I was impressed with what someone like Karl Lagerfeld built and did and the house that he made, but there was never really a female figure I wanted to emulate.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

When we speak of faith – the faith that can move mountains – we are not speaking of faith in general but of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

When I’m inspired, I get excited because I can’t wait to see what I’ll come up with next.

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

Nothing can come of nothing.

When I was 8 years old, I saw ‚Raiders of the Lost Ark‘ in Charlotte, North Carolina. I walked out of there and was so inspired. I loved the movie, and I knew I wanted to be that guy.

Strong emotions such as passion and bliss are indications that you’re connected to Spirit, or ‚inspired,‘ if you will. When you’re inspired, you activate dormant forces, and the abundance you seek in any form comes streaming into your life.

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

The love of heaven makes one heavenly.

I have to write because if I don’t get something down then after a while I feel it’s going to bang the side of my head off.

If it weren’t for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.

He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust.

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

Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common, of thinking by the body of the people, so that the experience of the mass is behind the single voice.

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society.

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?

The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is a scientific one: dipping a thread into a supersaturated solution to induce crystal formation. I don’t think I solve problems in my poetry; I think I uncover the problems.

To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

I always knew that St. Jude was an amazing organization but meeting the kids and seeing how the hospital works first hand was truly beautiful. It doesn’t feel like a regular hospital all dreary and sad. It’s a colorful, beautiful, comfortable, fun place to live and the energy is wonderful.

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn’t get some of that stuff out.

Cast away your sloth, your lethargy, your coldness, or whatever interferes with your chaste and pure love for Christ, your soul’s husband. Make Him the source, the center, and the circumference of all your soul’s range of delight.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

I wake up every day inspiring myself, because God gave me life.

I didn’t consider myself a fashion designer at all at the time of punk. I was just using fashion as a way to express my resistance and to be rebellious. I came from the country, and by the time I got to London, I considered myself to be very stupid. It was my ambition to understand the world I live in.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

A lot of the stuff I do in terms of PR, I learned it from Muhammad Ali.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

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.

I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.

You know, watching Dan Marino and Steve Young get nominated to the Hall of Fame… those guys are unbelievable and they did it for so long. I’d love to play like those guys, but there’s still a long way to go and a lot of growing.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

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

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

My kind of composing is more like the work of a gardener. The gardener takes his seeds and scatters them, knowing what he is planting but not quite what will grow where and when – and he won’t necessarily be able to reproduce it again afterwards either.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing – continue to rock it – because obviously, God wants you here.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don’t give up the fight.

I’m a songwriter. Everything affects me.

Love is easy, and I love writing. You can’t resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you’re in love.

It’s so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that’s what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

It usually helps me write by reading – somehow the reading gear in your head turns the writing gear.

When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it’s as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.

If a man does his best, what else is there?

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.