Quotes from Dolly Parton

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can 'cause I know I'm gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.

I have a tendency to be awfully big-hearted and it's very hard for me to say no, even when I need to.

A real important thing is that, though I rely on my husband for love, I rely on myself for strength.

Adjusting to the passage of time is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches.

My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.

It seems like the more I give the more I get, and that is the way it is supposed to go in life.

I feel blessed that I still have the little Dolly in my heart, I'm still the same girl that wants to squeeze every little drop out of life that I can.

Life is a song to me.

I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off.

Everybody has a purpose.

After momma gave birth to 12 of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her.

I want to go and go, and then drop dead in the middle of something I'm loving to do. And if that doesn't happen, if I wind up sitting in a wheelchair, at least I'll have my high heels on.

I've always been fascinated by everything with wings.

I did not, thank the Lord, have to have a hysterectomy.

I think so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame.

I've always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin' my thing, my own way. And it's been hard for me to, to be accepted, certainly in the early years of my life.

Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road.

I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.

I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me.

I didn't know any gay people in my childhood.

I do have a lot of gays in my family now, but some will never come out.

I'm a workin' girl.

If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I'd be like Ru Paul.