Diana Ross famous quotes

Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.
-- Diana Ross

#Past #Order #Years

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.
-- Diana Ross

#Inspirational #Encouraging #Dream

Most people are so hard to please that if they met God, they'd probably say yes, she's great, but ...
-- Diana Ross

#People #Mets #Please

I don't know what I feel about wearing my furs anymore. I worked so hard to have a fur coat, and I don't want to wear it anymore because I'm so wrapped up in the animals. I have real deep thoughts about it because I care about the world and nature.
-- Diana Ross

#Real #Animal #Deep Thought

I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time.
-- Diana Ross

#Dream #Believe #Want

If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.
-- Diana Ross

#Believe #Moving #Mountain

My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.
-- Diana Ross

#Opportunity #Today #Steps

You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.
-- Diana Ross

#Believe #Mentor #Needs

You can always tell where Diana Ross has been by the hair that's left behind!
-- Diana Ross

#Hair #Diana #Left Behind

I can be a better me than anyone can.
-- Diana Ross

#Inspirational #Better Me

Hair has always been important.
-- Diana Ross

#Hair #Important

Icon. What is an icon? When someone is iconic it means they have established a certain kind of legacy possibly, and I think it does come with time. It's something in the arts, I feel. Maybe not, maybe it doesn't have to be in the arts exactly. I'm not really sure. But I don't think you are born an icon.
-- Diana Ross

#Art #Mean #Thinking

I don't judge people by their sexual orientation or the color of their skin, so I find it really hard to identify someone by saying that they're a gay person or a black person or a Jewish person.
-- Diana Ross

#Gay #Color #People

I'd traveled a lot, was going temporarily insane and became very successful, but there was no one to take that all home to.
-- Diana Ross

#Home #Successful #Insane

Being a parent is very important to me.
-- Diana Ross

#Parent #Important #Being A Parent

One thing you cannot control is nature.
-- Diana Ross

My children come first and the career comes in around that.
-- Diana Ross

#Children #Careers #Firsts

I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother.
-- Diana Ross

#Mother #Children #Single Mother

I have never gotten into the label thing.
-- Diana Ross

#Labels

I don't have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing.
-- Diana Ross

#Waiting #Next

I don't think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon.
-- Diana Ross

#Thinking #Icons #Limousines

I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.
-- Diana Ross

#Want #Information #Revealing

I look forward to the future - and going into the studio to make new music.
-- Diana Ross

#Looks

I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.
-- Diana Ross

#Priorities #Trying

It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.
-- Diana Ross

#Mean #Long

I just appreciate still having the longevity that I've had in my career.
-- Diana Ross

#Careers #Appreciate #Longevity

I think that if my voice for some reason changes - because your voice does change - then it's time for me not to sing.
-- Diana Ross

#Thinking #Voice #Doe

The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, 'What's so great about Billie Holiday?'
-- Diana Ross

#Holiday #Records #Firsts

I listen to most everything that's out there because I need to stay aware of what's happening in the industry.
-- Diana Ross

#Needs

If I'm with a man I'm soft and buttery.
-- Diana Ross

#Men

Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it's show business. You know, we all got rhythm.
-- Diana Ross

#Sports #People #Black

So I'm not worried about the emotions I carry with me, because I'm happy that I have them; I think it's good for the work I do. The emotions that are not healthy are the ones you hold inside, like anger.
-- Diana Ross

#Anger #Thinking #Healthy

I don't like to have too many makeup artists around, so I always like to do my own.
-- Diana Ross

#Artist #Makeup #Makeup Artist

I am in prayer for his kids and the family.
-- Diana Ross

#Prayer #Kids

My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches' but in fact, the Ross's were never raggedy.
-- Diana Ross

#Rags #Rags To Riches #Riches

Criticism, even when you try to ignore it, can hurt. I have cried over many articles written about me, but I move on and I don't hold on to that.
-- Diana Ross

#Hurt #Moving #Criticism

If we hold on together I know our dreams will never die Dreams see us through to forever Where clouds roll by For you and I
-- Diana Ross

#Music #Dream #Clouds

I have three girls, and I say the same thing to them. I'm not involved in their careers because I've learned that it's important for them to stand on their own two feet. They'll feel better and prouder of themselves if they do.
-- Diana Ross

#Girl #Feel Better #Careers

I try to choose the songs that really are basically coming from my heart. I think that through the songs that I select, people know what's going on in my life.
-- Diana Ross

#Song #Heart #Thinking

I majored in fashion design in school, and I have always wanted to design my own line of clothing, jewelry, and stuff like that; so this was just a step for me in that direction.
-- Diana Ross

#Fashion #School #Design

I'm a parent, and I try to take care of my health and keep my life in order. In the last few years I've really had to decide what's important to me, and it seems to me that my family and my health are top on the list. And those have nothing to do with show business.
-- Diana Ross

#Order #Years #Parent

A reporter once asked me if I ever cried. I wonder if people think I'm just as hard as a rock and have no emotions at all.
-- Diana Ross

#Thinking #Rocks #People

My father worked hard, but we were still very poor; and I didn't want anybody arguing about money, so I became the entertainer, the one who wanted everyone to be happy. I didn't want there to be any problems.
-- Diana Ross

#Father #Want #Arguing

It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.
-- Diana Ross

#Central Park #Parks #Intention

I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart.
-- Diana Ross

#Song #Heart #Firsts

I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
-- Diana Ross

#Ghetto #Detroit #Used

Do you know where you going to? Do you like the things that life is showing you? Where are you going to? Do you know?
-- Diana Ross

#Life Is

Discipline is a necessary tool to help you get what you want in life. It forces you to stay on center and to move away from the things that are not necessary.
-- Diana Ross

#Moving #Discipline #Tools

My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.
-- Diana Ross

#Kids #Energy #Tails

I think a responsibility comes with notoriety, but I never think of it as power. It's more like something you hold, like grains of sand. If you keep your hand closed, you can have it and possess it, but if you open your fingers in any way, you can lose it just as quickly.
-- Diana Ross

#Responsibility #Thinking #Hands

Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who's lost their way.
-- Diana Ross

#Encouragement #Philosophy #Giving

With the Supremes I made so much money so fast all I wanted to do was buy clothes and pretty things. Now I'm comfortable with money and it's comfortable with me.
-- Diana Ross

#Clothes #Safety #Comfort

I learned something from that. If someone asks me something that I really don't want to do, I say no. I have to trust that. And I'm not afraid to talk money.
-- Diana Ross

#Trust No One #Want #Not Afraid