Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

I know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted more. I think most people do.

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.

Snoop ain’t never cosigned me, but I know everybody is like, ‚That’s the next Snoop.‘ Nah, I’m Nipsey, and I got to work to define myself.

Why don’t you start believing that no matter what you have or haven’t done, that your best days are still out in front of you.

There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

It’s a rule to give all, and it can make the difference if you work more. If you don’t have to give all, and you still win, what’s this?

I have short goals – to get better every day, to help my teammates every day – but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It’s all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing.

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

If you deserve it, go get it.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

The ‚Maddox Jolie-Pitt‘ Foundation’s work is inspired by our children and their connections to particular countries.

All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.

I think it’s quite great to set yourself a big challenge, and then you’ve got another reason for keeping fit.

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

Even the best teams can fail. Celebrities can fade. There is only One in whom your faith is always safe, and that is in the Lord Jesus Christ. And you need to let your faith show!

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

You just do what you can and you have as much fun as possible.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Without football, my life is worth nothing.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

If you want special results, you have to feel special things and do special things together. You can speak about spirit, or you can live it.

Never, and I mean never, allow anyone else’s ideas of who you can or can’t become sully your dream or pollute your imagination. This is your territory, and a ‚Keep Out‘ sign is a great thing to erect at all entrances to your imagination.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn’t matter.

Adventures are to the adventurous.

Refuse to be a lazy Christian, and resist a passive, apathetic attitude.

God has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow!

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.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone.

The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.

Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.

Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.

It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist.

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.