Rihanna, the iconic singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur, is known for her powerful and inspiring words. Her unique blend of talent and charisma has made her a global icon, and her influence extends far beyond the world of music.
Rihanna’s quotes are a reflection of her incredible journey, from her humble beginnings in Barbados to her rise to stardom. Her words are filled with wisdom, courage, and a fierce determination to succeed. In this article, we will explore some of Rihanna’s most memorable quotes and the impact they have had on her fans and followers around the world.
81 Rihanna Quotes
- “Never a failure, always a lesson”
2. “Don’t hide from who you are.”
3. “You may never be good enough for everybody, but you will always be the best for somebody.”
4. “Let go of the things that make you feel dead! Life is worth living!”
5. “It’s tougher to be vulnerable than to actually be tough.”
6. “Keep your eyes on the finish line and not on the turmoil around you”
7. “Hurt me with the truth. Don’t comfort me with a lie.”
8. “I stand up for what I believe in, and a lot of the time that can be against people’s opinions.”
9. “People gonna talk whether you doing bad or good”
10. “When I see myself as an old woman, I just think about being happy. And hopefully, I’ll still be fly.”
11. “Sometimes it takes a thousand tries to win.”
12. “It’s nice to look back on your life and see things as lessons, and not regrets.”
13. “Settling is the worst feeling in the world.”
14. “If someone is right for you, you’ll know it.”
15. “I’m crazy, and I don’t pretend to be anything else.”
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16. “I love music, and after my first experience with movies, I can’t wait to do more.”
17. “If you don’t live your life, then who will?”
18. “I stand up for what I believe in, and a lot of the time that can be against people’s opinions”
19. “Women feel empowered when they can do the things that are supposed to be only for men, you know?”
20. “The minute you learn to love yourself you won’t want to be anyone else.”
21. “I’m really looking forward to seeing what life brings to me.”
22. “Nobody can understand what you’re feeling unless they burn the way you burned”
23. “I stand up for what I believe in, and a lot of the time that can be against people’s opinions.”
24. “I take risks because I get bored. And I get bored very easily.”
25. “All you need to do is help one person, expecting nothing in return. To me, that is a humanitarian.”
26. “Making music is like shopping for me. Every song is like a new pair of shoes.”
27. “Single life is so overrated.”
28. “Love makes you go places you probably wouldn’t ever go, had it not been for love. But I think everybody still has their limits.”
29. “All my favorite artists and fashion icons and models are from the Nineties. Everybody was just so fearless.”
30. “I don’t do things for the response or the controversy. I just live my life.”
31. “I drink a lot of coconut water. It balances out all the other toxic stuff I put into my body.”
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32. “You have to just accept your body. You may not love it all the way, but you just have to be comfortable with it, comfortable with knowing that that’s your body.”
33. “I think a lot of people are afraid of being happy because of what others might think.”
34. “Be a girl with a mind, a bitch with an attitude, a lady with class.”
35. “I used to feel unsafe right in the moment of an accomplishment – I felt the ground fall from under my feet because this could be the end.”
36. “Cause all of my kindness, it has taken for weakness.”
37. “Ask God for forgiveness, and leave your regrets in the past.”
38. “I believed all of your dreams, adoration. You took my heart and my keys and my patience.”
39. “I’m turned on by guys who are cultured. That’ll keep me intrigued. They don’t have to have a single degree, but they should speak other languages or know things about other parts of the world or history or certain artists or musicians. I like to be taught.”
40. “Music is in my DNA!”
41. “My body is weird. I wake up when the sun comes up, and it’s hard for me to go to sleep. My thoughts just take over.”
42. “I find that when I get on stage now, I don’t want to perform a lot of my songs because they don’t feel like me. So I want to make songs that are timeless.”
43. “I believe everybody’s an individual. You can’t judge someone based on someone else’s actions.”
44. “ The minute you learn to love yourself you won’t want to be anyone else.”
45. “I hate going to the gym and doing it the old-fashioned way. I hate anything that’s too straightforward, too routine, too familiar. I get bored really, really quickly.”
Rihanna Quotes About Love and Creativity
46. “I’m gonna look back on my life and say that I enjoyed it and I lived for me.”
47. “I am a child but I have to think and act like a woman, this business forces you to die.”
