Top 100 Shania Twain Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “You’re still the one I run to, the one that I belong to, you’re still the one I want for life.”

— Shania Twain

2. “I’d rather die standing than live on my knees.”

— Shania Twain

3. “It’s important to give it all you have while you have the chance.”

— Shania Twain

4. “A happy heart comes first, then the happy face.”

— Shania Twain

5. “Don’t freak out until you know the facts.”

— Shania Twain

6. “Find your self-esteem and be forever free to dream.”

— Shania Twain

7. “I can still hear the words you whispered when you told me I can stay right here forever in your arms from Forever and for Always.”

— Shania Twain

8. “The best thing about being a woman, is the prerogative to have a little fun!”

— Shania Twain

9. “Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach.”

— Shania Twain

10. “You got a way with words, you keep me smiling, even when it hurts.”

— Shania Twain

11. “Art is a platform where self-expression should not be limited. I’m here to inspire. There is no age limit to that.”

— Shania Twain

12. “Ain’t nothing better, we beat the odds together.”

— Shania Twain

13. “When I first saw you, I saw love. from You’re Still The One.”

— Shania Twain

14. “If foundations made of stone can turn to dust, then the hardest hearts of steel can turn to rust.”

— Shania Twain

15. “I want to talk to people that have been through big disappointments, big emotional crises, deep life struggles, and I will learn something from that.”

— Shania Twain

16. “And it only hurts when I’m breathing My heart only breaks when it’s beating My dreams only die when I’m dreaming So, I hold my breath – to forget.”

— Shania Twain

17. “I’m always soul searching on a spiritual level.”

— Shania Twain

18. “I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I’ve never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up.”

— Shania Twain

19. “Later in my life, I’m going to look back and smile and be very fulfilled. I know that if I don’t give it my all right now I’ll regret it later. That’s very important to me, because I’ve worked all my life to have this.”

— Shania Twain

20. “I spent a lot of my life holding back my cries, and I want to change that because it’s not good for me.”

— Shania Twain

21. “I feel like in a way I’m starting over, with everything.”

— Shania Twain

22. “I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that’s making me successful.”

— Shania Twain

23. “I feel like I’m on top of the world. Honestly, I feel like I’ve climbed a very giant mountain, and I’m just standing right on top with my arms wide open and breathing rarified air.”

— Shania Twain

24. “So what do you think you’re Elvis or something, whatever that don’t impress me.”

— Shania Twain

25. “When everything goes without a hitch, where’s the challenge, the opportunity to find out what you’re made of?”

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26. “I’ll always be sad that my marriage ended.”

— Shania Twain

27. “I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things.”

— Shania Twain

28. “You can’t just turn love on and off.”

— Shania Twain

29. “You gave me faith to find my dreams, you’ll never know just what that means.”

— Shania Twain

30. “You don’t want to be outside during blackfly season.”

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31. “I really feel like life will dictate itself. You should allow it to unfold as naturally as possible. Just go with the flow. When you’re really desperate, you say a few prayers and hope for the best. That’s the way I’ve always lived my life.”

— Shania Twain

32. “It’s very hard to be honest with yourself when something’s just not working.”

— Shania Twain

33. “I enjoyed working at McDonald’s.”

— Shania Twain

34. “I love the role that men play in our lives.”

— Shania Twain

35. “I’m more private than people realize. I’m not that easy to get to know.”

— Shania Twain

36. “When I cook him dinner and I burn it black, he better say hmmm, I like it like that.”

— Shania Twain

37. “Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.”

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38. “I don’t eat meat, fish, or eggs. I was never a big meat-eater, but I’ve got more energy now. I eat a lot of tofu, and I drink soy shakes with fruit every morning. I always have soybeans, black beans, or chickpeas for lunch or dinner.”

— Shania Twain

39. “My life revolves around my child’s routine.”

— Shania Twain

40. “Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.”

— Shania Twain

41. “When you don’t come from struggle, gaining appreciation is a quality that’s difficult to come by.”

— Shania Twain

42. “I’m neither embarrassed of who I am, where I come from, what I’ve experienced, I’m not ashamed of it.”

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43. “My divorce was like a death – a genuine death of commitment and love. After I got over the shock, I was like, tell me theres some way we can save this. We can save this, right?”

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44. “Music is a great natural high and a great natural escape.”

— Shania Twain

45. “Why do people criticise his intelligence when he can do something as miraculous as that?”

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46. “Country music is still your grandpa’s music, but it’s also your daughter’s music. It’s getting bigger and better all the time and I’m glad to be a part of it.”

— Shania Twain

47. “Dysphonia is not a singing problem. It’s a voice box issue in the muscle on the voice, very different from having a nodule on the vocal cords, which I’ve never had. I’m lucky that I’ve never had that. It needs a long renewal time, and even today, I am still addressing it.”

— Shania Twain

48. “My father was a beautiful man.”

— Shania Twain

49. “I don’t want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain.”

— Shania Twain

50. “I temporarily lost my hope in love, and it was temporary, thank goodness.”

— Shania Twain