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Captivating Words: 100 Marilyn Monroe Quotes That Inspire

Discover a treasure trove of inspiration with “Captivating Words: 100 Marilyn Monroe Quotes That Inspire.” Immerse yourself in the timeless wisdom and allure of Marilyn Monroe as you explore this collection of her most powerful quotes. From love and self-confidence to success and happiness, these quotes encapsulate the essence of Marilyn Monroe’s legacy. Get ready to be moved, motivated, and inspired by the words of one of the most iconic figures in Hollywood history.

Marilyn Monroe Quotes

1- “I don’t stop when I’m tired. I only stop when I’m done.”– Marilyn Monroe

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2- “Frankly, I’ve never considered my own figure so exceptional; until quite recently, I seldom gave it any thought at all.”– Marilyn Monroe

3- “I’m one of the world’s most self-conscious people. I really have to struggle.”– Marilyn Monroe

4- “I’ve spent most of my life running away from myself.”– Marilyn Monroe

5- “Respect is one of life’s greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don’t have that?”– Marilyn Monroe

7- “I’m very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.”– Marilyn Monroe

8- “Dogs never bite me. Just humans.”– Marilyn Monroe

9- “She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important.”– Marilyn Monroe

10- “Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you’re a human being, you feel, you suffer.”– Marilyn Monroe

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11- “The way you carry yourself is influenced by the way you feel inside. You must feel attractive to be attractive.”– Marilyn Monroe

12- “It’s not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.”– Marilyn Monroe

13- “When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I’m already better than them anyway.”– Marilyn Monroe

14- “I always felt insecure and in the way, but most of all I felt scared. I guess I wanted love more than anything else in the world.”– Marilyn Monroe

15- “I dress for men. A woman looks at your clothes critically. A man appreciates them.”– Marilyn Monroe

16- “I don’t consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.”– Marilyn Monroe

17- “I think there’s two things in human beings… that they want to be alone, but they also want to be together.”– Marilyn Monroe

18- “Everybody is always tugging at you. They’d all like a sort of chunk out of you. I don’t think they realize it, but it’s like ‘grrr do this, grr do that…’But you do want to stay intact and on two feet.”– Marilyn Monroe

19- “I want to do the best that I can do in that moment, when the camera starts, until it stops.”– Marilyn Monroe

20- “How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.”– Marilyn Monroe

21- “Everyone’s a star and deserves the right to twinkle.”– Marilyn Monroe

22- “Unfortunately, I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.” – Marilyn Monroe

23- “There isn’t anybody that looks like me without clothes on.”– Marilyn Monroe

24- “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul…First, I’m trying to prove to myself that I’m a person. Then maybe I’ll convince myself that I’m an actress.” – Marilyn Monroe

25- “I don’t know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!”– Marilyn Monroe

26- “Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting than being one.”– Marilyn Monroe

27- “Be real, be yourself, be unique, be true, be honest, be humble, be happy…”– Marilyn Monroe

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28- “I think that love and work are the only things that really happen to us.” – Marilyn Monroe

29- “Sweetie, if you’re going to be two-faced, at least make one of them pretty.”– Marilyn Monroe

30- “Who said nights were for sleep?” – Marilyn Monroe

31- “It’s nice to be included in people’s fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.”– Marilyn Monroe

32- “I don’t need a king I’m already the queen.” –  Marilyn Monroe

33- “I am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human.”– Marilyn Monroe

34- “They will only care when you’re gone.” –  Marilyn Monroe

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35- “Always be yourself. Retain individuality; listen to the truest part of yourself.”– Marilyn Monroe

36- “Always, always, always believe in yourself. Because if you don’t, then who will, sweetie?” – Marilyn Monroe

37- “If I am a star, the people made me a star.”– Marilyn Monroe

38- “A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.” – Marilyn Monroe

39- “I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”– Marilyn Monroe

40- “The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.” – Marilyn Monroe

41- “We are all stars but we must learn how to shine.”– Marilyn Monroe

42- “I’ve never fooled anyone. I’ve let people fool themselves. They didn’t bother to find out who and what I was. Instead, they would invent a character for me. I wouldn’t argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn’t.” – Marilyn Monroe

43- “I learned to walk as a baby and I haven’t had a lesson since.”– Marilyn Monroe

44- “Never get too attached to someone, because attachments lead to expectations and expectations lead to disappointments.” – Marilyn Monroe

