Phan Quotes

The first videos I uploaded on my own personal channel were videos of dogs. ~ Michelle Phan

As one of the first creators on YouTube, I've been fortunate to sit in the front row, witnessing the remarkable evolution of digital media. The experiences and knowledge I've been afforded are invaluable, and I'm excited to take that skill set, together with Endemol Beyond, to build a reliable, reputable business. ~ Michelle Phan

The Manuka honey face mask is another favorite of mine that I actually do. I know there are these people that recommend crazy masks, and I'm like, 'There is no way you're putting that on your face!' But I do put Manuka honey on my face. I take a teaspoon and warm it up. ~ Michelle Phan

It's very easy to make a viral video, but longevity and consistency, that's hard. ~ Michelle Phan

There's definitely more to me offline than what you see online. Because what I show online is what I want to show to my followers ... If I showed everything I did offline, it might not align with some of my other followers around the world. ~ Michelle Phan

I glance through the pages of all the top magazines every month just to see if there are any colors that are trending. I'll also go on Instagram and look at the 'popular' page to see what people are liking, what's cool. I'll check it at different times of the day; for example, if it's really late in L.A., you'll see a lot of posts in Asia. ~ Michelle Phan

I don't believe in that term 'self-made' - not to be offensive, but I believe everything happens for a reason, every single person you meet. Even if it's one single person giving you advice, that person helped you get to where you're at today. ~ Michelle Phan

Us Asians look like we're twenty until we're fifty. Once we're fifty, we look like Yoda. ~ Dat Phan

So many of my friends have 200,000 subscribers, and they make around five to six K a month, which is completely cool. ~ Michelle Phan

I knew comedy was the thing for me when I was the only Asian kid in high school ... who failed math. ~ Dat Phan

I always wanted a family environment, a community where a creator like myself could connect and vibe with other creators without feeling competitive. ~ Michelle Phan

We're living in an age where we should be collaborating. Because it's the Internet now. It's hard to say who owns what. ~ Michelle Phan

divine views in the entire country, so if you want to see what a true monument of manmade energy can be please check out the Taj Mahal! ~ Larry Phan

That's the beauty about beauty; it's not like a tattoo. You can just wash it right off, and your skin is your canvas, so you can do something new the next day. ~ Michelle Phan

Never frown when you're sad because you never know who may be falling in love with your smile. ~ Christina Phan

I'm homemade. I upload my videos in my living room; I edit everything, and I upload on my laptop. And my viewers love that about me, and they get inspired and do it themselves. ~ Michelle Phan

The Internet opens a lot of doors to those who are passionate. ~ Michelle Phan

We want to be seen as more than just martial artists, or bad stereotype token roles in American TV and movies. ~ Dat Phan

I now have 10-year-olds asking me about how to become successful, how to become a business owner, which is crazy - at 10 I was trying to figure out which Barbie I wanted. ~ Michelle Phan

I don't want to make videos where people are always happy and they're agreeing. It's boring! Do something where people can talk about it. ~ Michelle Phan

And I come from a small Vietnamese family. We're really close too, all ten of us. ~ Dat Phan

I'm platform agnostic. I've been platform agnostic ever since I went online. ~ Michelle Phan

I learned that money's not happiness. The more famous I am and the more money I make, the closer I stay to my family and friends that I've known since junior high school. True happiness to me is the connection with fellow human beings I've known for a long time. ~ Dat Phan

Being a mother is never easy... It's about failing, learning, and then failing again. ~ Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

If Erik existed and lived life in despair,
We wish him to know we are here and we care. ~ E.A. Bucchianeri

As my YouTube following grew, I was soon earning as much from advertising revenue as from waiting tables, so I quit my job. My boss thought I was crazy, which just made me more determined. In 2012, four years and 200 videos later, my channel was so successful that Google offered me $1 million to create 20 hours of content. ~ Michelle Phan

Success is like a lightning bolt. It'll strike you when you least expect it, and you just have to keep the momentum going. You have to strike when the iron is hot. So for me, I just kept striking and striking to polish out the sword that I was making. ~ Michelle Phan

Robust activity on one site is so much better than halfhearted activity on multiple sites. ~ Michelle Phan

I always had that yearning, that hunger, to one day be independent and be my own person and build my own world. The most fulfilling thing is to live a life where you have freedom. ~ Michelle Phan

