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50+ Brilliant Quotes By Deepika Padukone – For Every Woman To Live By!

Cathline Chen | Aug 4, 2016

Attention, affection and appreciation, she has it all – but somehow, success hasn’t fazed Deepika Padukone. Time and again, she has proved to the world that she’s much more than just a pretty face in the showbiz and that there’s so much we can learn from her. She speaks straight from the heart, her words and messages for women seem to have a profound impact on those who look up to her.

Here are a few inspirational quotes by Deepika Padukone on love, relationships, family and career – that every girl should live by!

On Love & Relationships
On Self-Made Independent Woman
On Career And Ambition
About Family and Friends
On Being Confident In Your Own Skin
On Overcoming Depression

14 Dialogues & Deepika’s Take on Love & Relationships

1. “Yaadein mithai ke dibbe ki tarah hoti hai … ek baar khula toh sirf ek tukda nahi kha paoge” – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

2. “Adhoori mulaqat hi toh phir se milne ka vaada hota hai” – Bajirao mastani

3. “Ek chutki sindoor ki keemat,tum kya jaano ramesh babu…Ishwar ka aashirwad hota hai ek chutki sindoor.. suhagan ke sar ka taj hota hai.. Ek chutki sindoor..har aurat ka khwab hota hai..Ek chutki sindoor” – Om Shanti Om

4. “Relationships should be like that. It shouldn’t be driven by one person. It’s not about who’s dominating and who’s listening to whom. Both people have an equal say and both should influence the other in a good way.” As told to Film-fare

5. “I believe in the old school form of love, which I have seen growing up with my parents and my extended family. I am very traditional when it comes to love, marriage, and relationships. This is because I do not know any other way as I have been brought up like this.” In an Interview with Times Of India

6. “I need my man to be mine. I need attention from him. I need to be loved. I need to be nurtured. I also need peace and stability in my relationships.” In an interview with Film-fare

7. “I’ve reached a stage where there’s no man in my life, and I’m not looking for one. But when I do, I know that I just want something basic and simple: a regular guy with a regular job, who I can come home to. Men who are quietly confident are way more attractive than guys who try too hard.” As told to Hindustan Times

8. “I don’t think one can look for love. I don’t think you can decide ‘I will marry this guy’. I think you have to go with the flow. I think when you’re young you meet different people and I guess when the time is right and if it is the right person, I think you automatically know.” As told to India Times

9. “Relationships or not, I believe that people don’t need to know about my life beyond a certain point.” As told to Times Of India

10. “I’ve not been in a live-in relationship. But I’ve been exposed to various kinds of equations that can exist between people. When I came from Bangalore, it was black and white. Over the years, I’ve realised that there’s more to what we see on a day-to-day basis. There are all kinds of relationships, all kinds of equations.” In an Interview with India Times

11. “I don’t have an issue with marrying an actor, though it’s definitely tough. I work with actors and interact with star wives, and I don’t know how they do it. Loyalty is a very important factor for me, and I need to be in a relationship where the person will complete me and fill me up.” As told to Times Of India

12. “I need my man to be mine. I need attention from him. I need to be loved. I need to be nurtured. I also need peace and stability in my relationships.” In an interview with Filmfare

13. “I am very, very comfortable around him and I can just be myself in front of him. I can switch off and just be my true self with him.” In an interview with DNA

14. “It’s about making eye contact. You look at each other across the room, you know he’s looking at you, and you know you’re looking at him.” As told to Hindustan Times

6 Quotes of Being a Self-Made Independent Woman

1. “It’s not about the bags he buys me, or the rocks, or the dinners, or the holidays he can take me on. I’m a self-made girl. I know I’ve achieved a lot already and I don’t need a man for those things. I can buy myself the most expensive bag or the biggest rock I want. For me, it has to be about being my best friend, spending quality time with me, being able to have amazing conversations together even while we are sitting in a house or a car.” In an interview with Verve

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13 Inspirational Quotes on Career and Ambition

1. “I feel ups and downs are a part of one’s career, and this totally depends on how you take it. You can either be knocked down by the negative things, or you can take it in a positive way and learn from it.” As told to Times Of India

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2. “Of course! It takes a lot of strength to mend a broken heart. Channelizing energies into your work helps, but also to be able to accept situations for what they are instead of questioning them, helps immensely.” In an interview with India Today

3. “It’s good to be slightly ambitious, but I believe one shouldn’t be too calculative. It’s good to be on the edge, but I have never followed my mind. I have always followed my heart. And it has yielded the right results.” As told to Femina

4. “Every film teaches you something; every experience on every film set with every co-star teaches you something. You learn something new. I think the challenge is to keep working harder and doing better.” As told to India Today

5. “While I believe that when you are in the glamour industry, you have to look your best, I also believe being skinny is not ‘hot and happening’.” As told to India Times

6. “Everybody doesn’t get to do each and every film. I don’t compete with others; I compete with myself. I have been an athlete, a sportsperson; so I know how to be competitive in a healthy way.” As told to Hindustan Times

7. “Never lose focus of what you want for yourself. People will try and pull you down. There might be things in your life, which will deter your confidence. There might be days when you want to break down; there could be days when you feel like giving up. It’s extremely important to be emotionally strong and be focused. Do it your own way. And don’t be afraid of making mistakes.” As told to Filmfare

8. “I know how to deal with success and failure. The success of Om Shanti Om did not affect me nor did the failure of Chandni Chowk to China.” As told to Indian Express

9. “My choices are like my fingerprints, they make me unique.” As told to Times Of India

10. “The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest.” As told to Femina

11. “I’ve been through the grind where I’ve come home and there’s no dinner. I’ve forgotten to order it and I’ve slept on an empty stomach. I can proudly say that I own my home today and I’ve worked bloody hard for it.” As told to Filmfare

