Powerful Nicki Minaj quotes will inspire, provoke thought, and spark your creativity with the wisdom and strength embedded in the words of rap icon. From her fierce self-love mantras to her power-packed verses, inspirational Nicki Minaj quotes are sure to give your day a much-needed boost of energy and positivity! Her most memorable lines and verses will empower you with a unique perspective and a chance to see the world through the eyes of one of the most influential artists of our generation.
Best Nicki Minaj Quotes
True confidence leaves no room for jealousy. When you know your are great, you have no need to hate. Nicki Minaj
Don’t chase the boys. Don’t depend on anybody. Do your thing. Nicki Minaj
Call it a curse, or just call me blessed, if you can’t handle my worst, you ain’t getting my best. Nicki Minaj
I will not let anyone scare me out of my full potential. Nicki Minaj
People will love you and support you when it’s beneficial. Nicki Minaj
I’ll never be perfect. Believe me I’m worth it. So take me or leave me. Nicki Minaj
You’re not gonna tell me who I am. I’m gonna tell you who I am. Nicki Minaj
When I win and when I lose, I take ownership of it, because I really am in charge of what I do. Nicki Minaj
I put God first and do not allow other things to cloud my vision. Nicki Minaj
You could be the king but watch the queen conquer. Nicki Minaj
I don’t promote giving up. I promote fighting and winning. Nicki Minaj
You wanna know what scares people? Success. When you don’t make moves and when you don’t climb up the ladder, everybody loves you because you’re not competition. Nicki Minaj
I want to build my empire. In my field, I have always seen men do it. From Diddy to Dr. Dre to Jay Z. Now it’s a woman’s turn. Nicki Minaj
Refuse to lose, Refuse to be defeated, Refuse to have regrets. Nicki Minaj

You have to know that as long as you love who you are your morals, your values, that type of stuff, you’re ok. Nicki Minaj
Don’t stay watching happiness, make it. Nicki Minaj
I want to show little girls that the possibilities are endless. That’s my goal to not only do it for myself, but to show them I can do whatever I put my mind to. Nicki Minaj
Life is a prize, but to live doesn’t mean you’re alive. Nicki Minaj
I ain’t never need a man to take care of me. Nicki Minaj
Got the eye of the tiger, the lion of Judah. Nicki Minaj
I, I’m not livin life. I’m not livin right. I’m not livin if you’re not by my side. Nicki Minaj
Your victory is right around the corner. Never give up. Nicki Minaj
He was the realest, I was the realest, we was the realest. When he approached me, I asked him What the deal is? Nicki Minaj
Pussy put his ass to sleep, now he calling me NyQuil. Nicki Minaj
He was Adam. I think I was Eve. But my vision ends with the apple on the tree. Nicki Minaj
Sometimes you don’t realize how far you’ve gotten until you look around at the people who are still trailing far behind you. Nicki Minaj
And when they lookin, you let me hide. Protect my honor, protect my pride. Nicki Minaj
I came to win, to conquer, to thrive. Nicki Minaj
Strange how someone you once loved can become just another person you once knew. Nicki Minaj
You can hate me, but why knock my hustle? I’ma be the queen no matter how they shuffle. Nicki Minaj
You gave me strength gave me hope for a lifetime. Nicki Minaj
Bad as I wanna be. She aint bad, she a sad little wannabe. Nicki Minaj

Always tell someone how you feel because opportunities are lost in the blink of an eye, but regrets can last for a lifetime. Nicki Minaj
I truly believe my haters are my motivators. Nicki Minaj
You don’t have to feel the need to put somebody down to make yourself feel better. Nicki Minaj
Now it’s me my time, it’s just me in my prime. Nicki Minaj
Good advice I always hated, but lookin back it made me greater. Nicki Minaj
You should never feel afraid to become a piece of art. It’s exhilarating. Nicki Minaj
I’m very protective of my heart. Nicki Minaj
Shout out to my haters, sorry you couldn’t phase me. Nicki Minaj
So, my happiness doesn’t come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle. Nicki Minaj
I’mma just do me, when it feel right. Nicki Minaj
My whole life is about being Nicki Minaj now. It’s a never ending saga. Nicki Minaj
Cause I am not a word, I am not a line. I am not a girl that can ever be defined. Nicki Minaj
We all have insecurities, but you have to know you’re beautiful. Nicki Minaj
Still I rise Still I fight Still I might crack a smile Keep my eyes on the prize See my haters tell em hi. Nicki Minaj
Sometimes I wake up in the morning and I am like, This is a high top day or This is a bob day, but when I get my clothes on that’s when I see. Nicki Minaj

