83 Marilyn Monroe Quotes That Will Empower You
by Deanna | Jan 5, 2019
Marilyn Monroe… mention of her name exudes glamour, success, love, and mystery. Millions have been obsessed with her even after her untimely passing in 1962.
Who was she though… really? Why even bother knowing who she was? How can her words truly empower us?
When I originally started working on this article, I was only aware of the public view of Marilyn. As I researched her quotes, I discovered who the real person was. I became enraptured by her.
There was Marilyn Monroe… and then there was Norma Jeane.
From Norma Jeane to Marilyn Monroe
Norma Jeane was an intelligent young lady that wore glasses, loved to read, and had a knack for writing poetry. Like all of us, she was just a girl trying to find her place in the world.
Back in the 1940s & 1950s, social gender roles were very strong and she decided to pursue something else aside from being a housewife. She wanted to BE SOMEBODY.
Despite a broken childhood and several years struggling to make ends meet while she pursued her dream to be an actress, Norma-turned-Marilyn used her intelligence, hard work, and a bit of luck to become a bonafide star in the early 1950s. She featured in many critically acclaimed films such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and The Seven Year Itch (1955).
However, there was a steep price to pay for her stardom.
Norma became non-existent to everyone else as everyone was transfixed on the glamorous, demur Marilyn Monroe.
Over time, after much loss and betrayal, she developed a jaded sense of self and how people perceived her. Eventually she believed that no body really wanted to know who she really was on the inside and only befriended her to gain in self-interest.
She was drowning in the perception of how people thought she was, and she couldn’t keep up with the reputation. Marilyn just wanted to be seen for the person she was, not what people perceived her to be.
Yet, despite it all she was ever so optimistic and always strived to become a better person.
She was forever a dreamer.
Even though she was and is still very famous, she very much embodies the many emotions and feelings all of us women have about success, love, life, and feminism. Being in the spotlight for a decade, she had shared her many empowering thoughts on those subjects.
As you dive into this list of her quotes and sayings, you will get to understand a little more about her and the challenges she experienced throughout her life and career…A lot of which all of us women can relate to even today.
Her legacy lives on with the beautiful and empowering quotes she left behind for all who do love her. Today, be Inspired by the timeless Ms. Monroe.
Marilyn Monroe’s Remarkable Quotes
Love & Friendship
"The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead.”
“Too often they don’t realize what they have until it’s gone. …they’re too stubborn to say, ‘Sorry, I was wrong’ they hurt the ones closest to their hearts, and we let the most foolish things tear us apart”
“If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.”
“Just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything – they’re your true best friends. Don’t let go of them.”
“All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.”
“Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered… to feel she is the most important thing in someone’s world. Only a man can paint this picture.”
“Friendship is the bestest thing that comes to life . Friends will always be there for you don’t worry about the fakes worry about the people who had your back from the start and never treated you wrong always remember they are your real friends don’t never take them as granted because one day your going to lose a good friend by the way your action’s are when you see a good friend stick to that person .”
“A friend tells you what you want to hear; a best friend tells you the truth.”
“The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your hand or smiling into your eyes – or just by staring into space.”
“A man is more frank and sincere with his emotions than a woman. We girls, I’m afraid, have a tendency to hide our feelings.”
“Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn’t catch their eye they won’t bother to read what’s inside.”
“Love is something you cant invent, no matter how much you want to.”
“A girl does not need anyone who does not need her.”
“A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night.”
“It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone – so far.”
“A smart girl leaves before she is left.”
“What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers.”
“I think that love and work are the only things that really happen to us.”
Success
“I live to succeed, not to please you or anyone else.”
“When you have only a single dream it is more than likely to come true – because you keep working toward it without getting mixed up.”
“Just because you fail once, doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life’s a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.”
“Don’t stop when you’re tired; stop when you’re done.”
“The sky is not the limit. Your mind is”
“We are all stars but we must learn how to shine.”
