Mary J. Blige

Believe in yourself when nobody else does.

Mary J. Blige

If you’re here right now in your life, your journey continues and you’ve lived to tell the story.

Mary J. Blige

Negative words are powerful boomerangs so be careful what you say about people and yourself.

Mary J. Blige

I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, ‘I’m just fine.’

Mary J. Blige

I don’t listen to people’s opinions. I have people around me who I can trust, but most of all I listen to myself.

Mary J. Blige

I wish I had known that education is the key. That knowledge is power. Now I pick up books and watch educational shows with my husband. I’m seeing how knowledge can elevate you.

Mary J. Blige

If you’re looking for inner peace from the outside world, you’re not going to get that. The inner peace starts with looking at you from the inside.

Mary J. Blige

In your life there’s peaks and valleys and sometimes we regress, and we don’t even know we regress. You just have to learn how to accept all of your mistakes and learn to love yourself again.

Mary J. Blige

It’s up to us to choose. Whether we win or loose. And I choose to win.

Mary J. Blige

As a kid, I dreamed about being onstage.

Mary J. Blige