Nicki Minaj Quotes

If I am constantly working, my relationships fail. So at least now I can have enough time to write a happy record. And be in love and be happy.

Well, my life is so centered around the people I care about, my animals, and my work.

I'm a single parent, a working mother, an executive, and an author. My greatest accomplishment will be to raise three wonderful children.

You can have it all, but you can't do it all.

I stay balanced by remembering to prioritize. What is most important should never be railroaded by the "tyranny of the urgent." My relationship with God, my devotion to my husband, my responsibilities to my children, loving others, and, of course, remaining grateful for the blessings that I have. Like getting to do what I love for a living. And trust me, I am.

Balance is key: I need to be successful in my career to feel fulfilled, be surrounded by people I care about to share it with, and have my health to be able to do the things I love to do!

For me, now, working and children is it. There's nothing more to life.

Very few women manage to have it all; certainly not all at once.

Everyone wants to be happy - people find happiness in different ways. While you want to pursue your career 100 percent, I think it is very hard to give 100 percent in something else. It's important to find this balance, and priorities change throughout life.

From a very young age, I had this idea that if you are very successful in your career, and you're giving all of your attention to that, then your family life... possibly will not flourish as it might.

For me, my work, family, and fans are the most important; rest is just there.

One thing I didn't want to believe in is that I couldn't have a family and do music at the same time.

Football is my life, but there are more important things in life.

You can be a good mom and still work out, get your rest, have a career - or not. My mother encouraged me to find that balance.

- I'm so busy doing what I must do that I don't have time for what I ought to do... and I never get a chance to do what I want to do! - Son, that's universal. The way to keep that recipe from killing you is occasionally to do what you want to do anyhow.

That's a journey I've been on for many years. I mean, being a working mother, realizing that I have to make and find my balance.

It would be the ultimate dream for me to win an Academy Award, be in love and have kids. Then I would say, 'Life is great! I have done everything I wanted.'

I'm a mom first.

Acting's not my whole life. My children definitely come first.

I think my children know that Mother's priority is to be with them first. But I don't think it has to be an either/or situation. Work is very important to me, and it wouldn't be in the best interest of my children for me to stay home seven days a week.

My life is ruled by four W's: my writing, my work, my wife, and my whisky. Not necessarily in that order.

My father told me you have two loves in your life: What you do and the people you're with.

Writing can be a tough gig. Whenever you do something in which you put yourself out there - if that becomes the focus of your life, you miss the point of living. You've really got to get the grounding of family and the things that are important in your life and make that your focus.

My daughter recently reminded me not to get so busy making a living, I forget to make a life and I'm going to take that advice.

We're not only hockey players. A lot of guys have families and girlfriends. You can't just think about hockey 24-7.