Explore Quotes by Jennifer Lopez

There's no way in the world that just because women turn the number 40, they're anything less than amazing. That's crazy. If anything, you're even more amazing!

By nature I am not tough, believe it or not.

Being an artist doesn't start because you're 21, and it doesn't end because you're 51. You are who you are until the day you die.

I look to women who epitomize old Hollywood glamour, like Rita Hayworth.

The biggest insecurity I had was my singing. Even though I had sold 70 million records, there was this feeling like, I'm not good at this.

I loved the last album, and it was one hundred percent me. But this is like me two years later, who understands a little bit more about music and understands a little bit more about making an album. I wrote a lot more.

When I was young, I was just about hard work. But as I got older, I did experience anxiety, doubt, judgment, and it's so easy to lose yourself for a second.

I think a lot about teaching my kids to work hard.

I think if you're in a committed relationship, unless you have some sort of an understanding, monogamy is something that should exist.

I've always been very girly.

I've learned something about kids - they don't do what you say; they do what you do.

I would never speak about specifics in my own relationships because I think it's tacky.

Oh my God, my girlfriends are everything to me. They celebrate with you, they cry with you, they hold you when you need to be held. They laugh with you. They're mean with you! They're always there, and it's just a priceless thing to have.

You've got to love yourself first. You've got to be okay on your own before you can be okay with somebody else.

I love to eat everything and you pretty much can - a little piece of something fattening is not going to kill you. It's when you eat the whole box that it's going to kill you.

I seriously feel like the best days are ahead, and I like the idea of getting to do everything I did before but with more knowledge, experience, and street smarts. There's a certain love, appreciation, and gratitude that you have at 40 that you don't have when you're younger, and it makes every accomplishment feel so much better.

I watched my parents. My dad worked nights, and I was aware of how much he was doing for us. My mom was a Tupperware lady and also worked at the school. I always felt that I couldn't let them down. And I had a natural discipline from early on. I was always training for something.

Early on, my family really made me love who I was and what I looked like.

I like to maintain a certain sense of fantasy in my life. I am kind of like that at home. Do I have the full hair and makeup? No. But I might have the nice dress on.

When I first started on television, people, and even my own manager at the time, would tell me I had to make all of these changes. But you have to stand up and say, 'There's nothing wrong with me or my shape or who I am; you're the one with the problem!' And when you can really believe that, all of a sudden other people start believing, too.

I was always very comfortable with who I was. Confident. I’ve never looked at [my body] in a negative way.