Tired as you might be of Insta-Inspo quotes, there remains one person we'd look to time and time again for words of wisdom and encouragement.

Beyoncé Knowles is an oracle of flawless self-possession.

Here are 11 of the best Beyoncé quotes to live your life by:

1. 'Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are.'

- for GQ

2. 'Do what you were born to do. You just have to trust yourself.'

- Cosmopolitan

3. 'I deserve it. I'm a diva. I've worked hard. [Diva's are] graceful and talented and strong and fearless and brave and someone with humility ... it's an appropriate time to be a diva.'

- in an interview wtih Piers Morgan 

4. 'I love my husband, but there's nothing like a conversation with a woman who understands you. I grow so much from those conversations. I need my sisters.'

- from her documentary, 'Life Is But A Dream'

5. '[Don't] focus on the aesthetic.  It's really about who you are, and the human being, that makes you beautiful.'

- People magazine

6. 'It was important to me that I gave myself time to focus on becoming the woman I want to be, building my empire, my relationship, and my self-worth, before I became a mother,'

- from Harper's Bazaar

7. 'You're never too good to lose, you're never too big to lose, you're never too smart to lose, it happens. And it happens when it needs to happen,'

- 'Self Titled. Part 2. Imperfection.'

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8. 'It is so liberating to really know what I want, what truly makes me happy, what I will not tolerate. I have learned that it is no one else's job to take care of me but me.'

- from Harper's Bazaar

9. 'You can't let anyone tell you what your best is. You know what your best is.'

- to Piers Morgan 

10. 'I don't like to gamble, but if there is one thing I'm willing to bet on it's myself'

- on ABC

11. 'If you've been doing all you can and it's not happening for you, go out and have you a good old time ... move on'

- to Marie Claire 

Amen, Bey. Amen.

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Natasha Bird
Former Digital Executive Editor

Natasha Bird is the Former Executive Editor (Digital) of ELLE.