48. “I’m open to love. But guys have to earn it. Men are like hunters; they like the chase.”
49. “I could never give relationship advice to anybody!”
50. “I like to be creative.”
51. “Shine bright like a diamond. Find light in the beautiful sea, I choose to be happy.”
52. “Guys need attention. They need that nourishment, that little stroke of the ego that gets them by every now and then. I’ll give it to my family, I’ll give it to my work — but I will not give it to a man right now.’’
53. “I never eat salad. I make sure I don’t put a lot of junk into my system, but I hate vegetables!”
54. “Hurt me with the truth. Don’t comfort me with a lie.”
55. “I like to take charge, but I love to be submissive. Being submissive in the bedroom is really fun. You get to be a little lady, to have somebody be macho and in charge. That’s sexy to me.”
Short Rihanna Quotes
56. “When I cut my hair, the whole sound changed, my style changed.”
57. “Because tomorrow I’m still going to be the same person. I’m still going to do what I want to do.”
58. “It’s only up from here, no downward spiral.”
59. “I used to feel guilty about taking personal time, but I also think I never met someone who was worth it before.”
60. “I think love is one of the purest things you can sing about. One of the best things you can sing about.”
61. “I’m moving forward in life. Only way I’m looking back, is if it’s my a.. in the mirror.”
62. “I’m just me. I don’t feel a reason to change.”
63. “God just has a way of working things out the way he wants to and you have no say in that.”
64. “Now I let my guard down and I’m more comfortable just being myself. That’s exactly what I want to be.”
65. “I always believed that when you follow your heart or your gut, when you really follow the things that feel great to you, you can never lose, because settling is the worst feeling in the world.”
66. “You can’t master your future if you’re still a slave to your past.”
67. “Not really sure how to feel about it. Something in the way you move. Makes me feel like I can’t live without you and it takes me all the way…I want you to stay.”
68. “The bottom line is that everyone thinks differently.”
Mind-Provoking Rihanna Quotes
69. “Hurt me with the truth. Don’t comfort me with a lie.”
70. “People think, because we’re young, we aren’t complex, but that’s not true. We deal with life and love and broken hearts in the same way a woman a few years older might.”
71. “You have to let people be who they are. You have to believe that that’s going to be the best version of them.”
72. “More than anything, I like a jacket. You can do anything with a great jacket, the bigger the better. You can have any silhouette underneath. It gives you an attitude. It makes a gown look cool.”
73. “I always wanted to do what my brothers were doing. I always wanted to play the games they played and play rough and wear pants and go outside.”
74. “The stylish kids on the street, they’re the ones that set the trends. The designers see what they’re doing and go and design their line and sell it back to the same kids, and it’s like, why not go directly to the source?”
75. “I used to feel guilty about taking personal time, but I also think I never met someone who was worth it before.”
76. “The devil wants to steal your joy because he knows that joy is your strength…that is why sometimes we need each other.”
77. “I feel like I’m being watched. Always. Like, I want to tan topless somewhere, and I know I probably could never do that. Even if I’m upstairs in my bedroom, and the curtains are pulled, I feel like a paparazzo’s outside on a boat somewhere, or somebody’s peeping.”
78. “The reason I hold on, cause I need this hole gone. Funny you’re the broken one but I’m the only one who needed saving. Cause when you never see the light, it’s hard to know which one of us is caving.”
79. “I always believed that when you follow your heart or your gut, when you really follow the things that feel great to you, you can never lose, because settling is the worst feeling in the world.”
80. “When we first met, I never felt something so strong. You were like my lover and my best friend, all wrapped into one with a ribbon on it.”
81. “You took my heart and my keys and my patience. You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration.”
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Rihanna’s quotes have become a source of inspiration and motivation for people from all walks of life. From her music to her fashion line and beauty brand, she has proven time and again that she is a force to be reckoned with. Her words remind us to be unapologetic, confident, and resilient in the face of adversity.
Rihanna’s journey is a testament to the fact that with hard work, perseverance, and a positive attitude, anything is possible. Her quotes will continue to inspire generations to come, and we can all learn from her wisdom and strength. As Rihanna herself once said, “The minute you learn to love yourself, you won’t want to be anyone else.”