Queen Latifah Quotes

Power comes from who you are, not what you have, and the transformation starts with how you allow others to treat you.

Let a man then know his worth and keep things under his feet.

Value yourself. The only people who appreciate a doormat are people with dirty shoes.

Confidence has nothing to do with what you look like. If you obsess over that, you'll end up being disappointed in yourself all the time. Instead, high self-esteem comes from how you feel in any moment. So walk into a room acting like you're in charge, and spend your energy on making the people around you happy.

I think that I've always represented self-empowerment, you being your best cheerleader, you always affirming yourself. I've always been about empowering people. It sounds very cliche in a way, but it's not.

As a black man, I have to respect myself and have nice things. As a man in general.

But respect yourself most of all.

Putting on your crown is really like accepting the fact that you are a queen. You're a great woman. Wherever you are in life, just keep on that path, and so for me, sometimes as women, we forget - we forget that about ourselves. So, putting on your crown is sort of reminding yourself that, hey, I'm a queen, and I can do what I want in this life and take it.

Respect starts with ourselves.

Above all have respect for yourself.

Standing in our power requires us to let go of the need to make others like us & instead stand committed to honoring ourselves.

Love yourself. Respect yourself. Never sell yourself short. Believe in yourself regardless of what people think. You can accomplish anything, absolutely anything, if you set your mind to it.

This miracle of me is mine to own and keep, and mine to guard, and mine to use, and mine to kneel before.

Don't belittle yourself. Be BIG yourself.

* The essential respect is the one in your own heart for yourself.

No one can figure out your worth but you.

I was born with confidence in myself and who I am. Even when I was a little kid, I felt that, and I carried it all through my years. I'm 26 now, and I'm still that person. I think every woman needs to have that self-love.

I struggled with feeling confident for a long time, but I think it's important to be strong and not compromise for anyone or a relationship - I'm drawn to that.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

I feel like I have a healthy self-esteem.

Inner beauty radiates from within, and there's nothing more beautiful than when a woman feels beautiful on the inside.

How do you get motivated? By knowing your worth. Americans do not know how worthy they are. You deserve to be healthy, but a lot of times, people have, as childs been told - as a children been told that they're no good, that they're never going to be anything else.

You are more beautiful than you realize, stronger than you know, more powerful than you could imagine.

My mom always tells me, 'Joan, you're the brightest star. Embrace your strength and your power when you walk into a room.' So I always have that in me to have that confidence.

You alone are enough.