I’m just looking to learn, grow, stay focused, and become a better fighter and a better athlete.

I think a role model is a mentor – someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in any of them.

I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.

Be as you wish to seem.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

I just want people to be the best thems and live the happiest lives possible.

Your greatest asset is your earning ability. Your greatest resource is your time.

Learn to think continentally.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That’s what I strive to do, that’s what I pray to do every day.

I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.

I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning.

If you don’t like what you’re doing, then don’t do it.

If you’re teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

‚Worry‘ is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.

You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.

When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

As a kid, I used to see how Sachin Tendulkar used to win matches under pressure for India in Sharjah or other places. So I was always keen to repeat the same in similar situations. I don’t take pressure on myself when I am in the middle. I love pressure, and I always believe that pressure makes you more focused.

Since I was old enough to understand what a songwriter/producer is, I’ve had a curiosity about how Max Martin creates what he creates. I wanted to see that happen. I wanted to be there. I wanted to learn from him.

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.

My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining.

Well, in order for me to be successful… In order to be a great artist – musician, actor, painter, whatever – you must be able to be private in public at all times.

The U. S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.

Better is the enemy of good.

Truth cannot be brought down; rather, the individual must make the effort to ascend to it. You cannot bring the mountaintop to the valley. If you would attain to the mountaintop, you must pass through the valley, climb the steeps, unafraid of the dangerous precipices.

I was a kind of hyper-intense person in my twenties and very impatient.

Any hand that I’ve shaken, any person that I met when I was Joe Blow, now that I’m this guy Kevin Hart, has come back. That’s why I treat everybody with respect. I’m always a nice pleasant guy to meet because when they come back to you, they remember.

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying.

The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.

A lot of us grow up and we grow out of the literal interpretation that we get when we’re children, but we bear the scars all our life. Whether they’re scars of beauty or scars of ugliness, it’s pretty much in the eye of the beholder.

I got my first computer in the 6th grade or so. As soon as I got it, I was interested in finding out how it worked and how the programs worked and then figuring out how to write programs at just deeper and deeper levels within the system.

I’m a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they’re interested in.

No man is hurt but by himself.

My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

A man’s own manner and character is what most becomes him.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

Treat failure as a lesson on how not to approach achieving a goal, and then use that learning to improve your chances of success when you try again. Failure is only the end if you decide to stop.

There are no second acts in American lives.

I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

You always admire what you really don’t understand.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.

When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.

Meditation is a great way to keep my body well-centered while juggling shooting schedules and recording sessions.

Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.