Cher's Wisdom: 150 Best Quotes to Inspire and Empower

Patrick WrightJuly 9, 2025

Cher's Wisdom: 150 Best Quotes to Inspire and Empower

Cher, the iconic singer, actress, and cultural phenomenon, has captivated the world for decades with her talent, resilience, and unapologetic authenticity. From her early days as part of Sonny & Cher to her solo career, Cher has consistently reinvented herself while breaking barriers and challenging societal norms. Known for her bold personality and sharp wit, Cher's words have inspired countless individuals to embrace their true selves and live life to the fullest. In this article, we explore 150 of Cher's most memorable quotes, organized by themes that reflect her wisdom and enduring legacy.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Wisdom & Insight
  3. Love & Relationships
  4. Strength & Resilience
  5. Courage & Risk-Taking
  6. Identity & Self-Acceptance
  7. Success & Ambition
  8. Life Lessons & Growth
  9. Humor & Wit
  10. Legacy & Influence
  11. Conclusion

Wisdom & Insight

Cher's reflections on life offer timeless wisdom and insight into the complexities of human experience.

"Living your life the way you want to live it is the most important thing so if you have to pay small prices along the way, it's not important." - Cher

"Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great." - Cher

"If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen." - Cher

"The only thing in the world you can change is yourself and that makes all the difference in the world." - Cher

"Honesty makes me feel powerful in a difficult world." - Cher

"Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. Exercise is nothing short of a miracle." - Cher

"Credibility is to be good. You must be good. That's all I ever wanted - to be good at what I did." - Cher

"Women have to harness their power - it's absolutely true. It's just learning not to take the first no. And if you can't go straight ahead, you go around the corner." - Cher

"Words are like weapons; they wound sometimes." - Cher

"If you're waiting for someone to believe in you, you'll be waiting forever. You must believe in yourself." - Cher

"I have a belief: What belongs to you, comes to you." - Cher

"I keep coming back because I have no place else to go. What else would I do? I love to sing." - Cher

"The truth is that in my job, becoming old and becoming extinct are one and the same thing." - Cher

"If it doesn't matter in five years, it doesn't matter." - Cher

"You can't just sit around and watch life pass you by. You have to keep dreaming." - Cher

Love & Relationships

Cher's insights into love and relationships reveal her understanding of the complexities and joys of human connection.

"A girl can wait for the right man to come along but in the meantime that doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones." - Cher

"It’s not necessary, in order to be a complete person, that I have a man. It’s not the end-all, be-all of my life." - Cher

"You see how picky I am about my shoes and they only go on my feet." - Cher

"Men should be like Kleenex, soft, strong and disposable." - Cher

"I wouldn't mind living with someone forever. I don't really want to get married. I don't see any reason for it. And yet I'm so romantic that every time I think I meet someone I want to live with them forever and ever." - Cher

"Husbands are like fires - they go out when they're left unattended." - Cher

"You know, honey, husbands come and go but I'm still Cher at the end of the day." - Cher

"Men aren't necessities. They're luxuries." - Cher

"If a man's a good kisser, he's a great f-." - Cher

"You don't have to be smart to act - look at the outgoing president of the United States." - Cher

"Someone once said 'The only thing that will be left after a nuclear holocaust is Cher and cockroaches.' I think that's funny, because, you know, I am a survivor. If I am anything, that's what I am." - Cher

"If you're black in this country, if you're a woman in this country, if you are any minority in this country at all, what could possibly possess you to vote Republican?" - Cher

"I'm still friends with all my exes, apart from my husbands." - Cher

"I've had so many rebirths, I should come with my own midwife by now." - Cher

"I want to be really special, I want to be really good. It's not enough to be famous for me. Famous is empty so quickly, it's not what people think it is." - Cher

Strength & Resilience

Cher's journey is a testament to her strength and resilience in facing life's challenges.

