More from Marilyn Monroe
Maybe I’ll never be able to do what I hope to, but at least I have hope.
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe Assimilation is much more joyful than conformity,
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe 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.
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe I’ve given myself away, the whole of me, every part.
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe Men who think that a woman’s past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak.
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe In spite of everything life is not without hope.
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe Who said nights were for sleep?
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe 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.
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe Always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who will, sweetie
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe I’ve been on a calendar, but never on time.
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe A smart girl leaves before she is left
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe I restore myself when I’m alone.
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe 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.
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe Love and work are the only two real things in our lives. They belong together, otherwise it is off. Work is in itself a form of love.
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Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on beautiful
And the beauty of a woman, with passing years only grows!
Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn I’m pretty, but I’m not beautiful. I sin but I’m not the devil. I’m good, but I’m not an angel.
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe Don’t let them tell you ain’t beautiful.
EminemEminem Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
Khalil GibranKhalil Gibran No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
Lao TzuLao Tzu It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
Maya AngelouMaya Angelou I like to run around. I’m enjoying traveling. I absorb as much as I can, and I get to go to beautiful places that I don’t know if I would ever visit.
Selena GomezSelena Gomez