45- “I only know I want to be wonderful.”– Marilyn Monroe

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46- “Your clothes should be tight enough to show you’re a woman, but loose enough to show you’re a lady.” – Marilyn Monroe

47- “I don’t look at myself as a commodity, but I’m sure a lot of people have.”– Marilyn Monroe

48- “I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.” – Marilyn Monroe

49- “A friend tells you what you want to hear; a best friend tells you the truth.”– Marilyn Monroe

50- “Beauty and femininity are ageless and can’t be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won’t like this, cannot be manufactured.” – Marilyn Monroe

51- “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”– Marilyn Monroe

52- “All a girl really wants from a guy is for him to prove to her that they are not all the same.” – Marilyn Monroe

53- “I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.”– Marilyn Monroe

54- “Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.” – Marilyn Monroe

55- “The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.”– Marilyn Monroe

56- “To all the girls who think you’re fat because you’re not a size zero. You’re the beautiful one. It’s society who’s ugly.” – Marilyn Monroe

57- “I live to succeed, not to please you or anyone else.”– Marilyn Monroe

58- “Ever notice how ‘What the hell’ is always the right answer?” – Marilyn Monroe

59- “Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.”– Marilyn Monroe

60- “I wanted to be treated as a human being who had earned a few rights since her orphanage days.” – Marilyn Monroe

61- “When you’re young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you’re laughing again.”– Marilyn Monroe

62- “Against all odds and despite all the obstacles, we are going to make it.” – Marilyn Monroe

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63- “Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn’t catch their eye they won’t bother to read what’s inside.”– Marilyn Monroe

64- “A girl should be like a butterfly. Pretty to see, hard to catch.” –  Marilyn Monroe

65- “That’s the way you feel when you’re beaten inside. You don’t feel angry at those who’ve beaten you. You just feel ashamed.”– Marilyn Monroe

66- “I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, ‘There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me dreaming of being a movie star.’ But I’m not going to worry about them. I’m dreaming the hardest.” – Marilyn Monroe

67- “A girl doesn’t need anyone who doesn’t need her.”– Marilyn Monroe

68- “Things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right.” – Marilyn Monroe

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69- “I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one.” – Marilyn Monroe

70- “Just because you fail once doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything.” – Marilyn Monroe

71- “Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.” – Marilyn Monroe

72- “If I’d observed all the rules, I’d never have got anywhere.” – Marilyn Monroe

73- “Always remember to smile and look up at what you got in life.” – Marilyn Monroe

74- “I don’t forgive people because I’m weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.” – Marilyn Monroe

75- “A woman can’t be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can’t do it by herself.” – Marilyn Monroe

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76- “When you have only a single dream it is more than likely to come true because you keep working toward it without getting mixed up.” – Marilyn Monroe

77- “This life is what you make it. No matter what, you’re going to mess up sometimes, it’s a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you’re going to mess it up.” – Marilyn Monroe

78- “You better believe when the conversation is getting shorter with you… it’s getting longer with someone else.” – Marilyn Monroe

79- “I restore myself when I’m alone.”–  Marilyn Monroe

80-  “We should all start to live before we get old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.” – Marilyn Monroe

81- “If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.” –  Marilyn Monroe

82- “A strong man doesn’t have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn’t match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.”–  Marilyn Monroe

83- “For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.” – Marilyn Monroe

84- “It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone – so far.”–  Marilyn Monroe

85- “Sometimes you just have to throw on a crown and remind them who they’re dealing with.” – Marilyn Monroe

86- “Sometimes I feel my life has been one big rejection” – Marilyn Monroe

87- “I don’t mind living in a man’s world as long as I can be a woman in it.” – Marilyn Monroe

88- “Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together.” – Marilyn Monroe

89- “You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.” – Marilyn Monroe

90- “If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.”–  Marilyn Monroe

91- “A smart girl leaves before she is left.”–  Marilyn Monroe

92- “Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.”–  Marilyn Monroe

93- “We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.”–  Marilyn Monroe

94- “The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes – or just by staring into space”.–  Marilyn Monroe

95- “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 Monroe

96- “I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that’s not easy”.– Marilyn Monroe

97- “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 Monroe

98- “Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.”–  Marilyn Monroe

99- “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”– Marilyn Monroe

100- “I’m selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I’m out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.”– Marilyn Monroe

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