56 Wonderful Angelina Jolie Quotes on Inner Beauty and Family

Angelina Jolie was known early on for her beauty and excellent acting, and later, her dedication towards humanitarian work. This makes her somewhat of an oddity in Hollywood.

Where does this stem from? We believe it’s due to her modest childhood. Despite going to Beverly Hills High School, one of the most affluent schools in California, her mother lived on a very modest income at the time. Angelina struggled with teasing given her lack of a father-figure, a smaller physical size while having to wear braces and glasses.

But the challenges didn’t end there.

Once she reached her teenage years, she began self-harming and twice planned to commit suicide. As a young adult, she suffered a nervous breakdown and had to be admitted to a psyc ward. It was only two years later that she would go on to adopt Maddox on her own, ending her self-destructive struggles.

Despite her astounding net worth, she has donated a significant portion of her movie proceeds towards aid work in Africa and developing Asian countries. One of her films, Beyond Borders, served as a passion project which brought needed awareness to humanitarian challenges across various parts of the world.

Clearly a woman who has used her influence and wealth to create a better tomorrow, yet still places a strong emphasis on inner beauty and family values. With these quotes, we hope you’re just as inspired as we are!

1. I am a strong believer that without justice, there is no peace. No lasting peace, anyway.

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2. Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

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3. I have so much in my life. I want to be of value to the world.

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4. If every choice you make comes from an honest place, you’re solid, and nothing anybody can say about you can rock you or change your opinion.

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5. I’m looking very much forward to growing older. I want to be an exhausted older woman but with a very full life behind me and one still going.

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6. If you ask people what they’ve always wanted to do, most people haven’t done it.  That breaks my heart.

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7. Save one-third, live on one-third, and give away one-third.

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8. There’s something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now.

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9. When I was little… I didn’t relate to princesses. I saw Maleficent, and I just thought she was so – she was so elegant.

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10. Different is good.  When someone tells you that you are different, smile and hold you head up and be proud.

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11. Make bold choices and make mistakes. It’s all those things that add to the person you become.

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12. I’ve realized that being happy is a choice.  You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy.

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13. I don’t see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinions. They tell me I’m skinny, as if that’s supposed to make me happy.

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14. People always slow down for a train wreck.  It’s like junk food.  If you don’t feel good about yourself, you want to read crap about other people, like gossip in high school.  You don’t understand why it’s there, but somehow it makes a lot of people feel better.

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15. I used to think I was unstable, because I had this thirst for something. I could never figure out what it was. I couldn’t sleep at night, and I always wanted to be somewhere else. I have a window tattooed, this little box, and it’s because wherever I was, I wanted to be somewhere else. And, I always saw myself, wherever I was in life, staring out the window.

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16. Sometimes I think my husband is so amazing that I don’t know why he’s with me. I don’t know whether I’m good enough. But if I make him happy, then I’m everything I want to be.

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17. The center of my life is my kids. I woke up at 3 in the morning with four kids with jet lag and two babies. I put myself together for a few hours and go out. And then I go home. This is my job.

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18. Like every parent, when you start your family, your life completely changes. And you completely live for someone else. I find that the most extraordinary thing. Your life is handed over to someone else. From that moment on, they come first in every choice you make. It’s the most wonderful thing.

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19. Not a lot of people get to see a movie where their parents fell in love. What’s going to be funny is when they think Mom and Dad are a little bit cool. Because right now, we’re not cool Mom and Dad.

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20. “I want to be outspoken. I want to say my opinions and I hope they’re taken in the right way. I don’t want to stop being free. And I won’t.

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21. It’s hard to be clear about who you are when you are carrying around a bunch of baggage from the past. I’ve learned to let go and move more quickly into the next place

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22. People have two sides, a good side and a bad side, a past, a future.  We must embrace both in someone we love.

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23. If being sane is thinking there’s something wrong with being different….I’d rather be completely fucking mental.

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24. We have a choice about how we take what happens to us in our life and whether or not we allow it to turn us. We can become consumed by hate and darkness, or we’re able to regain our humanity somehow, or come to terms with things and learn something about ourselves.

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25. If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I’m not frightened by anyone’s perception of me.

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26. We have a responsibility to be aware of others.

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27. I never thought I’d have children; I never thought I’d be in love, I never thought I’d meet the right person. Having come from a broken home – you kind of accept that certain things feel like a fairy tale, and you just don’t look for them.

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28. I don’t see the point of doing an interview unless you’re going to share the things you learn in life and the mistakes you make. So to admit that I’m extremely human and have done some dark things I don’t think makes me unusual or unusually dark. I think it actually is the right thing to do, and I’d like to think it’s the nice thing to do.

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29. Women have a certain sexuality, and I think their bodies are beautiful, and I’m not embarrassed to explore that in a film. But there are things you get offered that are vulgar and violent – just like there’s a side of me that’s vulgar and violent.

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30. Sometimes I think my husband is so amazing that I don’t know why he’s with me. I don’t know whether I’m good enough. But if I make him happy, then I’m everything I want to be.

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31. Anything that feels good couldn’t possibly be bad.

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32. Anytime I feel lost, I pull out a map and stare. I stare until I have reminded myself that life is a giant adventure, so much to do, to see.

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33. To be in any way a positive contribution, that’s all anybody wants to be. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to be. I wanted to be an artist, be a mother. You want to feel that in your life you’ve been of use, in whatever way that comes out.

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34. If I didn’t have my films as an outlet for all the different sides of me, I would probably be locked up.

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35. I grew up as this very carefree, happy kid then things turned darker for me. Maybe it was because I saw that the world wasn’t as happy a place as I had hoped it would be for me.

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36. I don’t believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don’t judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free.

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37. I always felt caged, closed in, like I was punching at things that weren’t there. I always had too much energy for the room I was in.

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38. The mind wants to forget because it weighs so much on the heart and soul. I am tired of crying and feeling so helpless. I want to breathe again -just for a little while.

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39. Maleficent has suffered abuse in the past, and there’s a reason why she is now as furious as she is. And I think that children who have been outcast and abused in any way will relate to her. There’s a beautiful side to her; she’s not just a dark person. She has all these facets. And that is interesting.

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40. I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess.

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41. I was of the generation where most of the Disney princesses and female characters were not girls that I admired. They just weren’t characters I looked up to and identified with.

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42. Don’t think the rich people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that’s what counts.

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43. I don’t believe in guilt; I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person. And don’t judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free.

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44. I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am so proud to now be a part of such an extraordinary part of the world and fellow citizen to the people I deeply love and admire.

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45. When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire.

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46. When I get logical, and I don’t trust my instincts – that’s when I get in trouble.

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47. Wherever I am I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else.

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48. I’m very happy and very excited when my adrenalin is going.

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49. I’m happy being myself, which I’ve never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn’t have those things in mine.

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50. Nothing would mean anything if I didn’t life a life of use to others.

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51. I don’t see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinions. They tell me I’m skinny, as if that’s supposed to make me happy.

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52. It is not where you start out in life that counts the most, it is how you choose to face it.

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53. You’d think, ‘What if I make a mistake today, I’ll regret it’. I don’t believe in regret, I feel everything leads us to where we are and we have to just jump forward, mean well, commit and just see what happens.

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54. I’m still having trouble convincing Pax that underwear and pants go together – underwear is not pants!

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55. I’m with a man who’s evolved enough to look at my body and see it as more beautiful because of the journey it has taken.

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56. I’m just glad I was able to return to some of that innocence and beauty I had as a child when I started my own family, and my children brought me back some of that spirit.

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