I didn’t have nothin‘ going for me… school, home… until I found something I loved, which was music, and that changed everything.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

It’s so easy to settle for less than God’s best for us because we don’t always feel like taking responsibility for our behavior or putting forth some effort to do what we need to do so we can accomplish great things for God and help people. But the cost of settling for less is actually harder than being completely obedient to God’s will.

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

The hope, the hope that lives in the breast of the black American, is just so tremendous that it overwhelms me sometimes.

My career as Nipsey Hussle is based on my life as Ermias Asghedom.

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.

That’s why I hate to get started in these jam sessions. I’m always the last one to leave.

John Lennon was definitely my favorite Beatle, hands down.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

It’s insane that, since the Beatles and Dylan, it’s assumed that all musicians should do everything themselves. It’s that ridiculous, teenage idea that when Mick Jagger sings, he’s telling you something about his own life. It’s so arrogant to think that people would want to know about it anyway!

We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

I always have to be writing.

I own a ’66 Jaguar. That’s the guitar I polish, and baby – I refuse to let anyone touch it when I jump into the crowd.

Everybody is going to have their critics. It’s easy to get discouraged in life.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

I’ve learned over the years that when I go to that place of passion within me, there’s no force in the universe that can interfere with my completing a project.

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

I guess any movie actor can become a role model for audiences out there who enjoy him.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

Sometimes I wonder why I’m a novelist right now. There is no definite career reason why I became a writer. Something happened, and I became a writer. And now I’m a successful writer.

Whatever you have, you must either use or lose.

Transformation literally means going beyond your form.

My mom cleaned toilets for a long time, and she’d seen a lot of terrible things, but she was still the strength of our family. And there are women like that all across the country – all around the world – who show that type of fortitude.

Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any doubt it was a big contributor to my passions for science, engineering, and exploration.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.

I feel that when you care about your music, taking risks is something you should do to keep things exciting.

Truthfully, without over-egging it, as I often do, the library and journalism, those things made me who I am.

The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

I’m not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of a superman. I’m living on.

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

I just was never into performing. It’s just hard work. It’s hard work.

A record deal doesn’t make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.

I listen to music that is of our time and I just get angry.

I had a good time boxing. I enjoyed it – and I may come back.

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

Americans never quit.

The world around me has changed, and I have learned to adapt but not change. But I’m changing into the woman I am meant to be.

Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.

Bhai was my hero and he had immense influence on me.

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals.

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.

If all you’re doing is grinding for the man, it’s going to burden you. Once you say, ‚Hey, I’m grinding for the man, but I’m putting money away, and this is part of my exit strategy,‘ you’re working for you.

Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I’m trying to say is I’m trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

As a comedian, I found this thing, this profession, that suits my mind and life force. To drop it to do something else? I just don’t get that.

Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken.