25 Stevie Wonder Quotes That Will Open Up Your Heart

Stevie Wonder (original name Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an American musical genius and a former child prodigy. His work turned him into one of the most successful and popular figures in the history of music.

Because he was born six weeks premature, Wonder suffered from an eye disorder called retinopathy of prematurity. The condition caused the retinas to detach, leading to blindness.

The singer showed an early passion for music. He used to sing in his church choir and by the age of 10, he taught himself to play instruments such as the harmonica, piano and drums.

At the age of 11, Wonder sang his own composition in an audition after which Berry Gordy signed him to Motown's Tamla label. He quickly became known as Little Stevie Wonder and his remarkable talent led to an amazing music career.

In addition to his impressive body of work, Wonder is also known as an activist for civil rights. He used music to tackle social issues, raise money for different causes and encourage people to love and respect one another.

Here are 25 Stevie Wonder quotes that will teach you to see with your heart:

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

There are a lot of things happening that show us that this, right now, is a time to love.

When you're moving in the positive, your destination is the brightest star.

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

I am what I am. I love me! And I don't mean that egotistically - I love that God has allowed me to take whatever it was that I had and to make something out of it.

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.

I feel thankful to God, first and foremost, allowing me to enjoy this 'smell the roses' kind of thing.

We all have hearts... If you have a heart, love somebody. If you have enough heart, love everybody.

Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.

This is like one thing that I've tried to do, and I think successfully, that when you realize that nothing really belongs to you, you begin to appreciate having an understanding of just where your head is at, and you feel so much better.

We know the things that are not good and are right. Those things that we know are wrong, we've got to fix them.

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

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

Law and order comes from having respect for one another.

I am all for anything that is going to better equip a person who is physically challenged in any way, to have an opportunity to be able to do what they are able to do.

Fear can’t put dreams to sleep.

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.

I'm concerned about how accessible guns are.

My mother had a rule, obviously, that I couldn't go across the street by myself, but I had to find a way of doing it.

I'm believing that miracles and blessings still exist.

Minds ripen at very different ages.

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

Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.

Let us come together before we're annihilated.

The Lord that I serve says the impossible is unacceptable.