Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

Talent is something that comes from within; it has nothing to do with age.

Transformation literally means going beyond your form.

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

People tend to dwell more on negative things than on good things. So the mind then becomes obsessed with negative things, with judgments, guilt and anxiety produced by thoughts about the future and so on.

You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect.

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

I’m never going to be fast, and nobody will ever mistake me for being fast.

I do believe in self-help.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

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.

I think life is a matter of choices and that wherever we are, good or bad, is because of choices we make.

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.

To me, constructive criticism is when people take ownership of their ideas. That’s why I don’t listen to anything that’s anonymous. But it’s hard; when there’s something hurtful out there, I still want to read it over and over and memorize it and explain my point of view to the person.

I’m not a bad person.

Every seven years, I sit down and make a whole new plan.

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

If you’ve got a talent, protect it.

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

I’ve always done whatever I want and always been exactly who I am.

Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

I don’t look at my old work. I mean, they made nice books; the books were made without me, the one from last year and the one from this year. I – personally, I’m not interested in my own past. I’m only interested in today – perhaps tomorrow.

I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

I want people to follow their dreams, yes… but I’m not interested in telling young black kids how to be rappers… I want to show them that there’s so many other paths you can take, besides a rapper or basketball player.

I believe that every person is born with talent.

The first quality that is needed is audacity.

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

I just think it’s so important not to take yourself too seriously.

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

It takes me about two hours to run into Target. People always want a picture. They hem and haw, and they can’t spit the words out, so they waste about five minutes of my time just standing there getting ready for a picture. Just do it!

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.

I spent most of the early years of my walk with God focused on what was wrong with me. Most of us probably do that, hoping to change ourselves.

Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I’m doing, I always tell myself, ‚You can do better than this.‘

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.

For most of my life I let women do the driving and was happy to let them.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost.

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.

If I can be a leader, I will.

If you’re put on a pedestal, you’re supposed to behave yourself like a pedestal type of person. Pedestals actually have a limited circumference. Not much room to move around.

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.

Everything is generated through your own will power.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

Of course it would be nice for everybody and myself if we could win but we can still have a personal or a team win if we achieve a target that is effectively a win for us.

Have fun in your command. Don’t always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you’ve earned it, spend time with your families.

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.

I’m only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Before beginning, plan carefully.