Dolly Parton Quotes

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”

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

“If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.”

“You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.”

“Storms make trees take deeper roots.”

“I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed.”

“Being a star just means that you just find your own special place, and that you shine where you are.”

“When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.”

“Energy begets energy.”

“I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.”

“Above everything else I've done, I've always said I've had more guts than I've got talent.”

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

“When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try 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?”

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

“Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”

“Dream more, learn more, care more, and be more.”

“The magic is inside you. There ain't no crystal ball.”

“You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.”

“I try to see the good in everybody, and I don't care who people are as long as they're themselves, whatever that is.”

“God tells us not to judge one another, no matter what anyone's sexual preferences are or if they're black, brown or purple.”

“People just overshoot trying to find God. They don't realise that it's right inside themselves.”

“I always ask God to work through me and let me be a light of some kind and help in this world.”

“We're all just a bunch of sinners, but we do the best we can.”

“I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.”

“I do remember how it was to be poor. In my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food. And in my early life, we didn't even have electricity.”