89+ Best Rupaul Quotes: Exclusive Selection

RuPaul Andre Charles is an American drag queen, actor, model, singer, songwriter, and television personality. Since 2009, he has produced and hosted the reality competition series RuPaul’s Drag Race, for which he has received eight Primetime Emmy Awards. Profoundly inspirational Rupaul quotes will encourage you to think a little deeper than you usually would and broaden your perspective.

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Famous Rupaul Quotes

Fulfillment isn’t found over the rainbow it’s found in the here and now. Today I define success by the fluidity with which I transcend emotional land mines and choose joy and gratitude instead. RuPaul

To win at life and to win in this competition, you have to be willing to die a thousand deaths and be reborn a thousand times. RuPaul

Racism has nothing to do with race. It is the ego’s way of making you feel ‘better than. RuPaul

When you become the image of your own imagination, it’s the most powerful thing you could ever do. RuPaul

I feel like you’re being sabotaged by your inner saboteur. RuPaul

Success is something between you and yourself. I think only you know where you’ve come from and how far you wanna go. RuPaul

Once you clear out from your consciousness things that no longer matter, you’re able to make room for other things. RuPaul

It’s true in everything, not just in drag To be a success, you have to understand the landscape. You have to know thyself, and you have to know your history so that you can draw from people who have figured out the equation you are faced with. It’s not rocket science. RuPaul

Negativity is basically laziness. It takes a lot of hard work to remain positive, but positivity always pays off. RuPaul

You may not get the role you auditioned for, but make a lasting impression and they’ll remember you for something else later. RuPaul

Today I define success by the fluidity with which I transcend emotional land mines and choose joy and gratitude instead. RuPaul

Drag is there to remind culture not to take itself too seriously. All of this is illusion. RuPaul

If you want to be invited to the party, you better have something to bring. RuPaul

Good luck and don’t mess it up. RuPaul

To limit yourself to one thing, it’s your business. But you have a choice. RuPaul

The only time you will ever see me in drag is when I am What? Getting paid. It is my job. RuPaul

Personally, I experience success when I enjoy what I’m doing. I love the creative process, even if the end result isn’t embraced by anyone else. RuPaul

The secret of success in every field is redefining what success means to you. RuPaul

I have been discriminated against by white people for being black, by black people for being gay, by gay people for being too fem. Did I let them stop me from getting to this chair? RuPaul

It’s not the word itself, but the intention behind the word. RuPaul

The secret of success in every field is redefining what success means to you. It can’t be your parent’s definition, the media’s definition, or your neighbor’s definition. Otherwise, success will never satisfy you. RuPaul

The most important thing you can do on this planet is become the realization of your own imagination. RuPaul

If you can’t love yourself, how the hell are you gonna love somebody else? RuPaul

Never forget that the most political thing you can ever do is follow your heart. RuPaul

There are so many sensitive souls; they don’t know what to do with their feelings. RuPaul

By the power vested in me by me. RuPaul

Don’t believe the hype; don’t believe what it tells you on your driver’s license. You are an extension of the power that created this whole universe. RuPaul

In our subconscious, we all know we’re playing roles. RuPaul

Unfortunately, in our culture, one person can write a letter to the network, and they shut something down. It’s unfortunate. RuPaul

Unless they’re paying your bills, pay them bitches no mind! RuPaul

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

What other people think of me is not my business. What I do is what I do. How people see me doesn’t change what I decide to do. I don’t choose projects so people don’t see me as one thing or another. I choose projects that excite me. RuPaul

From childhood, we’re trained to be a certain way, to behave a certain way  so that the power base can control us, really. And punk and drag are completely outside of that. RuPaul

Biggest obstacle I ever faced was my own limited perception of myself. RuPaul

That is the key to navigating this life don’t take it too seriously. That’s when the party begins. RuPaul

Fulfillment isn’t found over the rainbow it’s found in the here and now. Today I define success by the fluidity with which I transcend emotional land mines and choose joy and gratitude instead. RuPaul

You may not get the role you auditioned for, but make a lasting impression and they’ll remember you for something else later. RuPaul

It’s very easy to look at the world and think, this is all so cruel and so mean. It’s important to not become bitter from it. RuPaul

