Fannie Flagg Quotes

“Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome.”

“I just think humiliation really causes more harm than maybe being physically beaten.”

“They say the truth can set you free, but sometimes it can really depress the hell out of you.”

“When you live long enough to see your children begin to look at you with different eyes, and you can look at them not as your children, but as people, it’s worth getting older with all the creaks and wrinkles.”

“You may not be the person your mother wants you to be, but you are you. Our job here is to try and separate the wheat from the chaff and figure out who you are and not who your mother thinks you are.”

“Your mother formed an incorrect opinion of you and, naturally, you agreed with her. Children always think their parents are right. But in this case, your mother was entirely wrong. Think about it.”