Best 67 quotes of Whitney Houston on MyQuotes

Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe.

BSB are a great bunch of guys, I really like them

Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Let's get that straight. OK? We don't do crack. We don't do that. Crack is whack.

From the beginning, the camera and I were great friends. It loves me, and I love it.

God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?

Growing around great musicians, you just can't help it. I identified with it immediately. It was something that was so natural to me that when I started singing, it was almost like speaking.

I almost wish I could be more exciting, that I could match what is happening out there to me.

I am not self-destructive. I am not a person who wants to die.

I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside.

I believe that children are our future

I believe the children are our future

I broke my heart for every gain, to taste the sweet I faced the pain.

I can tell you that I am not self-destructive. I'm not a person who wants to die. I'm a person who has life, who wants to live. And I always have. And I wouldn't mistake it for anything else other than that.

I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe.

I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadows. If I fail, if I succeed...At least I live as I believe. No matter what they take from me, They can't take away my dignity. Because the greatest love of all is happening to me. I found the greatest love of all inside of me. The greatest love of all is easy to achieve. Learning to LOVE YOURSELf...It is the GREATEST love of all

I don't like it when they [media critics] see me as this little person who doesn't know what to do with herself -- like I have no idea what I want, like I'm just a puppet ... That's demeaning to me, because that ain't how it is, and it never was.

I feel so blessed to just have done what I had done. To be able to just use what God has given me is a blessing. You know, never mind the Grammys, never mind the records, never mind all of that. Just to be able to sing.

I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.

If I should die this very day, Don't cry...cause on Earth We wasn't meant to stay.

If you say my eyes are beautiful, it's because they are looking at you.

I have a mother that's very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me.

I have priorities. Maintaining my daughter is my first.

I know that I could really kill for my daughter. I know because I'm living for her, so I'm fierce when it comes down to it. And I feel the same about my husband and my family. I'm just fiercely protective. It's like, that's my lair and nobody messes with my lair.

I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants.

I'm an old-fashioned girl. And I love gospel. I like things that lift me up, inspire me.

I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy.

I'm just fiercely protective. It's like, that's my lair and nobody messes with my lair.

I'm not crazy about arenas just because I can sell them out. It doesn't do anything for my ego at all. I want to play places where people don't have to sit in the nosebleed seats and wonder what the hell is going on.

I'm older, I'm matured... I'm looking forward to the years to come. Good years.

I'm proud of being a mother, a wife, a daughter, and a sister, and a lover and a friend We're all God's children.

I'm the kind of person, if, if I have a day that is nerve-wracking, or my week has been bad or something's going down, I won't eat. Some people eat, I don't eat. And it shows in my physical frame.

In grammar school some of the girls had problems with me. My face was too light. My hair was too long. It was the black-consciousness period, and I felt really bad.

I think over the years, being a mother, I've matured in so many ways.

I've always been a thin girl. I'm not going to be fat, ever. Let's get that straight. Whitney is not going to be fat, ever. Okay?

I've got a good man. He takes care of me. I don't have to be scared of anything because I know he will kick every ass... disrespect him and you've got a problem.

I've got some good saints out there - that's right - that pray for me constantly. You've gotta have that! You do.

I've never felt like this in any other country. I feel at home, I feel wonderful

I've read about myself and my husband and my family, to the point where they've called my parents, they've called my brothers, offering money to tell stories. They call friends of mine. I'd just like for them to just ... don't badger us. Don't scrutinize us. We have children and they have to live, too. It's not fair.

I've turned down a lot of arena dates because I've done the big-arena thing. Now, I want to do something where people can feel me and I can feel them.

I wanted to be a teacher. I love children, so I wanted to deal with children. Then I wanted to be a veterinarian. But by the age of ten or eleven, when I opened my mouth and said, 'Oh, God, what's this?' I kind of knew teaching and being a veterinarian were gonna have to wait.

I was aware of people staring at me. No one moved. They seemed almost in trance. I just stared at the clock in the center of the church. When I finished, everyone clapped and started crying.

I wish to you, joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love

Learning to love yourself, is the greatest love all

I would stay in my room for days, for days at times, just trying to get it together, to know what my next phase was going to be.

Judge not for your flaws, but for your Triumphs!

Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be.

My daughter is my greatest inspiration.

My mother sang with me in her stomach; I sang with Bobbi Kris in my stomach. I believe the child starts to develop within, and whatever you read, whatever you think, whatever you do affects the child.

My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it.

My name is not Susan, so watch what you say. If you still need her, then be on your way.