Being Latina Quotes

#1. People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.

Zoe Saldana

#2. Aside from being a Latina, my family immigrated from Puerto Rico and Yugoslavia so I know all about that. I wouldn't be able to do what I do today if they didn't come to America. Everybody has an immigration story.

Naya Rivera

#3. She spends her day powdering her face till she looks like a bled pig.

Margot Asquith

#4. I am so proud of my heritage and of being Latina. I would most definitely consider roles in Latin America.

Chrissie Fit

#5. Manage yourself first and others will take your orders.

David Seabury

#6. Being Latina, I'm super close with my family. I love them, and I love spending time with them. I love being at my grandma's house and eating her food.

Emeraude Toubia

#7. For the world is not painted, or adorned, but is from the beginning beautiful; and God has not made some beautiful things, but Beauty is the creator of the universe.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#8. A bruise is tender
but does not last,
it leaves me as
I always was.

But a wound I take
much more to heart,
for a scar will always
leave its mark.

And if you should ask
which one you are,
my answer is -
you are a scar.

Lang Leav

#9. When people see a Spanish last name, they have an image in their head of what the typical Latina looks like. I think it's important on television to have different representations of people. And I'm so proud of being Latina. I love it.

Kether Donohue

#10. I have always been taught to be proud of being Latina, proud of being Mexican, and I was. I was probably more proud of being a "label" than of being a human being, that's the way most of us were taught.

Erin Gruwell

#11. Being Latino means being from everywhere, and that is exactly what America is supposed to be about.

Raquel Cepeda

#12. I definitely have some stereotypical qualities of being a Latina. I talk with my hands, which means I knock stuff over all the time.

Bitsie Tulloch

#13. Being Latina to me is living your life like it's a big old fiesta!

Adrienne Bailon

#14. I'm a just a mom when I walk down the street.

Alice Barrett

#15. She is catalyst.
She is chaos.
I can see why he loves her.

Amie Kaufman

#16. Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.

Natalie Martinez

#17. You don't want to work so hard that you can't enjoy your guests.

Letitia Baldrige