Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.

Judgments, value judgments concerning life, for or against, can in the last resort never be true: they possess value only as symptoms, they come into consideration only as symptoms – in themselves such judgments are stupidities.

I’m hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.

Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor.

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my mother used to scrub floors. I had seven brothers and four sisters. I told my mama, ‚One of these days I’m going to be big and strong and buy you a beautiful house.‘ That’s all I’ve ever wanted to do with my life, is to take care of my mother.

I got a signed document from Bullock’s saying that they had such-and-such drawings on consignment. Of course, nobody bought any of them, but otherwise, I was a big success: I had my drawings on sale at Bullock’s!

My problem is I am Christian, so I think other people must have success, too; it’s not about me.

Surface R&B doesn’t work any more. The whole heartthrob thing, songs about unrealistic love and tearing your shirt off every show – that’s not really where it’s at any more. It’s becoming harder for those guys to sell records, and harder for them to succeed.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.

He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.

The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth.

I plan on taking athletics as far as I can.

If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.

So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable.

Be the hunter, not the hunted.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

Joe Frazier got hit more than me – and he doesn’t have Parkinson’s.

Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don’t look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure.

Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong.

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

We all gonna die eventually from something or other, but don’t be a wimp. Put up a good fight.

Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.

The devil ain’t got no power over me. The devil come, and me shake hands with the devil. Devil have his part to play. Devil’s a good friend, too… because when you don’t know him, that’s the time he can mosh you down.

God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner.

If you sit there and have that mentality of ‚triple down on what you’re good at,‘ you’re never going to grow. You’re always going to stay the same.

Apart from life, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art.

Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality as carefully as I can.

We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.

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 was doing sold-out shows before I got radio play.

Fun is one of the most important – and underrated – ingredients in any successful venture. If you’re not having fun, then it’s probably time to call it quits and try something else.

Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It’s the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things.

I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems… It’s got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.

When people are connected, we can just do some great things. They have the opportunity to get access to jobs, education, health, communications. We have the opportunity to bring the people we care about closer to us. It really makes a big difference.

As soon as I accomplish one goal, I replace it with another one. I try not to get too far ahead of myself. I just say to myself, ‚All right, well, I’d like to headline a tour,‘ and then when I get there, we’ll see what my next goal is.

The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can’t have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I’d rather not be in a cage. I’d rather be dead. And it’s real simple. And I think it’s not that uncommon.

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.

Power is competence.

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.

A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.

My goal is to be number one in MMA.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money.

If he have faith, the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches this gospel to the people at the risk of life itself.

The joy of doing well as a batsman for your country is much more than that little joy of going for a party and enjoying music. It is a completely different high, and I get high by performances. That’s what I enjoy now.

Only stupid people are changed by success.

Until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire, you will be neither successful nor happy.

I can’t deny that label-support gave me a leg up – though not every successful artist needs it.

If we don’t know life, how can we know death?