity.”

— Marilyn Monroe

30. “No girl should ever forget that she doesn’t need anyone who doesn’t need her.”

— Marilyn Monroe

31. “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius.”

— Marilyn Monroe

32. “I believe this: You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and goddamn it, you refuse to let it get to you. you fight. you cry. You curse. Then you go about your business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way.”

— Marilyn Monroe

33. “Beauty only gets attention, but personality captures the heart.”

— Marilyn Monroe

34. “Always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who will, sweetie?”

— Marilyn Monroe

35. “I restore myself when I’m alone.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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36. “Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”

— Marilyn Monroe

37. “I don’t forgive people because I’m weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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38. “Always remember to smile and look up at what you have in life.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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39. “They will only care when you’re gone.”

— Marilyn Monroe

40. “She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important – you know.”

— Marilyn Monroe

41. “I live to suceed, not to please you or anyone else.”

— Marilyn Monroe

42. “Just because you fail once doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything.”

— Marilyn Monroe

43. “The happiest time of my life is now.”

— Marilyn Monroe

44. “You’re the beautiful one. It’s society that’s ugly.”

— Marilyn Monroe

45. “I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that’s not easy.”

— Marilyn Monroe

46. “I’ve never fooled anyone. I’ve let people fool themselves. They didn’t bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn’t argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn’t.”

— Marilyn Monroe

47. “What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.”

— Marilyn Monroe

48. “I said pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.”

— Marilyn Monroe

49. “The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.”

— Marilyn Monroe

50. “Happiness is not in money, but in shopping.”

— Marilyn Monroe