I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal… God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

Good planning is important. I’ve also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you’re in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you’re depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.

God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?

If Christ has died for me, ungodly as I am, without strength as I am, then I cannot live in sin any longer, but must arouse myself to love and serve Him who has redeemed me.

Players now have a groin injury for months and months, and I often think they don’t really give a toss whether they’re playing or not because they’re getting paid anyway.

There is nothing your highest self wants more than peace. This peace makes you feel worthy of all of the richest blessings of the universe, and when you radiate this out into the world, it is returned to you without fail.

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant.

I am a simple Buddhist monk – no more, no less.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you’ll be able to see farther.

I have a full and satisfying life. My work and my family are very important to me.

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.

Fear is present when we forget that we are a part of God’s divine design. Learning to experience authentic love means abandoning ego’s insistence that you have much to fear and that you are in an unfriendly world. You can make the decision to be free from fear and doubt and return to the brilliant light of love that is always with you.

Above anything else, I hate to lose.

A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, ‚darkness‘ on the walls of his cell.

I’ve made money, and I’ve been ripped off. I’ve had creative freedom, and I’ve been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will.

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.

Every person who confesses that Christ Jesus is Lord, repents of their sin and gives their heart to God is a child of God and belongs to Him. And in Christ, we are made right with God, we are His righteousness, and we have the power of Christ in us to live right.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

I really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever.

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

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.

I don’t want to be too critical of what other people do, but when people go back to do the same thing that they did, I’m completely confused. I’m like, ‚Didn’t you make that movie already?‘ I’ve been very fortunate, and I’m well taken care of, so the least I can do is try to go forward.

Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it.

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.

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

I know so many people who feel hopeless, and they ask me, ‚What should I do?‘ And I say: ‚Act. Do something.‘ Because that is the best medicine against sadness and depression.

What’s amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting, they would be more motivated. It’s so far away in time that they can’t appreciate what it means for their whole life.

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.

If you deserve it, go get it.

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain.

If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.

Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‚I’m possible‘!

In any profession it gets to be a grind.

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

I believe nothing happens by mistake. You know, the universe has a divine plan. That sounds dramatic.

I really believed that fear is contagious.

If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing.

I just really believe people have to get hungry. I think maybe what we need to do, instead of trying to stuff our beliefs down people’s throats, is just pray for them to really be hungry and to see their neediness.

One word from the Lord is like a piece of gold to a believer, who is like a jeweler, shaping and hammering out the promise for a number of weeks.

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.

Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minute-a-day regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you to focus your life in awe.

Around every corner, always protect the engine that powers you.

I never – you know also one of the things that would save me for a man my age, it was not that easy to lose that much weight and fall down and look like something draped.

No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was passing third grade or playing basketball.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

I wanted to use my fame and this face that everyone knows so well to help uplift and inspire people around the world.