I’ll never, ever be full. I’ll always be hungry. Obviously, I’m not talking about food. Growing up, I had nothing for such a long time. Someone told me a long time ago, and I’ve never forgotten it, ‚Once you’ve ever been hungry, really, really hungry, then you’ll never, ever be full.‘

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

Personal success or personal satisfaction are not worth another thought if one does achieve them, or worth worrying about if they evade one or are slow in coming. All that is really worth while is action – faithful action, for the world, and in God.

Winning, to me, is easy. Winning more is the challenge.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

Don’t despair, not even over the fact that you don’t despair.

Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

It is in the admission of ignorance and the admission of uncertainty that there is a hope for the continuous motion of human beings in some direction that doesn’t get confined, permanently blocked, as it has so many times before in various periods in the history of man.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It’s hard to practice compassion when we’re struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance.

Only those who want everything done for them are bored.

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

Never complain. Never explain.

I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.

The battle is all over except the ‚shouting‘ when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.

Your energy, your spirit are important considerations. Feeling petty and frustrated can have reverberating consequences for your ability to think strategically and reach your goals.

Things won’t get better dwelling on the past. Accept what has happened. Then move forward.

I had the classic 40 meltdown. I did. It’s embarrassing. It was pretty funny. But then I recovered. To me, it was like a second adolescence. Hormonally, my body was changing, my mind was changing, and so my relationship to myself and the world around me came to this assault of finiteness.

Whatever you dwell on in the conscious grows in your experience.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

Your greatest asset is your earning ability. Your greatest resource is your time.

‚Your Erroneous Zones’ was the book that went over the top simply because I believed in it so much.

A great man is always willing to be little.

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

People everywhere in the world are hungry for economic opportunity. And it’s about a lot more than being able to make money.

I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better. I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.

I don’t want to be an action star, an action star’s life is so short. I want my life to get longer, I want my career to get longer.

The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.

Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do.

True wealth is not of the pocket, but of the heart and of the mind.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself.

Black people in America, people from the struggle, immigrants, it’s no generational wealth that we are attached to, so we are tasked to create – in one generation – closing the gap. That’s why we so Doomsday about getting to the check: ‚cause it’s life or death for real.

When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?

Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something.

I think that’s why my career is going to be so long: Because I haven’t given people everything.

The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.

It was clear to me that if I could get through Princeton at the top of my class, I could do anything in the world.

I disagree with everything I used to say.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

A hustler has to deal with danger and risk. It’s part of the game. You cannot control it all, nor would you want to. Chaos, unknown factors are not something to be anxious about.

I don’t believe in ‚thinking‘ old. Although I’ve transitioned through many bodies – a baby, toddler, child, teen, young adult, mid-life and older adult – my spirit is unchanged. I support my body with exercise, my mind with reading and writing, and my spirit with the knowing that I am part of the Divine source of all life.

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.

I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parent’s house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I made music and worked my way from the bottom up.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.

My life as a child did not prepare me for the fact that the world is full of cruel and bitter things.

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.

A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

Man’s task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.