Top 100 I Deserve Quotes
#1. There's the life we dream, the life we deserve, and the life we get. I'll take what I got over what I deserve any day.
Kate Jacobs
#2. Don't tell me you don't trust me, Lucinda. For the way I exercised such commendable restraint last night, I deserve a medal, not suspicion.
Lisa Kleypas
#3. I love you, Finn."
He closed his eyes. "I'm gonna work every fucking day until I deserve you."
"Shh." She leaned her forehead to his and shook her head. "Just ... show me.
Kit Rocha
#4. I deserve the best and I accept the best now
Louise Hay
#5. I remind myself: I am the best. I have the best. And I deserve the best. This is one of my personal mantras that I tell myself every morning before auditions, character work, and performances.
Allison Holker
#6. You're mine, and I will not give you up. Not today, not tomorrow, not fucking ever. You do not tell me what I deserve. You do not lie to me. You do not hide. You do not put up a front for my benefit. And you do not put yourself down. Are we clear? Nod if we are.
Elle Aycart
#7. I'd like to say I deserve you, but the truth is I don't and never will. You deserve a prince, and you're not going to catch him wearing that.
Jen McLaughlin
#8. I don't sleep anymore. And I haven't known happiness since the day I left your arms. I don't expect your forgiveness nor do I deserve it for what I've done to you and to us. Just know that I hurt along with you, that I suffer without you, and that I'll love you forever.
Cecy Robson
#9. It's more about going to a place inside of me as a woman who knows that I'm never going to have perfection. And that I deserve to be healthy and feel healthy.
Carnie Wilson
#10. I deserve that, don't I, some sort of blazing love that I can live with.
Sylvia Plath
#11. I was scared of living a life not worth the living. Why did I deserve to live when my sister had died? I was responsible now for two lives, my sister's and my own, and, damn, I'd better live well.
Nina Sankovitch
#12. In my heart there may be doubt that I deserve the Nobel award over other men of letters whom I hold in respect and reverence, but there is no question of my pleasure and pride in having it for myself.
John Steinbeck
#13. I think the big thing I've had going for me in that regard has been the success of the league. I don't have quite as much control over things as people believe, so I frequently receive more credit than I deserve, and occasionally more criticism as well.
Pete Rozelle
#14. I realized that it's my own fault that people take advantage of me. I should be around people who cherish my talents, my health, my time. I'm not a pawn for anyone's future business. I'm an artist. I deserve better than to be loyal to people who only believe in me because I make money.
Lady Gaga
#15. I could not live without Champagne. In victory I deserve it. In defeat I need it.
Winston S. Churchill
#16. The darkness agrees with me. It asks me to release it, as loud as a roar and as quiet as a whisper. I remember what my sister said long ago: You must control the darkness. You can't ever give in to it. But the shadows want to make me happy, and I deserve a little happiness
Justina Ireland
#17. I'm cashmere, for God's sake," it grumbles. "I deserve better than Rubbermaid.
Clara Parkes
#18. It is up to the people and boxing fans to give me the respect I deserve once I have finished my career. I personally do not think about my legacy.
Wladimir Klitschko
#19. The only way to live is to die. I must die. I deserve only death.
Robert Jordan
#20. I want to be someone's big love, Dad. I think I deserve to have the man I love love me back just as much.
Samantha Young
#22. It's so free to know that I do not have to compensate or make excuses for being treated poorly in relationships. I can simply move forward knowing I deserve better
Renae A. Sauter
#23. I have a mantra of my own that has helped me through the most chaotic of times. I remind myself that: I am the best, I have the best, and I deserve the best.
Allison Holker
#24. Sometimes I don't feel like the person that I'm supposed to be. I don't feel like I deserve any of this.
Mena Suvari
#25. What else do I deserve?" One side of his lips tipped up. "Everything, baby, you deserve everything.
Jennifer L. Armentrout
#26. I give myself permission to be all that I can be, and I deserve the very best in life.
Louise Hay
#27. I've waited almost 10 months for this revenge, I know I deserve it.