What it says on your driver’s license isn’t really who you are you are something much greater than that. RuPaul

If I fly or if I fall, least I can say I gave it all. RuPaul

In our subconscious, we all know we’re playing roles. RuPaul

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. RuPaul

When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent themselves. RuPaul

If you can’t love yourself how the hell you gonna love somebody else? Can I get an amen? RuPaul

The whole point is to live life and be  to use all the colors in the crayon box. RuPaul

It’s very easy to look at the world and think, this is all so cruel and so mean. It’s important to not become bitter from it. RuPaul

Life’s journey  it unfolds for you as you are ready for it. RuPaul

I love the creativity and the social and political aspects of drag. RuPaul

Never forget that the most political thing you can ever do is follow your heart. RuPaul

It’s just a lot of fun and I look damn good in a pair of high heels and a wig. RuPaul

Once you clear out from your consciousness things that no longer matter, you’re able to make room for other things. RuPaul

When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent themselves. RuPaul

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

I love drag, and I love people who gravitate toward it. Because the people who do drag are people who dance to the beat of a different drummer. RuPaul

There’s not another lip synch song on the planet, in the history of lip synching songs, that has been lip synched more than I Will Survive. RuPaul

There are so many sensitive souls; they don’t know what to do with their feelings. RuPaul

I love the creativity and the social and political aspects of drag. RuPaul

It’s not the word itself, but the intention behind the word. RuPaul

Drag is there to remind culture not to take itself too seriously. All of this is illusion. RuPaul

What other people think of me is not my business. What I do is what I do. RuPaul

I don’t think drag will ever be mainstream because it’s counter to what the mainstream directive is, which is picking an identity and sticking with it for the rest of your life. RuPaul

I got no time to hate people who hate me. I am too busy loving the people who love me. RuPaul

From childhood, we’re trained to be a certain way, to behave a certain way so that the power base can control us, really. And punk and drag are completely outside of that. RuPaul

The overall commentary on what I’m doing is saying, Hey look! I get to create whatever persona I want to, and it’s all up to me. And the truth is, we are all basically the universe pretending to be humans for a brief moment of time. RuPaul

Impersonating Beyoncè is not your destiny, child. RuPaul

I love drag, and I love people who gravitate toward it. Because the people who do drag are people who dance to the beat of a different drummer. RuPaul

We are all doing drag. Every single person on this planet is doing it. RuPaul

I think our culture is moving forward  slowly. And also, as we move forward, we’re witnessing some of the old stalwarts rejecting that forward motion. RuPaul

Biggest obstacle I ever faced was my own limited perception of myself. RuPaul

Racism has nothing to do with race. It is the ego’s way of making you feel better than. RuPaul

Life is not to be taken seriously. RuPaul

In my life, I’ve been able to really examine society in a way most people who aren’t outsiders don’t get a chance to do. RuPaul

To win at life and to win in this competition, you have to be willing to die a thousand deaths and be reborn a thousand times. RuPaul

In a culture, you can choose fear or love. It’s been my experience and my observation that humans on this planet feel more comfortable with fear rather than love and openness. I do know what history tells us about humans. And humans, they actually don’t feel very comfortable with openness and freedom. RuPaul

You are an extension of the power that created this whole universe. RuPaul

Unfortunately, in our culture, one person can write a letter to the network, and they shut something down. It’s unfortunate. RuPaul

To limit yourself to one thing, it’s your business. But you have a choice. RuPaul

This is an important thing People who live in the mainstream and the status quo think that everyone else is there to serve them. RuPaul

It’s true in everything, not just in drag To be a success, you have to understand the landscape. RuPaul

The amount of respect you have for others is in direct proportion to how much respect you have for yourself. RuPaul

I don’t choose projects so people don’t see me as one thing or another. I choose projects that excite me. RuPaul

In my life, I’ve been able to really examine society in a way most people who aren’t outsiders don’t get a chance to do. RuPaul

First learn the rules, then break them. RuPaul

Ain’t nobody got time for that. RuPaul

Young people need to know there are ways for them to navigate this life. RuPaul

Drag is involved with changing identities and not taking identities too seriously at all. RuPaul

Life is dangerous. There are no guarantees. RuPaul