Stevie Wonder Quotes


Stevie Wonder

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn`t mean he lacks vision.

Before I ride with somebody who`s been drinking, I`ll drive myself.

If you don`t ask, you don`t get.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.

Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!

Ya gots to work with what you gots to work with.

Minds ripen at very different ages.

Sometimes, I feel I am really blessed to be blind because I probably would not last a minute if I were able to see things.

Eyes lie if you ever look into them for the character of the person.

Let us come together before we`re annihilated.

You can`t base your life on other people`s expectations.

The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.






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