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

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

I feel matured in a way that I’m happy about. I’m at this other stage in my life – and it’s not a bad thing at all.

If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.

If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again.

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

I never woke up and thought, ‚I really want to live a bold life.‘

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

The good part about youngsters is that they are so fearless. You want to be like them.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

I have made the mistaken assumption – and I will attempt to be better at this – of thinking that because somebody is on Twitter and is attacking me that it is open season. And that is my mistake.

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

To make headway, improve your head.

My secret to staying young… Having no sense of time.

This world of ours… must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.

It’s the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.

I’m interested in what motivates individuals to participate in atrocious acts to support their ideological identification.

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

I write for the same reason I breathe – because if I didn’t, I would die.

In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.

Pessimism never won any battle.

If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.

‚Soul Plane‘ put me in a position to succeed. I’m glad I had the opportunity to be the lead man.

Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.

There’s different kinds of laughs. It’s like a baseball lineup: this guy’s your power hitter, this guy gets on base, this guy works out walks. If everybody does their job, we’re gonna win.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

A hustler has to deal with danger and risk. It’s part of the game. You cannot control it all, nor would you want to. Chaos, unknown factors are not something to be anxious about.

Ideas excite me, and as soon as I get excited, the adrenaline gets going and the next thing I know I’m borrowing energy from the ideas themselves.

Each day brings opportunity for decisions for eternity.

You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that it is out of the reach of industry and valor.

I don’t want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There’s a lot of things that come with fame – it’s what people in the limelight have to do.

The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.

Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can’t let our circumstances or what others do or don’t do control us. We can decide to be happy regardless.

Faith is the complete reliance on the power and goodness of Spirit and the firm belief that you are always connected to this goodness. Always affirm your faith and not your doubt.

I’m reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.

You will never exaggerate when you speak good things of God. It is not possible to do so. Try, dear brethren, and boast in the Lord.

Man’s only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.

I break ground. I trailblaze.

If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.

Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can’t take steps toward whatever your goal is.

You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.

Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.

As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.

It’s very inexpensive to give a compliment.

It’s none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

My view is there’s no bad time to innovate.

If you’re not going to be rewarded for your virtues, and instead you’re going to be punished for them, then what’s your motivation to continue?

I couldn’t say I ever dreamt of becoming a composer, a pianist, or anything else for that matter. I have the kind of brain where nothing is set in stone.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man… It is more powerful than external circumstances.

I spent most of the early years of my walk with God focused on what was wrong with me. Most of us probably do that, hoping to change ourselves.

My success rate speaks for itself.

I was an overnight sensation.