Salma Hayek Quotes

It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more, and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain.

If you want to be happy, be.

I wish I could be as thin as Jessica Simpson. I think she looks gorgeous! I have had Jessica on my show several times, and I can tell you that girl is genuine and funny with a great self-deprecating sense of humor.

You have a choice whether you want to be happy or not. I choose to be happy.

I actually like, love, and respect myself, and I try not to take anything too seriously.

Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.

I used to be neurotic. I didn't like myself very much. But somewhere in my mid-40s, my neuroses stopped seeming so important. I developed a sense of humor.

But I know that trying to black out my past with oblivion will just damage my future. I made the decision to stop running from my fears, and to walk slowly and deliberately towards self-nurture, self-respect, and better mental and physical health.

I'm not saying I won't get dolled up again, but I'm not going to worry about it all so much.

My mom is just authentically herself all the time. She loves herself. She loves her sense of humor. She brings people in when she talks. She brings people in when she laughs. Watching her, I think that that's when I first learned and was encouraged to be myself and to sort of love and live in that way.

Do what makes you feel good. Remind yourself of what you're good at and make sure you do that.

I really don't need to suffer. I can really become a happy person and still make good music - in fact, better music.

I don't punish myself. Life's too short.

Allowing yourself to smile takes 99% of the effort.

Some of my friends and family have tried to challenge me to do jokes that aren't as self-deprecating, where I genuinely express my own opinion in my own voice.

And I kind of said to myself if I get my voice back I'm not going to take back the old anxiety about it and just focus on the limitations. I'm really going to enjoy it.

If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.

You are absolutely free to describe me as a turtle or something.

The power of makeup is incredible, but the power of you is cray cray.

You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.

So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.

But the real secret to total gorgeousness is to believe in yourself, have self confindence, and try to be secure in your decisions and thoughts.

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

You can feel better about yourself in a very short period of time depending on the kind of magic that you are doing.

My main focus is to always try to be myself first, and then, hey, if I wear a cool jacket, that's a bonus.