354 Quotes by Beyoncé Knowles

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.

I think it’s healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care.

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.

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.

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.

At some point, it’s very important to me that my daughter is able to experience life and run through the sprinklers and have slumber parties and trust and live and do all the things that any child should be able to do.

I always treat myself to one meal on Sundays when I can have whatever I want. Usually it’s pizza, which is my favorite indulgence.

I like it when I’m on the stage, but honestly, I would be very happy if I could cut it off, just enjoy my life when I wasn’t performing.

I felt like God was giving me a chance to assist in a miracle. There is something so relieving about life taking over you like that. You’re playing a part in a much bigger show. And that’s what life is. It’s the greatest show on earth.