Shirley MacLaine Quotes

If I could talk to my younger self, I would tell her that you will grow into the woman you've always wanted to be. You will find love. You will be successful. You will be happy.

If you deserve it, go get it.

You're just as good, and if you work harder, you can be better and you can be more than you think you can.

I believe that a man should be... as big as he feels it in him to be!

You should believe in your talent and potential. Never lose hope.

You're your own best friend. If you love yourself and believe in yourself then it doesn't really matter what other people think and then you're kind of invincible.

Trust in yourself.

Does being a feminist mean that I believe that I'm as good as any man? Yes.

I do believe that I deserve what I have. I don't think I'm entitled to it. That's a big difference.

I feel to invite women everywhere to rise to the great potential within you. I do not ask that you reach beyond your capacity. I hope you will not nag yourselves with thoughts of failure. I hope you will not try to set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know.

Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.

I affirm to you the tremendous potential you have, not beyond anything you could ever imagine.

I want people to really be inspired, to believe they can do whatever they want.

If I can give something to the next generation, I want to give a message of positivity, to believe in themselves, because I think the world has just a lot of unnecessary stresses to be a certain way, look a certain way, do certain things.

I believe I deserve everything that could maybe happen. And I don't think that's a cocky thing to say because I've worked really hard, and I've never bitten the hand that fed me, and I've always been really respectful.

I believe in myself a whole lot.

I've believed in myself since day one.

How can I tell my daughter when she grows up to aspire to be what she wants to be if I am too scared to hop back in the ring because of what some people have said about me?

We can be as good as we want to be. I know that's a general thing to say, I know.

I have faith in myself.

I am a person who believes in myself.

I always believe in myself.

When the confidence is there it's always easier for us.

I had to ask myself if the reason I had never asked to direct before was because I really didn't want to, or because I didn't think I deserved a spot at the table.

You have more potential than you think.