Every video I've made has an inspirational message behind it. Since day one, I thought, 'Okay, I want my audience to be, like, Disney members.' So if that's the case, I have to keep everything rated G. ~ Michelle Phan

Seven years ago, in my first semester at college, the professors handed out MacBook Pros. With mine, I filmed a seven-minute tutorial on 'natural makeup' - just me, my laptop, and a cup of coffee. When, a week later, it clocked 40,000 Web views, I knew people were connecting with it, so I kept going. That moment changed my life. ~ Michelle Phan

When I smell pho, I just automatically think of my mom. All these nostalgic feelings and memories come rushing through my head. ~ Michelle Phan

It's a constant battle between what your heart tells you, and what your brain tells you. ~ Dat Phan

As long as I have my voice, I am still alive. ~ Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

I had begun reading the book on the plane just after take-off. And I realised that something does happen to you when you read fiction above ground: The intensity of each word and phrase is magnified and the world which the writer has created for you takes on a greater dimension than before. After a while, you can't tell fiction from fact. ~ Phan Ming Yen

Shadows of villages that bordered the horizon looked like women whose backs were bent with the burdens of life. My mother had had to bear hers, and it was now my turn. ~ Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

I see videomaking as an art - it's not a process for me. ~ Michelle Phan

I was living under a desk in West Hollywood. It was a closet that I shared with another comic. I was shocked when they called me to come in to try out for the show. The chances of me getting on a TV show and winning it is like one-in-a-million. I had only been doing comedy for six years at that point, so I was basically considered an open mic-er or maybe a feature act once in awhile. ~ Dat Phan

I've colored my hair so many times, and nobody tells you the damage it's going to do! I went blonde and lost all my baby hairs. I'm not coloring it anymore. Never again. ~ Michelle Phan

When you grow up poor, you have to either work really hard to try and get where you want to be, or you'll just stay put. ~ Dat Phan

What inspired me to work so hard and to maintain my determination was seeing my mother. She was an immigrant and was struggling in America to make it by; that inspired me to work hard. ~ Michelle Phan

I am so inspired by the people watching my videos and responding to them. I have learned so much from my community over the years and always love reading their feedback and their own personal stories that they share with me. ~ Michelle Phan

If I can find time to play games, it's console gaming. I don't want to be plugged into my phone all the time. I'm waiting for the new Mario Kart to come out, but I've been playing Donkey Kong and Mario 3D World on the Wii U. ~ Michelle Phan

I really believe in giving tools and resources to other creators so that they can create beautiful videos. ~ Michelle Phan

My mother would work 14 hours, and she'd come home, and she'd just get right into cooking ... she wanted to make sure my brother, my sister and I had food in our bellies. ~ Michelle Phan

When I first started, there really was no beauty guru community. I didn't have the right production resources. I had to learn how to edit. I didn't even have beauty products. I had to go out and buy them myself because beauty brands didn't even know what a beauty guru was. ~ Michelle Phan

My dad and I had been close - he called me Tuyet Bang, Vietnamese for 'avalanche,' because of my nonstop energy. I took a lot from him, like being a risk taker, and I know how much he loved my mother. ~ Michelle Phan

I believe that rejection is a blessing because it's the universe's way of telling you that there's something better out there. ~ Michelle Phan

Just like hair frames our face, brows frame our eyes. I see so much potential in harmonized beauty whenever I see a woman who's not filling in her brows, and I just want to go in with my brow pencil and just be like, 'Filling in eyebrows, OK, done - look in the mirror and be inspired.' That's one of my pet peeves, but beauty is subjective. ~ Michelle Phan

What if someone created some sort of eyebrow pencil that was revolutionary and that was made specifically to help eyebrows look more realistic? ~ Michelle Phan

You know when you're a child and your imagination is limitless and you really believe in magic? I thought I had super powers. ~ Michelle Phan

Your YouTube channel is your show. I think it's a wonderful platform for anyone who wants to have stronger creative control over their content, their message, their vision and their branding. ~ Michelle Phan

Vietnam, we take over by doing pedicure! That's how we take over. We take over one foot at a time, damn it - that's the plan of attack right there. We take over from the toe up, that's the plan. We spread over USA like fungus from the toe. ~ Dat Phan

For me, money is a tool. ~ Michelle Phan

You need interesting content that entertains or informs - preferably both. You want people to look forward to your posts and come back for more. People want to follow you. They want to hear your words and see your vision. ~ Michelle Phan

