‚Born this Way‘ is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud.

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven.

I think a lot of people love to convolute what everyone else does in order to disempower women.

You aren’t normal if you sing to people. You aren’t a normal person. It’s nerve-racking.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

This has always been my life and no one else’s, and that’s how it’s always been since the day I came in it.

I was the first woman to burn my bra – it took the fire department four days to put it out.

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we’re going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.

It is possible for a woman to be a romantic, but also to be single and to be happy.

I think everyone’s inherently snobbish. Things that are very popular are not taken seriously, because the snobbish side of one says, ‚Well, if everyone likes it it can’t be that good.‘ Whereas if only I and a couple of other people like it, then it must be really something special.

To make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the U.S.A. won the medal of gold. The Greeks said, ‚You’re better than the Cassius of old.‘

Feminism… I think the simplest explanation, and one that captures the idea, is a song that Marlo Thomas sang, ‚Free to be You and Me.‘

My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.

Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.

The only answer to fear is faith in God, knowing He loves you unconditionally and individually.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

I look out at the stadiums full of people and see them all knowing the words to songs I wrote. And curling their hair! I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It’s just funny. And wonderful.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

We are all special cases.

Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who are indifferent, or who are trying to be everything to everybody, who are trying to please everyone… Bad food is fake food… food that shows fear and lack of confidence in people’s ability to discern or to make decisions about their lives.

I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That’s what I see. That’s the America I know!

All ways of living can be sanctified, and for each individual, the ideal way is that to which our Lord leads him through the natural development of his tastes and the pressure of circumstances.

Conscious of not being able to separate myself from my time, I have decided to become part of it.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one’s self.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It’s like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I’d like to play strong women who are also very feminine.

Never be ashamed! There’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth bothering with.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

The answer I found is you stay away from the people who make fun of you, and you join these ad hoc groups who understand your craziness.

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn’t think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.

Your life will be a blessed and balanced experience if you first honor your identity and priority.

I don’t worry about stress. I create it.

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation – not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.

It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

You may make some mistakes – but that doesn’t make you a sinner. You’ve got the very nature of God on the inside of you.

One of my proudest moments is I didn’t sell my soul for the sake of popularity.

There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.

I say, ‚Yeah, Taylor Swift.‘ I think she is a smart, beautiful girl. I think she’s making all the right moves. She’s got a good head on her shoulders. She’s surrounded with wonderful people. Her songs are great. She keeps herself anchored. She knows who she is, and she’s living and standing by that.

All these walls that keep us from loving each other as one family or one race – racism, religion, where we grew up, whatever, class, socioeconomic – what makes us be so selfish and prideful, what keeps us from wanting to help the next man, what makes us be so focused on a personal legacy as opposed to the entire legacy of a race.

I do love the films I’ve done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we’re trying to make people laugh and I’m very proud of that.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

I change during the course of a day. I wake and I’m one person, and when I go to sleep I know for certain I’m somebody else.

I always liked different things, rare things.

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man’s pride in his work.

Women should be obscene and not heard.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.

The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.

I am so tired of fear. And I don’t want my girls to live in a country, in a world, based on fear.

I’m not interested in people positioning me next to other artists.

I always wanted to be loved.