I live and I learn but I wait my turn. I’m always on the run, got weight to burn. Nicki Minaj
Extracurricular Parallel to none I am perpendicular. Nicki Minaj
People face difficulties, no matter who you are. I faced difficulties with a lot of things. I face opposition every day, but I didn’t kill myself and now, thank God, I’m here. Nicki Minaj
If I wasn’t winning, you wouldn’t care. Nicki Minaj
Greatness is what we on the brink of. Nicki Minaj
Fame is the worst pain known to man. It’s stronger than heroin. Nicki Minaj
Sometimes you gotta be beauty and a beast. Nicki Minaj
I feel like people always wanna define me and I don’t wanna be defined. Nicki Minaj
When you’re a girl, you have to be everything, You have to be dope at what you do, but you have to be super sweet, and you have to be sexy, and you have to be this and you have to be that and you have to be nice, and you have to it’s like, I can’t be all of those things at once. I’m a human being. Nicki Minaj
Stay in school. Don’t ever be lazy, don’t you ever complain about hard work. Work hard, it pays off. Nicki Minaj
I came to win, to fight, to conquer, to thrive I came to win, to survive, to prosper, to rise To fly. Nicki Minaj
I always feel it’s important for me to show females that they can be in charge of their own situation. Nicki Minaj
Love it or hate it, this is me, this is who I am! Nicki Minaj
Haters, I’m not your enemy I’m your hero. Cheer up, you should be happy I’m here. Nicki Minaj
You want to know what scares people? Success. Nicki Minaj
We all have insecurities but you have to know you’re beautiful. Nicki Minaj
I don’t have to do things just to please people. It’s okay to do what I love because what I love, my fans love. And they’re really the only ones that should matter. Nicki Minaj

I hope you lay down in your sleep and you choke on every lie you told. Nicki Minaj
He toss my salad like his name Romaine. Nicki Minaj
I feel like my entire career and life, I’ve been judged by people who did not really know me. I definitely think that they probably were right to assume what they had assumed about me, because there was such little to go on out there. Nicki Minaj
Respect your haters. They’re the only ones who think you’re better than them. Nicki Minaj
The people that are inclined to hate are also inclined to belosers. A loser could never congratulate a winner it’s not in them. Nicki Minaj
I just want women to feel in control, because we’re capable we’re so capable. Nicki Minaj
I don’t want children cursing. I’m very strict on my nieces and my little brother. They have to listen to clean versions of music. Even my music. Nicki Minaj,
You could never understand why I grind like I do Makiyah Jalani why I grind like I do. Nicki Minaj
May the Lord protect me as the world gets hectic. My voice projected, my life reflected. Nicki Minaj
All these haters mad because I’m so established. Nicki Minaj
If you don’t have critics, you probably don’t have success either. Nicki Minaj
I feel like when I reach my 500 million dollar goal, then no other woman in rap will ever feel like they can’t do what these men have done. Nicki Minaj

But had I accepted the pickle juice, I would be drinking pickle juice right now. Nicki Minaj
You have to know that as long as you love who you are your morals, your values, that type of stuff you’re ok. Nicki Minaj
Being honest, if I had a daughter I wouldn’t want her listening to a Nicki Minaj CD until she was a certain age. Even when I meet my fans and they tell me they are 12, I cringe a little. I always say, Listen. I don’t want you saying the bad words, put school first. Nicki Minaj
But, by just being myself, I end up touching a lot more people who might never have paid much attention to a female rapper. Nicki Minaj
If you don’t take control of your career, guess what? You’ll be stuck in the sunset watching the sunrise, I am thesunrise. Nicki Minaj
Runnin this game for five years, guess that’s why my feet hurt. Nicki Minaj
Don’t get it twisted. It’s not about money, it’s not about the fame. It’s about I don’t have to worry about if my little brother is gonna be able to get a new toy for Christmas. It’s those little tiny things that really make up the bigger picture. So, my happiness doesn’t come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle. Nicki Minaj
I just want women to always feel in control. Because we’re capable, we’re so capable. Nicki Minaj
I don’t mind being called a weirdo. Nicki Minaj
My goal, in the beginning, was to buy my mother a house. Now I realize, Okay, if I really focus and become a key player in business, then I can build an empire. Nicki Minaj
I’ve always been the type of person to make everybody happy and get things done. I want everything to be 100% perfect. Nicki Minaj
Shout out to my haters, Sorry that you couldn’t faze me. Nicki Minaj

