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Mary J. Blige (Singer)

I know who I am. I am not perfect. I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I'm one of them.

— Mary J. Blige world

There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.

— Mary J. Blige life

You can't get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the trial, and thank God for the strength to get through it.

— Mary J. Blige pain

It hurts when you have to smile and you don't want to smile, but the best thing to do is to smile.

— Mary J. Blige hurt

So as long as I'm a human being and I'm not perfect, I'm able to say I'm having some growing pains. Because in order to sustain where you are once you made such a breakthrough that everyone is looking at you, now everyone is like, 'Ooh, is she gonna make a mistake?' Yes, I'm going to make a mistake. Yes, I'm still gonna do things.

— Mary J. Blige pain

I wish I had known that education is the key. That knowledge is power. Now I pick up books and watch educational shows with my husband. I'm seeing how knowledge can elevate you.

— Mary J. Blige education

Believe in yourself when nobody else does.

— Mary J. Blige self

I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win.

— Mary J. Blige story

Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just take the compliment and be thankful that people are complimenting you, but don't let it consume you; don't let your circumstances around you and the way people view you make you act a certain way.

— Mary J. Blige love

I cannot save the world; that's not what I'm trying to do. I guess I'm just trying to walk the walk and be an example to those that want it. Not everybody does, but if Mary J. Blige can come out of that same hole you were in, then you can do it, too - that's my goal: to do that without saying it, but actually live it.

— Mary J. Blige world

One day I realized that I wasn't getting anywhere by blaming other people for my circumstances. I finally understood: Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.

— Mary J. Blige people

I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.'

— Mary J. Blige man

When you wake up and learn to love yourself and want to take care of yourself, things are harder because people don't like the idea of it. But when you get in trouble, it gives people things to talk about.

— Mary J. Blige love

Thank you so much for supporting me from the day I stepped foot into the music industry. It really means something to me to have Maya Angelou speak on my behalf. It also means a lot to have Oprah on my speed dial!

— Mary J. Blige music

Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music has.

— Mary J. Blige time

In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me.

— Mary J. Blige love

You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it.

— Mary J. Blige life

I believe there are certain things that God uses to get us out of a bad situation, and I believe music was one of the things he used for me.

— Mary J. Blige music

Life is full of trials and tribulations. It's dramatic when you don't treat people right when you're in the tribulations, but I know now how to get out of it. You have to make a decision to say 'No more', and then you know what to do when the trials happen.

— Mary J. Blige people

I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes - 'Oh, man, that's messed up. Okay, I need to work on that; I need to work on this.'

— Mary J. Blige change

From being a little girl in the projects, going through all of the mess that I was going through, to ending up at the Inauguration for the first African-American president, I'm speechless right now because I never thought I'd - I never ever - I couldn't even see that far. Even when I ended up in the music business, I couldn't see that.

— Mary J. Blige music

You can hate me. You can go out there and say anything you want about me, But you will love me later because I told you the truth.

— Mary J. Blige love

Really, every woman is an example to me, because as women we go through so much pain. We have to live this perfect life when we are messed up inside. We all go through trials and tribulations.

— Mary J. Blige life

God comes first - if I don't love him, I can't love anybody, and if I can't love me I can't love nobody.

— Mary J. Blige love

I'm a child of God. God is my mommy, my daddy. That's the only thing that'll keep my head up. If I don't remember who I am in him, I'm done.

— Mary J. Blige child

I know who I am. I am not perfect. Im not the most beautiful woman in the world. But Im one of them.

— Mary J Blige world

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