12. “I have always been focused on my job. No profession allows you the luxury of being half-focused. If you’re not into it, you’re not there.” As told to Times Of India

13. “There’s a certain career I saw for myself, certain people I wanted to work with. Today, I’m living the life.” In an interview with Hindustan Times

9 Times Deepika Reminds Us About The Importance Of Family and Friends

1. “There is a strong side to me, that is of a homemaker. I look forward to spending time at home in the evenings, cooking a meal, chatting with my parents and inviting friends over.” As told to Times Of India

2. “The best feeling is when you are remembered for the character you play on the screen and people associate you with that character. There is no better feeling than that feeling.” In an interview with Business Standard

3. “I am always surrounded by very, very charming men, very intelligent men with a great sense of humour who always keep me entertained and pampered.” Deepika said in a media interview

4. “I am not very comfortable about dancing at weddings and New Year parties. Maybe it’s because of the way I have been brought up; I wouldn’t want my family to feel that cringe moment. Dance is an art for me.” In an interview with India Today

5. “You can’t create chemistry. In fact, the chemistry between two actors is for people to see, sense, and judge. The only thing we can do as actors is to come on board individually because we feel the same kind of passion for a script and for a director to cast us because he feels that, as actors, we’ll do justice to that part.” In an interview with Hindustan Times

6. “I know the importance of family. I mean, it really completes me as a person. I want lots of children; I want so many children. I look at babies’ pictures, and I am like… I love kids.” In an interview with DNA

7. “There are certain things I talk to my mom and certain things I speak to dad for. But I also know that it has never been that I can tell my mum something and my dad won’t know. They are very dependent on each other even though they may not say it or realise it.” As told to Times Of India

8. “My parents never raised their hand or fired me. Their way of disciplining me was to tell me what is right or wrong.” As told to Times Of India

9. “Diwali means family, so either I go down to Bangalore, or my family comes to Mumbai. I always ensure I take a few days off.” As told to Hindustan Times

Deepika’s 4 Quotes On Being Confident & Comfortable In Your Own Skin

1. “Never lose focus of what you want for yourself. People will try and pull you down. There might be things in your life, which will deter your confidence. There might be days when you want to break down; there could be days when you feel like giving up. It’s extremely important to be emotionally strong and be focused. Do it your own way. And don’t be afraid of making mistakes.” Deepika said in an interview

2. “I always think before I speak. I’m not the sort who will just say anything that comes to my mind. I’m a very emotional and sensitive person. But I’m also very strong and know my mind well.” As told to Times Of India

3. “The only time I would truly be concerned would be when my mother or my girlfriends give me flak for something I wore that’s the time I will allow any comment to enter my life,” As told to Hindustan Times

4. “I dress for myself, not others.” As told to Hindustan Times

10 Quotes on Her Journey With Overcoming Depression

1. “It all started on February 15 last year. I’d won all my awards and all the appreciation for 2013 and everything had happened. It was a great time. But I woke up one morning, just feeling empty. I woke up feeling directionless. I didn’t know where to go. I didn’t know what to do.” As told to NDTV

2. “I kept crying. I think my mother sort of sensed that something was wrong. She asked me if it had something to do with my personal life. Is it your work? Has someone said something to you? And it was none of these reasons.” As told to NDTV

3. “There were times I’d feel ok and there were times I’d feel really low. I remember attending a conclave exactly this year, last time. I’d cry in my room and then I had to go down and give this talk in front of so many people, with a smile on my face like everything’s ok. Then I had to fly back and again I’d have to lock myself up in a bathroom and cry because there’s just so many people looking at you all the time.” As told to NDTV

4. “This really is not about me right now, it’s really about the lives that hopefully, we will impact. For everyone who’s watching this interview and for people who have been through or are going through right now. Even if we can impact one life or save that one person from taking their life because they’re just so down and out, I think we’ve achieved what we wanted to.” As told to NDTV

5. “Of course, there are people who are going to think, ‘oh, it’s timed with some film release.’ Or there are people who are going to say ‘oh, she’s getting paid for supporting a cause like this’. If we’re a nation that’s the most depressed in the world, there’s definitely a much, much larger issue that we all need to sort of focus on and work towards.” As told to NDTV

6. “I had a lot of strange questions in my head. Why is that person so happy, then why am I so sad? And then I’d start feeling even worse. There’s a huge difference in being sad and being depressed. I know that sadness comes from a different place in my body and having anxiety and going through depression comes from a completely different place. It does something completely different to my body.” As told to NDTV

7. “Not everyone ends up taking their life but there’s a lot of people who are fighting with themselves every morning.” As told to NDTV

8. “I wouldn’t say I lost interest in living and I think maybe, fortunately, I had people around me who sort of picked me up at probably the right point. But it was exhausting, every minute was exhausting. I didn’t know what to do.” As told to NDTV

9. “I feel like I was on auto-pilot in a sense. Of course, there’s one side of me saying ‘listen you have to professional, you have to reach the shoot on time, you have to do this interview because you’ve committed to it.’ There’s that part of me which is saying you have to do this, you have to do this, you have to do this.” As told to NDTV

10. “I would not have been able to come out of this if I didn’t have my mum, my friends, my father who spoke to me and said it’s okay to go to a doctor, it’s okay to go to a psychologist, it’s okay to take medication.” As told to NDTV Also Read Our Story On Deepika Padukone Face Exercise AWESOME NEWS! POPxo SHOP is now Open! Get 25% off on all the super fun mugs, phone covers, cushions, laptop sleeves, and more! Use coupon code POPXOFIRST. Online shopping for women never looked better!

This story was updated in November 2019.