“Just because you fail once, doesn’t mean you’re fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always trust yourself, because if you don’t then who will??”
“Just because you fail once doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything.”
“Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn’t that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.”
Life
“Nothing happens without a reason.”
“Sometimes good things fall apart so better things could fall together.”
“This life is what you make it. Not matter what, you’re going to mess up sometimes, it’s a universal truth.”
“When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I’m already better than them.”
“Respect is one of life’s greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don’t have that?”
“Never regret anything because at one time it was exactly what you wanted.”
“Fame to me certainly is only a temporary and a partial happiness … fame is not really for a daily diet, that’s not what fulfills you. It warms you a bit but the warming is temporary. It’s like caviar, you know – it’s good to have caviar but not when you have to have it every meal and every day.”
“Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.”
“Promises are worse than lies. You don’t just make them believe, you also make them hope.”
“I often wake up in the night, and I like to have something to think about.”
“I don’t forgive people because I’m weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.”
“Things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right.”
“That’s the story of my life; I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.”
“I’m the type of person that tries to fall back asleep in the morning just to finish a dream.”
“The more I think of it, the more I realize there are no answers. Life is to be lived.”
“Always remember to smile and look up at what you got in life.”
“I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that’s not easy.”
“If I’d observed all the rules, I’d never have got anywhere.”
“Maybe I’ll never be able to do what I hope to, but at least I have hope.”
“Dogs never bite me. Just humans.”
“I’ve often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.”
“Cutting negative people from my life does not mean I hate them, it simply means I respect me.”
“For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.”
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
“Always be yourself. Retain individuality; listen to the truest part of yourself.”
“I am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human.”
“She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important.”
“I don’t want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.”
“I restore myself when I’m alone.”
“Fear is stupid, so are regrets.”
Feminism
“The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.”
“One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I’m a woman. That is the way all females should feel.”
“A woman is often measured by the things she cannot control. She is measured by the way her body curves or doesn’t curve, by where she is flat or straight or round. She is measured by 36-24-36 and inches and ages and numbers, by all the outside things that don’t ever add up to who she is on the inside. And so if a woman is to be measured, let her be measured by the things she can control, by who she is and who she is trying to become. Because as every woman knows, measurements are only statistics… and STATISTICS LIE.”
“To all the girls that think you’re fat because you’re not a size zero, you’re the beautiful one, its society who’s ugly.”
“I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am pretty, but not beautiful. I have friends, but I am not the peacemaker.”
“We are all stars, and we deserve to twinkle.”
“It takes a smart brunette to play a dumb blonde.”
“Happiness is not in money, but in shopping.”
“A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.”
“People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person. They didn’t see me, they saw their own lewd thoughts, then they white-masked themselves by calling me the lewd one.”
“No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they’re pretty, even if they aren’t.”
“If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I’ve got to follow it through. What am I supposed to do, look intelligent?”
“Sometimes I’ve been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeties, would give me a wide berth. And the ladies would gang up in a corner to discuss my dangerous character.”
“Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.”
“I don’t mind living in a man’s world as long as I can be a woman in it.”
“I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.”
“Of course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I’m invited places to kind of brighten up a dinner table like a musician who’ll play the piano after dinner, and I know you’re not really invited for yourself. You’re just an ornament.”
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
“I don’t know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!”
“Frankly, I’ve never considered my own figure so exceptional; until quite recently, I seldom gave it any thought at all.”
“I’m a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image they’ve made of me– and that I’ve made of myself– as a sex symbol. They expect bells to ring and whistles to whistle, but my anatomy is the same as any other woman’s and I can’t live up to it.”
“Your clothes should be tight enough to show you’re a woman but loose enough to show you’re a lady.”
“I dress for men. A woman looks at your clothes critically. A man appreciates them.”
“The way you carry yourself is influenced by the way you feel inside. You must feel attractive to be attractive.”
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