Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

I just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say.

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

‚Suffering should not make us bitter people,‘ my mother once said, ‚it should make us better comforters.‘ Young people need to hear this from those who have walked before them, because someday they’ll be walking those same steps, but there may not be anyone following behind.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

To live without Hope is to Cease to live.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

I’m not a big believer in trying to jam stuff down somebody’s throat: ‚You’re going to do it my way.‘ I’d rather show by example and live my life and have people say, ‚You know what, I want to live like Joel has. He’s got peace and joy, and he seems content.‘

Every summer’s mine.

Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.

Don’t throw stones at your neighbors if your own windows are glass.

I really want a movie made on Sachin Tendulkar’s life. That is something I’m looking forward to. There will be so much emotion to that movie.

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.

Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is: ‚Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?‘

I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn’t need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

From the moment I started writing raps, I was always aware of the pressure. I always wanted to live up to how huge Snoop got, how huge Dre got, how huge Pac got. I was always aware.

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.

See things from the boy’s point of view.

I don’t know that much about who directs what movies, but I’m definitely inspired by the look of old movies; I find them to be really beautiful.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life’s not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.

I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.

I need drama in my life to keep making music.

A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.

Sports are basically our way of feeling sorry for ourselves. Most men can’t become athletes. We’re watching guys who actually made it. We see them dunking and making touchdowns. Then we think about ourselves when we were younger.

Music is really driving my whole life.

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.

There is a fundamental question we all have to face. How are we to live our lives; by what principles and moral values will we be guided and inspired?

My entire childhood was steeped in poverty. For me, poverty, in a way, was the first inspiration of my life, a commitment to do something for the poor.

Nothing can come of nothing.

It’s really hard to guarantee things in life. I guarantee if you get up in the morning and you work out, and you work hard, you will have a better day – 100% guaranteed.

I’m a pretty tough guy, you know. I’m a pretty hard man. I’ve got a lot of compassion, but I don’t waste time with people.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Why do I like to write short stories? Well, I certainly didn’t intend to. I was going to write a novel. And still! I still come up with ideas for novels. And I even start novels. But something happens to them. They break up. I look at what I really want to do with the material, and it never turns out to be a novel.

I have a living will and I have friends, and I have money and I have hope.

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.

At the end of the day, I understand that life has road blocks, and life is like school – you’ll be tested; we gotta pass it.

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

Every setback means you’re one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.

Most of the time, I’m not even working; I’m just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky.

When I’m inspired, I get excited because I can’t wait to see what I’ll come up with next.

If we’re going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since the overwhelming majority of people in Ireland and Northern Ireland voted in favour of the agreement signed on Good Friday 1998, paving the way for Northern Ireland to become the exciting and inspirational place that it is today.

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

I’ve always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I’ve only ever had one.

I think it’s important as an artist to never forget where you’re from.

It’s a tragedy, in a way, that Americans are brought up to think that they cannot feel for other people and other beings just because they are different. They think they’re different. It’s very limiting.

Marriage is the death of hope.

Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God.

All missionaries, younger and older, serve with the sole hope of making life better for other people.