"I've always taken risks, and never worried what the world might really think of me." - Cher

"I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It's my pet paranoia." - Cher

"I only answer to two people, myself and God." - Cher

"I remember a great America where we made everything." - Cher

"In this business it takes time to be really good - and by that time, you're obsolete." - Cher

"I've been screaming at the top of my lungs at my family, 'Work out! Work out! Old age is coming!'" - Cher

"If grass can grow through cement, love can find you at every time in your life." - Cher

"I won't be able to do what I'm doing forever. There aren't that many scripts floating around for fifty-year-old chicks." - Cher

"The road is a nasty place and lonely." - Cher

"Fitness: if it came in a bottle, everyone would be in good shape." - Cher

"Going hungry never bothered me - it was having no clothes." - Cher

"I don't need a man. But I'm happier with one. I like to have someone I can touch and squeeze and kiss. But I don't fold up and die if I don't have a man around." - Cher

"It's my body and if I want to do it like Michael Jackson, I will. My nose bothered me for a long time. Now it's smaller and I'm happy. If I wanna put my tits on my back, they're mine!" - Cher

"You make good coffee . . . You're a slob, but you make good coffee." - Cher

"I think that the longer I look good, the better gay men feel." - Cher

Courage & Risk-Taking

Cher's career is marked by bold choices and a fearless approach to life.

"Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great." - Cher

"Unless you're willing to look a little foolish, forget the possibility of becoming great." - Cher

"I've never compromised who I am not ever. If I've gotten anywhere in my life it's been on my own merits." - Cher

"To me marriage is for five or ten years." - Cher

"Performers love to perform - that's the thing that we do." - Cher

"If you can't go straight ahead, you go around the corner." - Cher

"There are lots of things that I'd like to be, and nice just doesn't seem good enough." - Cher

"I wear my clothes, my clothes don't wear me." - Cher

"I kill myself for my body." - Cher

"I'm going to have wrinkles really soon." - Cher

"If it doesn’t matter in five years, it doesn’t matter." - Cher

"In my personal life I'm not very tough at all, but in my professional life, having to deal with being a woman in a man's world, I'm really tough. I never back down from a fight or an argument." - Cher

"My mother was the most creative, fantastic person and would come up with great things for us to do." - Cher

"I can't listen to my own voice, I don't like it. You see all your mistakes when you hear your voice." - Cher

"So okay, I don't want to be a traitor to my generation and all, but I don't get how guys dress today." - Cher

Identity & Self-Acceptance

Cher's confidence in her identity has inspired many to embrace their true selves.

"It was always 'Cher', I never thought of myself as anything but 'Cher'." - Cher

"I don't know what else I would be if I wasn't me. I am not looking from the outside, looking back. I am who I am." - Cher

"All of us invent ourselves. Some of us just have more imagination than others." - Cher

"I am a part of history whether people want to take it seriously or not." - Cher

"I don't like my voice that much. I think I'm a much better actress than singer." - Cher

"I'm from a Gypsy background!" - Cher

"I think I am a product of my mother's sensibilities and my mother's values." - Cher

"I'm just the worst little Buddhist in town." - Cher

"It's not necessary, in order to be a complete person, that I have a man. It's not the end-all, be-all of my life." - Cher

"I'm not a role model, nor have I ever tried to be a role model." - Cher

"I haven't a clue why I've lasted so long. There's no reason. There are many people more talented than me. I think it's luck." - Cher

"I never cared about money. I'm not destined to be a rich woman." - Cher

"I went through absolute stress and mayhem. I couldn't go out, because people were constantly on my back all the time." - Cher

"I'm amusing and crazy on Twitter. I talk about important things, stupid things." - Cher

"I'm going to die wearing the same things that I love wearing." - Cher

Success & Ambition

Cher's ambition and drive have been key components of her successful career.

"At first all I wanted to be was famous; then I realized that fame had nothing to do with talent." - Cher

"In this business (showbiz) it takes time to be really good and by that time, you're obsolete." - Cher

"I think that the longer I look good, the better gay men feel." - Cher

"I've been famous my entire life; I don't know any other way." - Cher

"Fitness – if it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body." - Cher

"I wish that I did the things that I really believe in, because when I do, my life goes much smoother." - Cher

"I am the girl who everyone said was never going anywhere. I guess I shocked a few people." - Cher

"I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside." - Cher

"I'm not gonna become Ann Bancroft or Meryl Streep and have all the burden that being a 'serious actress' entails." - Cher

"I don't need a man. But I'm happier with one." - Cher

"If you can give it, I can take it." - Cher

"I felt impotent and out of control, which I really, really hate." - Cher

"It's not always a happy ending when sometimes you say things that you think, and it goes against the grain of the larger group." - Cher

"Christian said he'd call the next day, but in boy time that meant Thursday." - Cher

"I don't like Bush. I don't trust him. I don't like his record. He's stupid. He's lazy." - Cher

Life Lessons & Growth

Cher's reflections on life offer valuable lessons on growth and personal development.