Sergio Martinez
#28. No, I do not need an outrageous quest to prove my worth. I deserve happiness
happiness on my own terms.
Anna Bayes
#29. I seen the worst of the worst. I deserve every blessing I receive I'm from the dirt.
Jay-Z
#30. I became blinded by what I thought I needed to do. I was wrong. I was stupid. But not for one minute did I ever stop loving you. And that's why I deserve to be forgiven.
C.C. Hunter
#31. I don't know is she loves me anymore, or if she hates me, or if she just don't care one way or the other, she ain't showing a thing to me since. Sooth, friendly, nothing. It's all I deserve after what I did to her.
Lisa Reardon
#32. You deserve better, Keara.
I know I deserve better. But my fucked up heart and mind keep telling me that I don't want better. I want Ruly.
Ika Natassa
#33. She is light while I am darkness, she is raw beauty and so blessedly pure while I am nothing more than a poison to humanity.She deserves her life far more than I deserve mine.
M.S. Willis
#34. I'm scared, too. And there are times I question what I deserve, but we're in this together. So fall with me,
J. Lynn
#35. I deserve a swift kick in the shorts for all the times I've stubbornly wound my way through the library stacks, my mule head leading the way, searching fruitlessly for information a librarian could put in my hands in a matter of minutes.
Michael Perry
#36. Well me the real reason. I mean, haven't we been friends long enough that I deserve the truth?
E. Lockhart
#37. Everything is hell now and I deserve it, but I can handle pain.
Katja Millay
#38. Ten years into it, I can finally go, 'Oh, I just want to make a record that's fun to make and I don't have to prove that I deserve to be here.'
Michelle Branch
#39. Don't I deserve to finally be free of you?
Laini Taylor
#40. Wherefore was I to this keen mockery born?
When at your hands did I deserve this scorn?
Is't not enough, is't not enough, young man,
That I did never, no, nor never can,
Deserve a sweet look from Demetrius' eye,
But you must flout my insufficiency?
William Shakespeare
#41. I have more enemies than I deserve," I said. "I am fighting a losing battle, me against the world. The next century is at stake. Time is running out and my optimism is sorely strained."
"Yeah?" he said. "I was young once too.
Felix Gilman
#42. I haven't had the recognition I deserve, You can go back to anybody's career - Ricky Hatton, Joe Calzaghe, David Haye, Amir Khan, Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn, Steve Collins, Naseem Hamed. My record is better than all of theirs.
Carl Froch
#44. I realize in this moment that all my life I've felt that I deserve to be punished, for wanting so much, for taking so much from this world, from the people who love me.
Claire Bidwell Smith
#45. Just being here is more than I deserve. There is no way you would fail to meet my expectations, they have been shattered in the face of the beautiful reality that is you.
Alanea Alder
#46. My car has wyvern giblets on the inside and fairy douche on the outside, I deserve the big shower!
S.L.J. Shortt
#47. A thankful heart is constantly extending grace because it has received grace. Love and grace are uneven. God poured out on his own Son the criticism I deserve. Now he invites me to pour out undeserving grace on someone who has hurt me. Grace begets grace. This
Paul E. Miller
#48. Those who ask without fear learn to say two things, with or without words, to those they are facing: I deserve to ask and You are welcome to say no. Because the ask that is conditional cannot be a gift.
Amanda Palmer
#49. I think money is essential to happiness and right now I wouldn't want to be anyone other than Wilbur Smith - I've had a fantastic life, rewarded far more heavily than I deserve. Maybe I'd like to be J. K. Rowling, but I'll settle for second best.
Wilbur Smith
#50. I can't find a street sign, but I know I ran fast and I ran far and I didn't pay attention to anything. I broke every rule that I have and I've gotten what I deserve for it. It's the middle of the night and I am alone and lost and drenched in darkness.
Katja Millay
#51. My first impression when I made it through was 'Good, because I'm going to prove to you that I deserve to be here', because they told me that sometimes I lack confidence in my performance and sometimes I'm not as consistent as they'd like me to be.
