Gloria Estefan Quotes

I've learned that the more people embrace their disadvantages, the less disadvantaged they become!

Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you.

All my life I have had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I am here

In order to help people, you have to first learn how to help yourself.

The people who put you down don't have to stop you from chasing your dreams. Stand up, and prove them wrong.

No matter what, we always have the power to choose hope over despair, engagement over apathy, kindness over indifference, love over hate.

Oh, I would love to be a motivational speaker. I have pulled myself out of a million potholes, and I can see the potholes ahead of me. That doesn't mean that I could always do that so perfectly for my own life. I totally fall in potholes.

I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges. If you do that, you don't lower yourself down to your adversary. Just treat people the way you want to be treated.' I honestly think that's why I was able to survive and have some success.

I had my share of issues, but now, it's something that's made me who I am and no complaints.

The beauty of love, as far as I'm concerned, is it makes you better. It makes you stronger. It gives you direction. It gives you understanding of what life is and what we've been given.

Today, rather than looking for the worst in people, I encourage you to look for what's best within them.

Our task is to become our best selves. One of God's greatest gifts to us is the joy of trying again, for no failure ever need be final.

Use what you have to run toward your best - that's how I now live my life.

I saw that we're all doing the best we can. This is how a lifetime of humility begins.

When people feel that they have failed, it's usually because somebody or something caused them to feel that way and taste defeat. I refuse to dwell on that. Yes, it sucks at first, and the feeling is valid, but it all happens for a reason.

The first step is to fill your life with positive faith that will help you through anything. The second step is to start where you are.

Sometimes I have to remind myself, that on my worst day I live like somebody on their greatest

Be brave. Be open-minded. Be kind. Be forgiving. Be generous. Be optimistic. Be grateful for the many unexpected lessons you will learn. Find the joy inside the hardship. It's there. I assure you. And, too, be open to inspiration from unlikely sources.

Don't ever give up on yourself. Keep pushing because the change of guards is what life's all about.

Never let a person's weakness get in the way of their strength.

I love my enemies for two reasons: they inspire me to recognise my weakness. They also inspire me to perfect my imperfect nature.

May your boulders be your blessings. May you be able to embrace them. And may you find what's extraordinary in yourself.

The one resolution, which was in my mind long before it took the form of a resolution, is the key-note of my life. It is this, always to regard as mere impertinences of fate the handicaps which were placed upon my life almost at the beginning. I resolved that they should not crush or dwarf my soul, but rather be made to blossom, like Aaron's rod, with flowers.

Your sensitivity is power. Don't let people transform your qualities into weaknesses.