Influence is the new power - if you have influence, you can create a brand. ~ Michelle Phan

Makeup is no different than clothes and accessories - it's embellishments for your face. And it also gives you creative freedom. You get to have that moment in front the mirror every morning and give yourself self-love. You're making yourself up beautiful, which is essentially self-love. ~ Michelle Phan

I use sunscreen every single day, even if I'm not going outside in the sun, because I'm near a window. I can always get those UV rays on my face, so I always apply sunscreen on my face and neck. It's like brushing my teeth: I feel weird if I don't apply sunscreen. ~ Michelle Phan

Social media is an ever-changing world. You want to be ready if a certain platform becomes red-hot, and you don't want someone else taking your company name as his or her handle. That does happen! ~ Michelle Phan

All of the development I do is with the help of business advisors who are more like my best friends than just business people. They helped me as I created Ipsy back in 2011, which is a beauty community that ships out sampling bags to subscribers. ~ Michelle Phan

If our stories survive, we will not die, even when our bodies are no longer here on this Earth. ~ Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

I am passionate about finding undiscovered and talented artists. I want to help those artists get to the next level and provide existing artists with a new way to reach fans. I wanted to partner with the Cutting Edge Group because they share my vision and have a proven track record in innovation in the music business. ~ Michelle Phan

I got an apartment for my family so they can move out of this one-room that they were renting out from a family. ~ Michelle Phan

I am first a creator, but my ongoing objective is to leverage my personal success to help mentor new and existing talent and further help them achieve their goals. Endemol Beyond shares this vision, and together, we will drive the future of original content for generations to come. ~ Michelle Phan

I'm used to everything digital - the pictures, the avatars of the person, the profiles - so when I get to see someone in the flesh, it's really nice. ~ Michelle Phan

I listen to a lot of Tibetan music before I sleep. I'll just type in 'Tibetan meditation music' on YouTube, and within 15 minutes, it knocks me out. I sleep like a baby. ~ Michelle Phan

I know I'm a storyteller at heart, and if there's a platform that needs stories, I'm going be there. ~ Michelle Phan

It's a deeper connection when you meet someone online and talk to them every day. ~ Michelle Phan

Art was a way for me to express myself and for me to also escape because it was tough growing up as a child. We didn't have a lot of money. I was always creating. I was writing stories. I was doing comic books. I made my own universe. ~ Michelle Phan

I did whatever it takes to do stand-up. There is an abundance of material in struggling and poverty and trying to make it. There is so much humor in that, it's unlimited. ~ Dat Phan

Whatever happens, I'll just keep moving forward. Like an avalanche. ~ Michelle Phan

When Google reached out to me in 2011, they wanted me to build out their female lifestyle vertical. When they were starting with that initiative, they were giving each production house a million dollars to produce content. ~ Michelle Phan

My production style is all about imagination. I want my audience to use their imagination when they watch my videos. My goal is for my voice to be that little hope of encouragement in your head when you walk out your door. ~ Michelle Phan

So many of my followers who just graduated can't get jobs; they're hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, and they don't know what to do. My dream is to see a new generation of entrepreneurs who are creating and having more meaningful jobs than the day-to-day grind. ~ Michelle Phan

I'm grateful that L'Oreal believed in me and helped me bring my dream of creating a beauty brand to life. I'm excited to be working with Ipsy to bring Em home to my community, the original inspiration for the brand. ~ Michelle Phan

Phan, welcome back to service, in which I push you around and give you a lot of orders. And send you off in a chauffeured car after soundly taking a crop to your ass twice a week. ~ Chris Owen

I'm motivated by my love to share and teach. I love sharing things that inspire me, and I love connecting with people. Being a part of a community is in the millennial DNA. ~ Michelle Phan

The beauty of the Internet is there's a niche market for everything, and if you can focus on it, you can build a sustainable and viable business of it. ~ Michelle Phan

My best advice for anyone out there that feels like, 'I don't have a million followers so why should I even give it a shot,' is that it's not about the numbers - it's about the engagement. That's how you can build influence. ~ Michelle Phan

I'm a total nerd, so I'm on my telescope, or I read a lot. I'm very inspired by ancient history. ~ Michelle Phan

Aflame in black ecstasy, orders extinguished:
after death
how will I know my love was true,
this sacrifice not an exercise in vanity? ~ Phan Ming Yen