Thanks to my fans that have been with me from the beginning, I was able to sell out arenas on my own.

I support immediate financial assistance to the newly elected Palestinian president. Now, I don’t know what those numbers will be, and I don’t know how it’s going to be framed.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

The outpouring of support from millions of people in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti has been impressive.

I just make good movies. That’s the way I thank my fans.

If my businesses or my investments are not profitable, then I don’t eat. And I like to eat.

The temptation to take the easy road is always there. It is as easy as staying in bed in the morning and sleeping in. But discipline is paramount to ultimate success and victory for any leader and any team.

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

A man’s growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Barack Obama would not be President if he were dark skin. You know what I mean? That’s just the truth. I might not be as successful as I am now if I was dark skin.

And winning is a huge thing for me.

I’ve been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

I’ve always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it’s also been about confidence and faith.

To win is always good for the feeling of the whole team.

Perseverance is also key to success in any endeavor, but without perseverance in combat, there can be no victory.

It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer’s you are an old fart. That’s how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone.

A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don’t function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick.

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.

You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

I hear my friends and my mom tell me I’m special, but honestly, I still don’t get it.

All my adult life people have been helping me.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

I go to cancer wards, and I tell them guys, ‚I’ve beaten it. You can, too.‘

I think that once you’ve had a few No. 1s in your career that you’ve kind of proven yourself, and I don’t feel the need to prove anything anymore.

If I’m a star, then the people made me a star.

Each day provides its own gifts.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.

Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too.

I’ve had all six of my books reach the New York Times bestseller list, which is especially rewarding seeing as I flunked out of high school twice because I couldn’t write. It just goes to show you that we learn from our mistakes.

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success… such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.

NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve. It’s sad that we are turning the programme in a direction where it will reduce the amount of motivation and stimulation it provides to young people.

Basically, when you get to my age, you’ll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you.

To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

I was sure I’d set the world on fire, and it was hard for a young feller like me to realize the truth – that I hadn’t set the world on fire, and I was totally unprepared to handle the consequences if ‚The Big Trail‘ had been a success and launched me as a star.

What we achieved was a nuclear pause, not a nuclear halt.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

We are not going to be satisfied by politicians saying ‚we support you‘ and then walking away. We won’t be satisfied until they meet our demands and act. That’s why simply taking a selfie or posting support on Twitter isn’t enough. That’s why we have to keep striking.

Never take anything for granted.

What is easy is seldom excellent.

I don’t think you get successful to brag and throw what you have in the world’s face. That’s all private.

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.

Some days I totally appreciate everything that’s happening to me, and some days I feel everyone’s waiting for me to mess up.

We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.

Most of the time, I’m not even working; I’m just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky.

When I did have some success, it further emboldens you to be like, ‚No, I’m just going to write what I feel I should write.‘

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

We was able to become real successful in the mixtape space.

I don’t believe I’ll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn’t go to Harvard.

I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.

I try to look on all the great things God’s done, and not focus on the negative. It’s a perspective.

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

I have the people behind me and the people are my strength.

No great thing is created suddenly.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

I’ve been so blessed to play for the greatest coach at a time when our organization has done incredible things. I’ve played with the best teammates. Playing for Mr. Kraft and what his influence on the team has been.