Narrow your life down to this moment. Your life situation may be full of problems – most life situations are – but find out if you have a problem at this moment. Do you have a problem now?

One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes… and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

I can express myself.

Although I don’t have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way.

Things do not change; we change.

Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is impossible to foresee this, it is impossible to be warned.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

Any hand that I’ve shaken, any person that I met when I was Joe Blow, now that I’m this guy Kevin Hart, has come back. That’s why I treat everybody with respect. I’m always a nice pleasant guy to meet because when they come back to you, they remember.

It seems the older you get, the more life comes into focus.

I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

I always thought it was wrong for me to take credit for the work that I did. I don’t think that anymore.

Pick the day. Enjoy it – to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come… The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present – and I don’t want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.

If you’re going to be a winner in life, you have to constantly go beyond your best.

Needing to have things perfect is the surest way to immobilize yourself with frustration.

When someone is impatient and says, ‚I haven’t got all day,‘ I always wonder, How can that be? How can you not have all day?

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

I never said I was the best in anything. I never said I’m an icon. The world decides all of that.

My life is my argument.

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.

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn’t, then why would you say I am.

First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

I can never say ‚why‘ about anything I do. I suppose I can say ‚how‘ and ‚when‘ and ‚what.‘ But ‚why‘ is impenetrable to me.

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

Until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire, you will be neither successful nor happy.

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.

Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.

I feel like I have a job to do, like I constantly have to reinvent myself. The more I up the ante for myself, the better it is in the long run. I try to interact with my fans as much as possible. It’s good that the person I’m being onstage isn’t really an act. It’s really me.

I just wanted to write something about running, but I realized that to write about my running is to write about my writing. It’s a parallel thing in me.

It’s only I have seen enough of it and the funny thing is now, I know that I’m skinny, because I know there are even smaller clothes in the store. I think I’m big, when I was big, I never thought about it.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don’t mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it… Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

When you face a ‚performance‘ that might provoke the ‚I’m scared‘ response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It’s more fun than ‚Dancing with the Stars!‘

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

You have to be willing to go to war with yourself and create a whole new identity.

I don’t think I’m an unlucky person.

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.

Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you’ve got.

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.

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.

I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school.

In this business, by the time you realize you’re in trouble, it’s too late to save yourself. Unless you’re running scared all the time, you’re gone.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

People have so many hang-ups about how other people live their lives. People always want to keep you in a little box, or they need to label you and fix you in time and location.

Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act.

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.

Naturally, everybody has certain things they wish they hadn’t done in life. They wish they hadn’t kicked their dog when they were ten or something.

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me – spiritually and financially.

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.

There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.

Don’t ever play yourself.

It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are… than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise.

It is really very important while you are young to live in an environment in which there is no fear. Most of us, as we grow older, become frightened; we are afraid of living, afraid of losing a job, afraid of tradition, afraid of what the neighbours, or what the wife or husband would say, afraid of death.

You have to be smart. The easy days are over.