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• If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.

• Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you need is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

• Though I'm grateful for the blessings of wealth, it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.

• For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out. The light doesn't always necessarily have to be in your family; for me it was teachers and school.

• Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.

• Don't live your life to please other people.

• It doesn't matter who you are, or where you came from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.

• That guy just cut right in front of me. But I'm not going to let it bother me. No. I'm on my way to work and I decided it doesn't matter who wants to cut in front of my lane today. I'm not going to let it bother me one bit. Once I get to work, find myself a parking space, if somebody wants to jump ahead of me and take it, I'm going to let them.

• I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.

• They say getting thin is the best revenge. Success is much better.

• Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

• Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

• My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.

• Mr. Right is coming. But he's in Africa and he's walking.

• You can have it all. You just can't have it all at one time.

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Quote collection assembled by Jone Johnson Lewis. Each quotation page in this collection and the entire collection © Jone Johnson Lewis 1997-2005. This is an informal collection assembled over many years. I regret that I am not be able to provide the original source if it is not listed with the quote.

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