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Madonna is one of the most successful female singers of all time. She has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and is ranked by Billboard as the 3rd top-selling female recording artist in the United States, behind Barbra Streisand and Linda Ronstadt.
She was born in 1958 in Bay City, Michigan, to Italian parents. Her mother was an Italian American from Sicily, and her father was a French-Canadian from Marseille.
Her music career began on July 27, 1982, and she released her self-titled debut album two years later. It was a commercial success worldwide, and its lead single “Holiday” became Madonna’s first number one for twenty years after it had been used in a commercial for Coca-Cola in 1983. The album reached number eight on both the US Billboard 200 chart and UK Albums Chart.
She followed this up with her second studio album, Like A Virgin (1984), which became one of the best-selling albums of all time with over 25 million copies worldwide.
Take a look at these motivating quotes to be your best self and achieve the success of your dreams.
51 Most Inspiring Madonna Quotes
“We all fall to the floor at some point. It’s how you pick yourself up that’s the real challenge. Isn’t it?” Madonna
“Power without guilt, love without doubt….” ― Madonna
“I laugh at myself. I don’t take myself completely seriously. I think that’s another quality that people have to hold on to… you have to laugh, especially at yourself.” ― Madonna
“Power is being told you are not loved and not being destroyed by it.” ― Madonna
“I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.” ― Madonna
“If it’s bitter at the start, then it’s sweeter in the end.” ― Madonna
“I think you can be defiant and rebellious and still be strong and positive.” ― Madonna
“People think they will wake up one day and I’ll be gone. But I’m never going away.” ― Madonna
“The worst thing about being famous? I think it’s what everybody says…the lack of privacy and the idea that you’re not really allowed to make mistakes and everything that you do is viewed under a microscope.” ― Madonna
“Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as a sheep.” ― Madonna
“I am rich and famous. I have a talented and gorgeous husband and two beautiful children. I could go on.” ― Madonna
“I have the same goal I’ve had ever since I was a girl. I want to rule the world.” ― Madonna
“To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don’t want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.” ― Madonna
“A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want.” ― Madonna
“If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you’re always going to be disappointed.” ― Madonna
“I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this.” ― Madonna
“Beauty is where you find it.” ― Madonna
“I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon but I want to Stay Alive.” ― Madonna
“Express yourself, don’t repress yourself.” ― Madonna
“Children always understand. They have open minds. They have built-in shit detectors.” ― Madonna
“Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone.” ― Madonna
“In the blink of an eye everything can change! Why waste time?“ Madonna
“I’ve been popular and unpopular successful and unsuccessful loved and loathed and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore I feel free to take whatever risks I want.” ― Madonna
“It’s not my nature to just kick back.” ― Madonna
“T.G.T.B.T: too good to be true.” ― Madonna
“I think my biggest flaw is my insecurity. I’m terribly insecure. I’m plagued with insecurities 24/7.” ― Madonna
“Don’t just stand there let’s get to it. Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it.” ― Madonna
“I’m always looking for something new: a new inspiration, a new philosophy, a new way to look at something, new talent.” ― Madonna
“If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you’re always going to be disappointed.” ― Madonna
“Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.” ― Madonna
“No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.” ― Madonna
“Power without guilt, love without doubt.” ― Madonna
“To me, the whole process of being a brush stroke in someone else’s painting is a little difficult” – Madonna
“If I can’t be daring in my work or the way I live my life, then I don’t really see the point of being on this planet.” ― Madonna
“Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion.” ― Madonna
“Never forget to dream.” ― Madonna
“Power is being told you’re not loved and not being destroyed by it.” ― Madonna
“You have to be passionate and believe in what you do because there’s going to be a lot of fights, battles, and struggles along the way. So my best advice is to really believe and love what you do. You always have to fight for things that are worth it.” ― Madonna
“Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as sheep.” ― Madonna
“Sometimes you have to be a bitch to get things done.” ― Madonna
“Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, have a sense of humor, don’t judge people by their religion, color or habits, love life and your family.” ― Madonna
“Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.” ― Madonna
“I always thought I should be treated like a star.” ― Madonna
“I’ve never really lived a conventional life, so I think it’s quite foolish for me or anyone else to start thinking that I am going to start making conventional choices.” ― Madonna
“I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.” ― Madonna
“We learn our lessons; we get hurt; we want revenge. Then we realize that actually, happiness and forgiving people is the best revenge.” ― Madonna
“Sometimes I look back at myself and remember things I used to say, or my hairstyle, and I cringe.” ― Madonna
“Power is being told you’re not loved and not being destroyed by it.” ― Madonna
“Imagine if someone like John Lennon or Bob Marley, Sid Vicious, Picasso, whomever, were doing their work, and some corporation, some CEO, some branding entity was saying to you, ‘Well, you can do that, but you’ve got to remove this aspect of your work.’ There would no longer be that purity anymore.” ― Madonna
