Phyllis Smith Quotes

My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so I was very fortunate that my parents were in a position to get me one - it was a secondhand car, but I was just so happy to have it.

I have amazing parents. They had worked hard all their lives for me, and when I started to make money, I wanted to be able to take care of them.

Talk about divine intervention. I can't even tell you how blessed I feel.

The first thing, when I got the money, I knew I would support somebody. And the person I supported was my family. Because we were really in debt with the money. And - so I gave to my father this suitcase full of money. And he couldn't believe it. And that was something very special.

I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money but I didn't have it for many decades.

Everything I have in life comes from Knots Landing.

I'm blessed to be living this dream of writing and singing, but that's not the real dream I had. The real dream was to make enough money to take care of all the pain and suffering that my mother has been through.

I come from a really poor family, and when I started doing campaigns, it changed everything for my family. I am not complaining; I had a beautiful childhood - we didn't have a lot of money, but there was always food on the table, and my parents saved money so that in the holidays we would all get in the car and drive to the mountains.

I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.

I wouldn't have dared ask God for all that He's given me. I couldn't have done it on my own. I thank God every day for what I have.

I wanted to make a point of basing myself at home, being close to my family. I'll never be able to repay Mum and Dad for what they did, but at least they know they'll never have to work another day. I'll do whatever it takes to look after them.

I was always able to get money, but now it's a little bit more money, and I manage the same way. I just want to see my family do better.

When you have too much month for you paycheck, then what you need to do is realize that there is abundance all around you and focus on the abundance and not your lack and as night follows day abundance will come to you.

My dad loves what I do and I support my parents financially because they didn't have a job that gave them a pension.

My family didn't have a lot of money, and I'm grateful for that. Money is the longest route to happiness.

I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was driving. I started out believing God for a nicer apartment than I had. Then I moved up.

I thank God, Jesus, and my Grandmother for being able to support myself and my family.

One thing my dad always told me, was he would make sure I always had what he didn't have. He couldn't play basketball because he didn't have tennis shoes - so I had five pairs of tennis shoes.

Residuals from Australia, from the Mission Magic show, saved my butt. So there is a reason for everything.

I was hoping I could become a success to give my mother and my father a better way of living.

I have a slightly bourgeois upbringing, I guess. My parents paid for me to go to school, which is nice, but I haven't gotten a dime since then. I have no trust fund. I wish I did.

New money is something fun to celebrate if you never had it.

I am grateful for the lessons I learned from my parents' sacrifices. They often had trouble making ends meet, so we moved for them to find work. I remember my mom would sometimes take on second jobs, like ironing, just so we could buy groceries.

With the first money I got, I built my parents a house back home, gave them a string of credit cards, and said 'Go.'

My parents had to work hard, and I was always looking for a way to make it big - for their sakes as well as my own.