Quotes from Dolly Parton

I always ask God to work through me and let me be a light of some kind and help in this world, so I always pray for that, and I always want to do good.

God is in everything I do and all my work glorifies Him.

For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhood.

Those people who wake up and they're just beautiful, they're just born that way. Well that ain't me. I gotta work for everything I've got.

Jump out of bed and I stumble to the kitchen, pour myself a cup of ambition and yawn and stretch and try to come alive.

I never, ever get involved in politics. With politics you are not allowed to be honest. I don't have time to deal with that. I would rather work with kids.

I still close my eyes and go home - I can always draw from that.

Some guys look better as they get older.

I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.

I don't mind being it [age 60], I just don't like saying it.

I often joke that 100 years from now I hope people are saying, 'Dang, she looks good for her age!'

Don't lose your temper; use it.

My lips, I've used collagen. I line my lips with collagen.

I think that I know the value of a dollar.

We just seem to have lost all our morals and principles and values these days.

A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares... if you don't really work them.

Thanks to Botox and fillers, as well as the work that I've already had, my face pretty much maintains itself.

First thing I do in the morning, after I have my breakfast and do my spiritual work, is put on my makeup and fix my hair, and I can do my makeup in 15 minutes.

You can't just will your dreams to come true. You have to work hard. You have to give 'em wings, arms, legs...whatever it takes to make your dreams come true.

I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope.

They let you dream just to watch them shatter, you're just a step on the boss man's ladder.

I don't have anything to say about other people's art and their work.

I have always been a firm believer in working hard for what is right and for making your own breaks if you want things to change.

If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.