"I'm scared to death of being poor." - Cher

"If you can't defrost this refrigerator pretty soon, I can rent it to Peggy Fleming to rehearse in." - Cher

"The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him." - Cher

"Don't take your toys inside just because it's raining." - Cher

"Life is about enjoying yourself and having a good time." - Cher

"I'm never going to look in the mirror and see this blond, blue-eyed girl." - Cher

"My relationships usually last a few years." - Cher

"I really don't think of myself as a singer. I think of myself as an entertainer, and the best place I do it is onstage." - Cher

"I kill myself for my body." - Cher

"There are lots of things that I'd like to be, and nice just doesn't seem good enough." - Cher

"It's not always a happy ending when sometimes you say things that you think." - Cher

"If you can give it, I can take it." - Cher

"Sometimes you have to show a little skin." - Cher

"I wear my clothes, my clothes don't wear me." - Cher

"Come hell or water high you'll never see me cry this is our last good bye." - Cher

Humor & Wit

Cher's sharp wit and humor have made her a beloved figure in pop culture.

"Some guy said to me: Don't you think you're too old to sing rock n' roll? I said: You'd better check with Mick Jagger." - Cher

"I love ghosts; I prefer ghosts to some people." - Cher

"You see how picky I am about my shoes and they only go on my feet." - Cher

"If you're black in this country, if you're a woman in this country, if you are any minority in this country at all, what could possibly possess you to vote Republican?" - Cher

"Husbands are like fires - they go out when they're left unattended." - Cher

"You make good coffee . . . You're a slob, but you make good coffee." - Cher

"I'm learning English at the moment. I can say 'Big Ben', 'Hello Rodney', 'Tower Bridge' and 'Loo'." - Cher

"Sometimes I feel like an old hooker." - Cher

"Sometimes you have to show a little skin." - Cher

"If I want to put my tits on my back, it's nobody's business but my own." - Cher

"I’ve been up and down so many times that I feel as if I’m in a revolving door." - Cher

"I wish that I did the things that I really believe in, because when I do, my life goes much smoother." - Cher

"I've been famous my entire life; I don't know any other way." - Cher

"You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I will never do it again." - Cher

"Men are a luxury, not a necessity." - Cher

Legacy & Influence

Cher's legacy is marked by her influence on music, culture, and the empowerment of women.

"Women are the architects of society." - Cher

"Yes, it's a man's world, but that's all right because they're making a total mess of it." - Cher

"If grass can grow through cement, love can find you at every time in your life." - Cher

"I haven't a clue why I've lasted so long. There's no reason. There are many people more talented than me. I think it's luck." - Cher

"Women have to harness their power - it's absolutely true." - Cher

"What's your granny doing tonight?" - Cher

"Marilyn Monroe was a legend. She created a mystery about herself, which was the key to her longevity." - Cher

"I can trust my friends. The people force me to examine, encourage me to grow." - Cher

"It's not reaching your dream that counts. It's going toward them." - Cher

"I don't like Bush. I don't trust him. I don't like his record. He's stupid. He's lazy." - Cher

"I don't know what else I would be if I wasn't me." - Cher

"I love having boyfriends." - Cher

"If it came in a bottle, everyone would have a great body." - Cher

"I think that the longer I look good, the better gay men feel." - Cher

"I think I am a product of my mother's sensibilities and my mother's values." - Cher

Conclusion

Cher's impact on the world extends far beyond her music and acting career. Her words, filled with wisdom, humor, and authenticity, continue to inspire and empower individuals from all walks of life. Cher's legacy is a testament to the power of self-belief, resilience, and the courage to live life on one's own terms. As we reflect on her remarkable journey and the lessons she has shared, we are reminded of the enduring influence of her spirit and the timeless relevance of her message.

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