Naima Adedapo
#52. You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it.
William Gilbert
#53. My daily sins require daily distribution of God's grace. In that sense, it never ceases to surprise me because I don't deserve any of it. I mean, I deserve to be locked in a cage and for God to throw away the key.
Tullian Tchividjian
#54. I will not try to convince you to love me, to respect me, to commit to me. I deserve better than that; I AM BETTER THAN THAT ... Goodbye.
Steve Maraboli
#55. Fine. You don't want to be good enough for me, then you will never be. I deserve someone who wants to be what I need.
Abbi Glines
#56. Don't. This is the punishment I deserve for defying my fate. It'll be easier if I let go of the guilt and embrace my ineluctable destiny
Shaine Lake
#57. I know that I brought this all on myself. I know that I deserve this. I'd do anything not to be this way. I'd do anything to make it up to everyone. And to not have to see a psychiatrist, who explains to me about being passive aggressive.
Stephen Chbosky
#58. If you are an LGBT+ person and you come out, you have to go through your knight's quest to create ground for yourself, to stand there and say, 'I exist. I have no reason to feel guilt or shame. I am proud to exist, and while I'm not perfect, I deserve to exist in society just like anyone else.
Eddie Izzard
#59. I treat myself like I would my daughter. I brusher her hair, was her laundry, tuck her in goodnight. Most importantly, I feed her. I do not punish her. I do not berate her, leave tears staining her face. I do not leave her alone. I know she deserves more. I know I deserve more.
K.Michelle
#60. It's karma. After almost a decade of eluding it, it's finally caught up to me, and I deserve every painful moment of it.
Jessica Wood
#61. Here I am frozen, when I deserve to burn.
E. Lockhart
#62. I'm an old broken down piece of meat and I deserve to be all alone ...
Mickey Rourke
#63. I'm thankful that I have lived long enough to become a legend, and I hope I deserve it.
Ralph Stanley
#64. I deserve to be happy and I think a lot of people stay in relationships for wrong reasons and instead of just looking at each other and just saying, 'you know, it's like sands of the hourglass, we learned our lessons, we can end in war or we can end in peace.'
Jenny McCarthy
#65. That is not what I was saying, you crazy twit!"
"Cut it out! You do not to play the I'm-so-dark-and twisty-I deserve-to-be-punished card.
Heather Fleener
#66. Resentment and gratitude cannot coexist, since resentment blocks the perception and experience of life as a gift. My resentment tells me that I don't receive what I deserve. It always manifests itself in envy.
Henri Nouwen
#67. I deserve to be happy. I'm sad it took me so long to get that. But I get it now.
Susane Colasanti
#68. Is my victory real, does the winner adorned with a laurel wreath ask this question? Do I deserve victory or did I steal it from someone who is more worthy of victory?
Dejan Stojanovic
#69. I love, but I am not entirely sure how to be loved: how to be seen and known for the utterly flawed woman I am. It demands surrender. It demands acknowledging that I am not perfect, but perhaps I deserve affection anyway.
Roxane Gay
#70. I know I deserve nothing, but if you want me I'm yours.
Lauren Myracle
#71. It's weird, but I don't feel like think I deserve any of the attention. There's really nothing but one audition for a Disney Channel movie that separates me from 2,000 other brown-haired, blue-eyed guys in L.A., you know?
Zac Efron
#72. I have been singing for the last 50 years, you know, so I deserve a break. Besides, there are talented singers around who can do justice to their work.
Lata Mangeshkar
#73. Frankly, any city person who doesn't think I deserve a white-collar salary as a farmer doesn't deserve my special food.
Joel Salatin
#74. I want to learn. I deserve to read and write. Thoughts for company, and a pen for a voice. Who is more entitled to those privileges than I?
Julie Berry
#75. I'm going to kick down that fucking door at the end of the long, dark hallway and show everyone that I deserve the light.
Tara Sivec
#76. I'm terrified to lose him for good, so I sell myself short and take what I can from him, even though I know I deserve better.
