I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.

If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.

Don’t get older just to get wiser. If you get older, you will be wiser, I believe that – if you dare. But get older because it’s fun!

My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.

If you don’t live your life, then who will?

I’m sure the feeling of fear, as long as you can take advantage of it and not be rendered useless by it, can make you extend yourself beyond what you would regard as your capacity. If you’re afraid, the blood seems to flow freely through the veins, and you really do feel a sense of stimulation.

There’s not a note of mine that’s worth the noting.

Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind’s eye, and you will be drawn toward it.

What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?

If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

I don’t want to look sloppy, because then I feel sloppy.

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

I am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life.

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you’ve closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.

I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success.

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.

Whenever I’m around some who is modest, I think, ‚Run like hell and all of fire.‘ You don’t want modesty, you want humility.

Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good… Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place.

Make bold choices and make mistakes. It’s all those things that add up to the person you become.

When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

It’s normal for human beings to identify with their own separate self. The problem is that we get caught in that notion of ourself as a separate individual and caught in that individual self’s agenda.

Men take only their needs into consideration – never their abilities.

Character is power.

I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning.

Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don’t go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won’t laugh at you.

Well, in order for me to be successful… In order to be a great artist – musician, actor, painter, whatever – you must be able to be private in public at all times.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal.

Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don’t actually improve their lives.

You may make some mistakes – but that doesn’t make you a sinner. You’ve got the very nature of God on the inside of you.

I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

My favorite affirmation when I feel stuck or out of sorts is: Whatever I need is already here, and it is all for my highest good. Jot this down and post it conspicuously throughout your home, on the dashboard of your car, at your office, on your microwave oven, and even in front of your toilets!

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

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.

Many a man’s strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.

My only fault is that I don’t realize how great I really am.

You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I’ve never detected any conflict between God’s will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.

Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

What we think, we become.

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to live.

Meditation has been a loyal friend to me. It has helped me write my books.

There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we’ve got a system that allows them to do it.

One of the things I realized is that if you do not take control over your time and your life, other people will gobble it up. If you don’t prioritize yourself, you constantly start falling lower and lower on your list, your kids fall lower and lower on your list.

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

Doubt in my tradition is something that is very helpful. Because of doubt, you can thirst more and you will get a higher kind of proof.

I’m not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.

Your success, or lack of success, is your responsibility. Even when you have a chain of command that you don’t like as well, its your responsibility to work with the up chain of command.