Marlene Dietrich

"I've spent most of my life fighting myself. It's time to stop."

"Love is finding someone who makes you feel less alone in the vastness of the universe."

"Fear is the greatest limiter of potential that exists."

"I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen with a crown and a man I do not love."

"Every moment we are given is a gift we must open with intention."

"The most wasted of all days is one in which we have not laughed."

"True beauty radiates from a life well-lived."

"In matters of the heart, there are no shortcuts or substitutes for genuine feeling."

"I learned that the truth is rarely comfortable, but it is always necessary."

"The greatest act of rebellion is to live authentically."

"I have always believed that success comes to those who believe in themselves."

"Death is simply the next stage of an adventure we cannot yet imagine."

"A woman's strength is not measured by how much she can endure, but by how gracefully she does it."

"The only real prison is a closed mind."

"I have learned that patience is not passive; it is the most active of all virtues."

"What separates the mediocre from the magnificent is the willingness to take a risk."

"I believe that every person carries within them the capacity for greatness."

"The real luxury in life is not what you own, but what you experience."

"I am not interested in power for its own sake, but in what power can accomplish."

"Life teaches you more than any book ever could."

"A woman who knows what she wants and goes after it is often called difficult."

"The secret to happiness is not in getting what you want, but in wanting what you have."

"I have learned to dance with my demons rather than run from them."

"Every goodbye carries with it the seeds of a new beginning."

"I believe in magic, but only the kind created by human determination and will."

"The world does not need another woman trying to be someone else."

"I have found that the most interesting people are those with the deepest wounds."

"Time is the one currency we cannot save or earn back."

"A friendship without honesty is merely a pleasant acquaintance."

"I never underestimate the power of a well-timed silence."