Top 50 Tina Knowles Quotes

I think, when you value yourself and respect yourself, everything else just falls into place.

When I look at me, I think I’m a good catch. Why wouldn’t somebody like me for me? I’m a pleasant person. I’m an intelligent person. I’m a good person. I’m not bad looking. Why wouldn’t I be able to get somebody to like me?

In the music business, if you’re not a fighter, you will get walked all over.

Take the time to get your clothes to fit. It makes a difference.

I’d like to reinforce that fact that if you put out positive stuff that that’s what you get back.

I don’t post pictures of my grandchildren unless I get permission. I’m really respectful about that. If I feel like anything is invasive of someone’s privacy, I don’t do that, either. Sometimes I have great pictures, but I’m like, ‘Eh, maybe this is not right.’

I’m a grandmother, but I don’t want to look like a grandmother. I still want to look sexy and sophisticated.

Being in the music business, if we couldn’t pull the fashions from designers and if designers couldn’t use artists to show off their fashions, where would we be?

Diana Ross… she’s the bomb.

I think that everybody, at one time or another, has been betrayed and lied to, and it’s about the pain, and it’s about the healing process, and it’s about how do you get past that and move on.

I enjoyed a close relationship with my mother, who set a wonderful example. As such, I have always tried to be as open and honest as possible with the girls growing up. I let them know they could always come to me with anything – and I would be there to support them.

Haters gonna be haters, and there’s nothing we can do about that.

Sometimes people hear that you help somebody or you said something that really resonated with them that they really needed to hear. Sometimes people get motivated to go and do stuff. That makes me feel really good because I feel like I’m affecting people in a good way.

You can dress sexy without going too far.

I never asked my children to do something I didn’t show them that I could also do.

I’m always ready for more grandbabies.

Beyonce was very shy around children, and one of the reasons we put her in dance classes was so she’d have some little kid friends.

There’s a misconception that you have to match your shoes and your bag. It can be so cool to add a patterned or off-color heel.

Every woman deserves to look fashionable, whether a size 2 or 22.

In high school, I had a singing group, and I designed the outfits and made my friends’ prom dresses.

My grandkids are amazing.

I taught my girls to pick up their own suitcases. Pretty is as pretty does.

Red is my signature color.

If you hold onto stuff, it holds on to you. It just weighs you down, and it’s a waste of energy. Why would I waste my energy on being bitter and hating when I could be using it to go out and do some really good stuff, you know?

Hair color is just an expression of something different that you want to have, or something creative.

At 58, I knew I had to get a divorce. At that age, it’s an almost impossible thing to go through. I had been married 33 years. I had been married for 33 years. I didn’t know anything else.

Beyonce knows what looks good on her and what doesn’t. She likes fitted dresses. They flatter her curvy figure. Baggy tops don’t work. But for everyday wear, she really prefers jeans and a fitted jacket.

Our lives haven’t been picture-perfect.

I’m the makeover queen. I love to do makeovers on people.

I loved Diahann Caroll growing up. I love a sophisticated, classy woman.

My girls do a lot of philanthropic work, but they are very private about it.

I’ve heard complaints from women all over the country that plus-size clothes aren’t sexy enough. You know, I’m a grandma, but I don’t want to look like a grandma! I want to feel confident and sexy in the clothes. I like my stuff tapered and well-fitted, not all boxy.

I’ve read some things where people are like, ‘Beyonce wants to be white’ because she has blonde highlights in her hair, but it’s ridiculous. You know, she is who she is, and she’s a very proud black woman. I know people with natural hair that are the least black inside; you know, it doesn’t matter.

I’m a huge fan of Motown. When you saw them on stage, you saw sparkle… you saw attitude. They didn’t have on t-shirt and jeans.

When you get to be a certain age, you want to wear your tops a little longer or pants that are more generous in the back area.

We can still be sexy and vibrant, fashionable, classy, and fly until the day we die!

I believe in the power of great clothing. It can evoke confidence, beauty, and a sense of glamour.

When I mentor girls, I’ll go around the room and ask them what they want to be or do. I’ve heard so many kids say, ‘I don’t want to be anything,’ which is really shocking, but it’s because no one has sat down and asked them.

Everything in my life happened for a reason. Even when I thought they were the worst things in the world, they turned out to be the best things in the world.

I not only enjoy a really great friendship with both my girls but also a close mother-daughter bond as well.

Everybody has their pain.

When I talk to people, I always try to figure out what their talents are, what is wonderful about the person. You do the same with kids.

You can find love at any age. You just have to go for it.

You want kids to dream big.

Louisiana is a special place in my family’s history, and we are committed as a family to never forget the city and the people of Baton Rouge.

I was from this small town, and my parents were poor.

I grew up with Cher and Motown, beautiful costumes.

I always have Trident gum with me because I talk to people all the time.

When I owned a hair salon back in Houston, I did a lot of makeovers. Women would come in for a new hairstyle and go out with a whole new look. I know what looks good on a woman.

My ‘Book of Prayer’ is the most important thing I carry. If I’m tense about something or need to pray for protection for my kids, it always helps.