Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I’m not frightened by anyone’s perception of me.

In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‚we have a problem, let’s go and get it‘.

I have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies – I was Armed with Insight.

We can take a ‚It was hard to get there.‘ But we ain’t taking no loss. We’re going to win.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

I am just one human being.

Sometimes when you’ve had a long series of disappointing things happen, you can get into the very bad habit of just expecting more of what you’ve already had.

I’m not a regrets-type person.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

I’ve done everything I wanted to do, even if I have had to pay a very high price – which has been the case most of the time.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

I need to keep working on myself for a while.

If there are people you haven’t forgiven, you’re not going to really awaken. You have to let go.

The way is long if one follows precepts, but short… if one follows patterns.

Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.

I’m happy being myself, which I’ve never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn’t have those things in mine.

I always try to be smart. I try to treat all the money I’m making like it’s the last time I’m going to make it.

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

I had a period in my life where I decided that I would never be bored again and that, if I had any free time at all, I would make plans, and I would always be doing things. It actually was great for a year or so, but then I lost all of my friends.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to trust your team. It’s a lesson I’ve had to relearn quite a few times.

I feel real good because it’s about representing the young world and how to uplift each other and how to push us to be greater and make sure we don’t fall or get trapped or get in trouble, you know what I mean. Stay focused, you know what I mean.

Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.

Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice… No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.

I got my own back.

I’ve had big record label presidents look me in the face and say, ‚Your music sucks, you don’t know who you are, your music is all over the place, and we don’t know how to market this stuff. Pick a lane and come back to us.‘

From the moment I open my eyes, I’m trying to free my body. I’m trying to get looser, more flexible, to gain control. Movement is medicine to me.

One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.

Why is it so hard for people to believe that white people are poor?! I wouldn’t say I lived in a ghetto; I’d say I lived in the ‚hood. The same friends I had back then are the same people on tour with me now.

I kinda live where I find myself.

We’re all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

The problem with meditating is I generally go to sleep, and that’s because I’m doing it wrong.

Who can exhaust a man? Who knows a man’s resources?

If you’re going through hell, keep going.

Although I’m only fourteen, I know quite well what I want. I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child. I feel quite independent of anyone.

If we live a self-directed, self-motivated, self-centered life, always needing to get our own way, then we’re going to be miserable. In fact, many times we believe it’s our problems that are making us unhappy when, in reality, it’s because we’re focused on ourselves!

I’ve always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

We are often raised as dependents then given over to teachers. It’s experience and exploration that can transform us and lead to mastery.

Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don’t change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.

I still wanna rap better than everybody else, and I wanna say important things.

I’ve been studying the Bible for a long time. I remember that after the first five years or so of diligently studying the Word, I didn’t feel like I had made any progress. There were a lot of things in my life that were out of order, and I didn’t feel like I was getting anywhere.

My lectures, based on Islamic teachings, were on various subjects. Some of the titles were, ‚The Intoxication of Life,‘ ‚The Purpose of Life,‘ ‚The Real Cause of Man’s Distress,‘ ‚The Journey to the Goal in Life,‘ and, one of my favorites, ‚The Heart of Man.‘ They contained important insights that spoke to something deep inside me.

Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he’ll never stop to trouble about whether he’s happy or not.

At United, there are great traditions, which you can’t buy in one or two years. They are created by victories. You need to prove again and again that you are better than the others. Manchester United have always done this, and are still doing it, so they are the best.

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.

Only the insecure strive for security.

Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.

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

Over a 10-year period, 99 out of 100 new entrepreneurs will fail. Only one will be left standing as others get pushed out of the market or burn out from working so hard. It’s really sad.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes… and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.