Rupaul

“True wealth is having a healthy mind, body, and spirit. True wealth is having the knowledge to maneuver and navigate the mental obstacles that inhibit your ability to soar.”

“I change clothes at least three times a day. It's the only way I can justify all the shopping I do. Prada to the grocery store? Yes! Gucci to the dry cleaner's? Why not? Dolce & Gabbana to the corner deli? I insist!”

“I'm six foot four - hello. And with hair, heels, and attitude... I'm through the mother-freakin' roof!”

“It's a sort of piss-take on culture, because a drag queen is a clown - a parody of our society. It's a sarcastic spoof on culture, which allows us to laugh at ourselves - but in a way that is inclusive of everyone.”

“Walking with your chest out and your head held high says you have earned the right to stomp and pummel this particular piece of real estate.”

“Be very careful of what you allow to infiltrate your consciousness and subconsciousness. When you watch too much television, you'll start to feel inferior from all the commercials hard selling the idea that you're not complete unless you buy their product [...] The ad agencies appeal to your fear of not being wanted or loved. It's the same with the local news. They get you to stay tuned with a constant stream of fear tactics [...] It's as if our culture is addicted to fear and the flat screen is our drug dealer. Don't allow that crap into your head!”

“My attitude toward friendship has remained the same. I will support and encourage you with all the love in my heart, but if it's not reciprocal, I gotta go [...] If your friends are bitter about your success to the extent that they act out, don't expect them to change [...] Move on.”

“If you have goals and the stick-with-it-ness to make things happen, people will feel threatened by you, especially if your goals don’t include them. They believe that if you take a piece of pie, then that leaves less pie for them. Seeing you follow your dreams leaves them realizing that they’re not following theirs. In truth, there is unlimited pie for everyone!”

“When you become the image of your own imagination, it's the most powerful thing you could ever do.”

“When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent.”

“Whatever you proclaim as your identity here in the material realm is also your drag. You are not your religion. You are not your skin color. You are not your gender, your politics, your career, or your marital status. You are none of the superficial things that this world deems important. The real you is the energy force that created the entire universe!”

“my goal is to always come from a place of love ...but sometimes you just have to break it down for a motherfucker”

“All sins are forgiven once you start making a lot of money.”

“Look at me--a big old black man under all of this makeup, and if I can look beautiful, so can you.”

“We're born naked, and the rest is drag.”

“If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?”

“With hair, heels, and attitude, honey, I am through the roof.”

“We all came into this world naked. The rest is all drag.”