35 Inspirational Deepika Padukone Quotes On Success

Deepika Padukone is an Indian film actress. One of the highest-paid actresses in India, Padukone is the recipient of several awards, including three Filmfare Awards. She features in listings of the nation’s most popular personalities, and Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018. As a teenager, she played badminton in national level championships but left her career in the sport to become a fashion model. She soon received offers for film roles and made her acting debut in 2006. May these Deepika Padukone Quotes inspire you to take action so that you may live your dreams.

1. “To me, the mind and body are one. I’m very transparent in a way, and people can very easily make out what mood I’m in.” Deepika Padukone

2. “I try and workout as often as possible. Since I travel very often, it becomes very difficult to have a daily workout routine, but I practice yoga every day or try and play some sport. Also, I am very aware of what suits my body in terms of food and exercise.” Deepika Padukone

3. “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.” Deepika Padukone

4. “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.” Deepika Padukone

5. “The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest.” Deepika Padukone

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.” Deepika Padukone

7. “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.” Deepika Padukone

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.” Deepika Padukone

9. “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 sports person; so I know how to be competitive in a healthy way.” Deepika Padukone

10. “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.” Deepika Padukone

11. “I don’t believe monogamy is impossible and I’m willing to wait for however long it takes to find the right guy with the same values and beliefs. I never start seeing someone unless I think there is a real chance of it working out in the future and I want a person like that. Someone like me, who is in it for the long haul.” Deepika Padukone

12. “Comfort is of great importance to me. I really want to encourage girls to dress in whatever they feel comfortable in and not get bogged down by fashion trends.” Deepika Padukone

13. “Relationships or not, I believe that people don’t need to know about my life beyond a certain point.” Deepika Padukone

14. “People talk about physical fitness, but mental health is equally important. I see people suffering, and their families feel a sense of shame about it, which doesn’t help. One needs support and understanding. I am now working on an initiative to create awareness about anxiety and depression and help people.” Deepika Padukone

15. “For years, we’ve been made to feel we should be OK with settling for less. But you should get what you think you deserve. It’s okay to fight for it.” Deepika Padukone

16. “I don’t miss anything about my past. I choose to keep doing things that are meaningful and special to me. I choose to live a life that is not complicated. Sometimes we unnecessarily complicate our own lives, but I choose not to live like that.” Deepika Padukone

17. “I forgive and forget very easily, and that’s the only way to be happy and peaceful.” Deepika Padukone

18. “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.” Deepika Padukone

19. “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.'” Deepika Padukone

20. “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.” Deepika Padukone

21. “Life all of a sudden just felt meaningless and there were days when I just wanted to give up. I was diagnosed with clinical depression. Four years on I stand here in front of all of you with a slightly better understanding, I think, of life and my feelings and the person that I am.” Deepika Padukone

22. “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 Padukone

23. “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.” Deepika Padukone

24. “My choices are like my fingerprints, they make me unique.” Deepika Padukone

25. “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.” Deepika Padukone

26. “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.” Deepika Padukone

27. “I have a lot of friends, but my biggest fear is loneliness. My biggest nightmare every day is to go back home alone.” Deepika Padukone

28. “Being sad and being depressed are two different things. Also, people going through depression don’t look so, while someone sad will look sad. The most common reaction is, how can you be depressed? You have everything going for you. You are the supposed number one heroine and have a plush home, car, movies, what else do you want?” Deepika Padukone

29. “You need to feel like you’re wearing the clothes, and they’re not wearing you.” Deepika Padukone

30. “Never lose focus of what you want for yourself. And don’t be afraid of making mistakes.” Deepika Padukone

31. “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.” Deepika Padukone

32. “I think what you achieve in your life is the result of your own talent and hard work.” Deepika Padukone

33. “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.” Deepika Padukone

34. “It’s very, very easy to get carried away by the fame, the success, the kind of love, appreciation and adulation that we get. Which is why it’s important to be surrounded by — I won’t say real people, but grounded people. Like my friends, my family, my sister, my parents. It’s like I go to work in the morning and I do what I have to do and they go to work and they do what they have to do, but when we come back, we are us and I am me.” Deepika Padukone

35. “Live well, laugh often and love much.” Deepika Padukone

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