Colleen Hoover
#77. Yes. I love you. I should have told you sooner, Lina. Not that I deserve to have your love after what I did to you. I wasn't there for you when you needed me. And I promised you I wouldn't let you down again. I'm not a guy who goes back on his promises. Can you ever forgive me for that?
Jaci Burton
#78. I feel that I deserve to hear just some words to justify the actions of an organization that I have honored and promoted every day of my nearly 30-year existence in it.
Mookie Wilson
#79. But I let myself love him anyway. I let myself love him with all my heart. I give myself that. I tell myself I deserve it.
Blake Nelson
#80. When I carve out time to game, it's because I rationalize that I 'deserve it,' so I relish every minute of that 2-3 hour session.
Felicia Day
#81. You just have to say to yourself, "I am not willing to accept anything less than what I deserve! I am smart! I am Beautiful! I am a good woman and I deserve to be happy!" It all starts with you.
Amari Soul
#82. I did something the other day that not many have been taught.
I prayed for those who hurt me, to eventually find there way- not because they deserve it but because i deserve the growth.
Nikki Rowe
#83. For what I have publish'd, I can only hope to be pardon'd; but for what I have burned, I deserve to be prais'd.
Alexander Pope
#84. I'm a bad son of a bitch, I'm a hard son of a bitch, I deserve a frigging medal.
Jackson Spencer Bell
#85. I deserve a fair trial, like every other American citizen. A large amount of ugly, malicious misinformation has been released to the media about me.
Michael Jackson
#86. I do believe that I deserve what I have. I don't think I'm entitled to it. That's a big difference.
Adam Levine
#87. I didn't want to give up my Illinois driver's license and was unaware that was a crime. It is, by the way, in the state of California. Lesson learned. I technically broke a law, so technically I deserve whatever I get.
Patrick Stump
#88. I have tried hard to punish myself for that, and certain other things. No more. Let the Outsider punish me; we deceive ourselves when we think that we can measure out justice to ourselves. I wanted to end my guilt. What was just about that? I should feel guilty. I deserve it.
Gene Wolfe
#89. I know there's no way that I deserve you," he said, cutting her off, his voice a half whisper. "We make no sense together. We are so different that our involvement should be illegal, but that doesn't change my instinct on this. I sense we're connected, and for a reason.
Sarah Noffke
#90. People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.
Gail Devers
#91. We are all victims of what is done to us. We can either use that as an excuse for failure, knowing that if we fail it isn't really our fault, or we can say, 'I want something better than that, I deserve something better than that, and i'm going to try to make myself a life worth living.
Howard Dully
#92. But don't I deserve to be someone's first choice for a change?' All his life, in every life he'd lived, Orion had been the runner-up to someone else.
Josephine Angelini
#93. I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.
Zedd
#94. God Himself heals the proud. This means that inner sorrows (by which pride is healed) are sent to us by God, for the proud man will not suffer anything from others. But the humble person will endure everything, and will always say, 'I deserve this.'
Ambrose Of Optina
#95. It's called basic human decency, and I deserve no credit for doing what every man should.
Courtney Milan
#96. Thought I couldn't live without you
It's gonna hurt when it heals too
Even though I really love you
I'm gonna smile cause I deserve to
Quickly I'm learning to love again
All I know is I'mma be ok
Leona Lewis
#97. If I have a spreadsheet that can, whatever, turn soup cans into gold, wouldn't I deserve an office?
Charlie Close
#98. Thinking that I deserve heaven is a sure sign I have no understanding of the gospel.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
#99. I'm going OUT ... because I DESERVE to go out! And I'm going to get DRUNK ... because I DESERVE to get drunk! And get out of my way!
Bill Cosby
#100. What is the usual percentage?" Pandora asked. "Whatever it is, I'll give you half."
Raising one brow, Rhys asked, "Why only half?"
"Don't I deserve an in-law discount?" Pandora asked ingenuously.
Rhys laughed, looking so boyish that Helen felt her heart quicken. "Aye, you do.
Lisa Kleypas
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