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title: "1 Help Succeed Quotes By Cyndi Lauper"
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> [You can't make your kids what you want them to be. They are who they are and you have to help them to succeed in the world as best you can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyndi-lauper/you-can-t-make-your-kids-what-you-want-them-to-be-they-are-who-they/)

[Cyndi Lauper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyndi-lauper/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46d/cyndi-lauper-5413_child_you-can-t-make-your-kids-what-you-want-t_2733969.png)

## More by Cyndi Lauper

> [Dick Clark was a really great influence in my career; he helped me a lot with his whole organization, and they were awesome to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyndi-lauper/dick-clark-was-a-really-great-influence-in-my-career-he-helped-me-a/)

[Cyndi Lauper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyndi-lauper/)

> [“My career never went like anyone else’s, so I never followed anyone.” Cyndi Lauper People Magazine July 8, 2013”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyndi-lauper/my-career-never-went-like-anyone-else-s-so-i-never-followed-anyone/)

[Cyndi Lauper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyndi-lauper/)

> [I come from a line of great Sicilian women, and their mentality is to endure and push through to the other side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyndi-lauper/i-come-from-a-line-of-great-sicilian-women-and-their-mentality-is-to/)

[Cyndi Lauper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyndi-lauper/)

> [I always sang. I wanted to be in a band with my sister, and I was, at 11. At 12, I started writing seriously,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyndi-lauper/i-always-sang-i-wanted-to-be-in-a-band-with-my-sister-and-i-was-at-11/)

[Cyndi Lauper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyndi-lauper/)

> [Secrets stolen from deep inside…the drum beats out of time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyndi-lauper/secrets-stolen-from-deep-inside-the-drum-beats-out-of-time/)

[Cyndi Lauper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyndi-lauper/)

> [I've always wondered what it would be like if somebody from outer space landed with three heads. Then all of a sudden everybody else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyndi-lauper/i-ve-always-wondered-what-it-would-be-like-if-somebody-from-outer/)

[Cyndi Lauper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyndi-lauper/)

> [When I was 15, all my friends came out. I was really trying to be like them, and I finally had to tell my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyndi-lauper/when-i-was-15-all-my-friends-came-out-i-was-really-trying-to-be-like/)

[Cyndi Lauper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyndi-lauper/)

> [I never had a rivalry with Madonna. You don't knock another sister, ever. There's room for everybody on this planet; you don't have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyndi-lauper/i-never-had-a-rivalry-with-madonna-you-don-t-knock-another-sister/)

[Cyndi Lauper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyndi-lauper/)

> [“Not for nothing, but if you do that again, I'm gonna have to punch ya fuckin' heart out!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyndi-lauper/not-for-nothing-but-if-you-do-that-again-i-m-gonna-have-to-punch-ya/)

[Cyndi Lauper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyndi-lauper/)

> [I wanted to make the album I always needed to make. I had to say the things I never could.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyndi-lauper/i-wanted-to-make-the-album-i-always-needed-to-make-i-had-to-say-the/)

[Cyndi Lauper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyndi-lauper/)

> [I can't judge the way other people behave. I can only look at myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyndi-lauper/i-can-t-judge-the-way-other-people-behave-i-can-only-look-at-myself/)

[Cyndi Lauper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyndi-lauper/)

> [In the darkest place, shed the brightest light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyndi-lauper/in-the-darkest-place-shed-the-brightest-light/)

[Cyndi Lauper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyndi-lauper/)

> [I hope God is a drag queen, so we have a lot to discuss about fashion, makeup and cleavage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyndi-lauper/i-hope-god-is-a-drag-queen-so-we-have-a-lot-to-discuss-about-fashion/)

[Cyndi Lauper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyndi-lauper/)

> [The '80s was a really creative and brave period. Remember, it was a period of ultraconservatism, and so you needed brave people to push…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyndi-lauper/the-80s-was-a-really-creative-and-brave-period-remember-it-was-a/)

[Cyndi Lauper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyndi-lauper/)

> [If you want a strong society, it has to be inclusive. If you have to push a boulder up a hill, do you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyndi-lauper/if-you-want-a-strong-society-it-has-to-be-inclusive-if-you-have-to/)

[Cyndi Lauper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyndi-lauper/)

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