There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there’s only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

Being a stand-up is my mission in life; it’s my passion. My ongoing goal is to simply be funny, on my own, in front of a roomful of strangers.

I believe that I’m one of the best in the world at what I do, and that’s all I’ve ever wanted to be.

Basically, I live to do gigs.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you’re prepared for it.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

I’m about being the best.

I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am.

What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

When everything works best, it’s not because you chose writing but because writing chose you. It’s when you’re mad with it, it’s when it’s stuffed in your ears, your nostrils, under your fingernails. It’s when there’s no hope but that.

Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.

Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same.

Barack knows the American Dream because he’s lived it, and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity, no matter who we are or where we’re from or what we look like or who we love.

I’d rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

The richest people in the world look for and build networks; everyone else looks for work.

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.

I want to challenge you today to get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential on the inside. God has put gifts and talents in you that you probably don’t know anything about.

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!‘

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.

I don’t lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.

Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others.

I like money, but it’s never been about the money.

While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.

Some men see things as they are, and say why. I dream of things that never were, and say why not.

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.

My passion is bringing storylines around and constructing a full body of work rather than just a 16-bar verse.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

At the end of the day, I understand that life has road blocks, and life is like school – you’ll be tested; we gotta pass it.

Whether you want to go into music, whether you want to be a lawyer, whether you want to be President of the United States, the bottom line for all of you is that you have got to get your education.

We’re just enthusiastic about what we do.

The way to know life is to love many things.

Without discipline, there’s no life at all.

If you get knocked down – setbacks in life, like applying for a job if they don’t hire you – keep trying, keep getting up, keep doing it.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

When we make progress quickly, it feeds our emotions. Then, when there’s a period of waiting or we hit a plateau, we find out how committed we really are and whether we’re going to see things through to the finish or quit.

I don’t tell people, ‚You’re okay the way that you are.‘ That’s not the right story. The right story is, ‚You’re way less than you could be.‘

I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.

I love to take, process and share photos – it fills me up.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory.

If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he said, ‚I don’t want to become like Bruce Lee’s son, with everybody telling me how good my father was.‘ I just think my son is too lazy.

There’s not much time to unwind, but you know what, it’s because I love what I do. I look forward to the season. I look forward to playing games. It doesn’t ever feel like work.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

If a small-town boy like me who bagged groceries was able to make his dreams come true, you can too.

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

I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.

Whether for life or death, do your own work well.

I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems… It’s got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‚em, ‚Certainly I can!‘ Then get busy and find out how to do it.

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.

If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting.

To do your best is no longer good enough. We now have to do the seemingly impossible.

I’m here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don’t follow what you’ve been told you’re supposed to do.

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism.