Motivational Quotes

I'm sick of people sittin' in chairs stating their problems.

Then we roll the videotape...

then we have our experts on the topic...

I'm in the 'What's next?' phase of my career.

No matter who we are or what we look like or what we may believe,

it is both possible and, more importantly,

it becomes powerful to come together in

common purpose and common effort.

Don't let people talk you into what they think is you.

It's much easier for me to make major life,

multi million dollar decisions,

than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch.

That's the truth.

It isn't until you come to a spiritual,

understanding of who you are,

not necessarily a religious feeling,

but deep down, the spirit within,

that you can begin to take control.

It does not matter how you came into the world,

what matters is that you are here.

Unless you choose to do great things with it,

it makes no difference how much you are rewarded,

or how much power you have.

When you think about growing and,

being empowered yourself,

it is what you've been able to do,

for other people that leaves you the fullest.

My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.

I consider the world,

this Earth,

to be like a school,

and our life the classrooms.

My first day in Chicago,

September 4 1983,

I set foot in this city,

and just walking down the street,

it was like roots,

like the motherland.

I knew I belonged here.

Even if you flippin' fries at McDonald's,

if you are excellent,

everybody wants to be in your line.

If you want to feel good,

you have to go out and do some good.

I don't think you ever stop giving,

I really don't,

I think it's an on,

going process,

And it's not just about,

being able to write a check,

It's being able to touch somebody's life.

I think people who have good parents come

into the world with a strength,

and an advantage.

I'm not even kind of a lesbian.

What I know is,

is that if you do work that you love,

and the work fulfills you,

the rest will come.

Even people who believe they deserve,

to be happy and have nice things often,

don't feel worthy once they have them.

What material success does is provide,

you with the ability to concentrate

on other things that really matter,

And that is being able to make a difference,

not only in your own life,

but in other people's lives.

You are who you are at this moment because of,

everything that's ever happened to you,

everything that you carried forward for yourself.