I’ve always had this female empowerment thing in the back of my mind because I wanted my mother to be stronger, and she couldn’t be. I thought, If I’m successful, I can change her life. Nicki Minaj
I don’t mind being called a weirdo. There are a lot of people in hip hop who are probably never going to get what I do. Nicki Minaj
Defend my honor Protect my pride. Nicki Minaj
I want people especially young girls to know that in life, nothing is going to be based on sex appeal. You’ve got to have something else to go with that. Nicki Minaj
I think women are much stronger than men in society. We take more risks than they do in general. Nicki Minaj
It’s not hard to get your way when it’s your way or the highway. People either follow suit or they’re not around. Nicki Minaj
I do have a few personalities. When people started making a big deal out of it, I started making names for these people. Nicki Minaj
I don’t put cash in my Louis Vuitton wallet. I have it thrown around my bag jut a whole bunch of hundreds, maybe $5,000. Nicki Minaj
You shoulda left the other day You let me beg for you to stay. Nicki Minaj
Female rappers get it the hardest. You have to be a girl, yet you have to be just as hard as the guys. I think some female rappers get scared out of the business before they can make it. Nicki Minaj
If I wasn’t winning you wouldn’t care. Nicki Minaj
My rule is, whatever you were calling me four years ago is what you should be calling me now, because I don’t like it when my family or close friends call me Nicki Minaj. To me I’m not Nicki Minaj when I’m with them. Nicki Minaj

You succeeded at your attempts to make me Need you desperately to vindicate me. Nicki Minaj
I look at rap as an opportunity to act. My head is full of different characters in each song I’m auditioning a character. Nicki Minaj
I just kinda do what I feel. I never knew what lane I would fill, or that I would fill a lane at all. I didn’t even really contemplate that far down the road. I just started having fun, and a lot of that came from me seeing Wayne dare to be different, and I started feeling like I can be a multifaceted rapper. I don’t have to be a one dimensional female rapper. Once I put that in perspective, it was like everything just got easier for me, because I no longer wanted to fit in anybody’s box. I just wanted to be Nicki. Nicki Minaj
When you don’t act seriously, you can make up your own rules. Nicki Minaj
I happen to be a pessimist, and maybe that’s a good thing because I don’t stop to smell the roses which is not a good personal thing. I don’t stop and enjoy those moments. Always on to the next and never in the moment. Nicki Minaj
I’m thinking of a legacy that I can be proud of and wealth that my grandchildren can use to go to college. Nicki Minaj
He said he don’t like em boney, he want something he can grab. Nicki Minaj
I went through a lot of bullying early on. Girls made my life a living hell. We had come to America from a different country. My brother and I had accents. It was very tough. Nicki Minaj
People always want to talk about who I was, but I’ve always been singing, always been experimenting with pop music. Nicki Minaj
I believe that life is a prize, but to live doesn’t mean you’re alive. Nicki Minaj
I hate cameras. I hate cameras and I hate camera phones. The camera’s my worst enemy and my best friend. Nicki Minaj
You gave me strengh gave me hope for a lifetime. Nicki Minaj
I hate formal stuff. I love looking like a doll and all that stuff and playing dress up, but when I’m home, sweat pants, t shirt. When I’m in the studio, sweat pants, t shirt. Nicki Minaj
Haters, I’m not your enemy I’m your hero. Cheer up, you should be happy I’m here. Nicki Minaj
Being successful is the goal at the end of the day. Besides, even the successful can attest to this. Nicki Minaj
Once upon a time there lived a real bad bitch. The fuckin end. Nicki Minaj
If you don’t take control of your career, guess what? You’ll be stuck in the sunset watching the sunrise, I am the sunrise. Nicki Minaj
Cause I am not a word, I am not a line. I am not a girl that can ever be defined. Nicki Minaj
Dear God, I am only what you made me and I appreciate everything that you gave me, but like, I don’t want to do it any more, sort of lost sight of what I’m doing it for. Nicki Minaj
My tears have dried and I know that no weapon formed against me will prosper. Nicki Minaj