Beyonce Knowles Feminist Quotations

I'm over being a pop star. I don't wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic.

I need to find a catchy new word for feminism, right? Like 'bootylicious.'

The reality is: sometimes you lose. And you're never too good to lose. You're never too big to lose. You're never too smart to lose. It happens.

He will change diapers, of course he will. He is going to be a very hands-on father.

My message behind this album was finding the beauty in imperfection.

I am a woman and when I think, I must speak.

Perfection is a disease of a nation.

The old lessons of submissiveness and fragility made us victims. Women are so much more than that. You can be a businesswoman, a mother, an artist, and a feminist - whatever you want to be - and still be a sexual being. It's not mutually exclusive.

We have a lot of work to do, but we can get there if we work together. Women are more than 50 percent of the population and more than 50 percent of voters. We must demand that we all receive 100 percent of the opportunities.

We have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.

I'm a workaholic and I don't believe in 'no.' If I'm not sleeping, nobody's sleeping.

Take all the rules away. How can we live if we don't change?

I felt like it was time to set up my future, so I set a goal. My goal was independence.

The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.