You can’t die with an unfinished book.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‚I’m possible‘!

This guy Clubber Lang, I’ve been him all my life. He’s mean and hungry just like me.

I think people inspire me the most. If I meet a person who is incredibly complex, and all of a sudden, I start thinking in rhymes, that person could be a muse.

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

When you pick up a book, everyone knows it’s imaginary. You don’t have to pretend it’s not a book. We don’t have to pretend that people don’t write books. That omniscient third-person narration isn’t the only way to do it. Once you’re writing in the first person, then the narrator is a writer.

That nice, soft pillow and the warm blanket, and it’s all comfortable, and no one wants to leave that comfort – but if you can wake up early in the morning, get a head start on everyone else that’s still sleeping, get productive time doing things that you need to do – that’s a huge piece to moving your life forward.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others‘ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

All I ever wanted to do with my life was own a little house. I did that way back with ‚Rocky,‘ so now everything I do is just icing on the cake.

I got interested in reading very early, because a story was read to me, by Hans Christian Andersen, which was ‚The Little Mermaid,‘ and I don’t know if you remember ‚The Little Mermaid,‘ but it’s dreadfully sad. The little mermaid falls in love with this prince, but she cannot marry him because she is a mermaid.

Work aside, we come to New York for the possibility of interaction and inspiration.

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

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

The influence of ‚Hidden Fortress‘ comes up a lot because it was printed in a book once. The truth is, the only thing I was inspired by was the fact that it’s told from the point of view of two peasants, who get mixed up with a samurai and princess and a lot of very high-level people.

I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book.

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: ‚I’m with you kid. Let’s go.‘

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

I respect Drake not only as a creative person but as a business mind as well. I think Drake’s important.

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.

I don’t control my writing – it controls me.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.

Over the years I’ve learned how to lock myself up in a prison of hope, knowing that God has nothing but His best planned for me. He promised me things concerning my ministry and my life.

My dad has kind of been the standard for me, he played 16 years in the league, and since I’ve been in the league, every year that I go through and deal with the scratches, the bumps and bruises, just the grind that it is to go through one NBA season.

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 think a certain amount of stress in life is good. The stress of just working, which takes effort – I think it keeps you going.

If it doesn’t work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was worth all the pain.

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

Anytime someone tells me that I can’t do something, I want to do it more.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.

No one has ever drowned in sweat.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

I remember being in Japan when Destiny’s Child put out ‚Independent Women,‘ and women there were saying how proud they were to have their own jobs, their own independent thinking, their own goals. It made me feel so good, and I realized that one of my responsibilities was to inspire women in a deeper way.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.

I spent my childhood in the country and started reading even before going to school. There was nothing else in my life but sketching and reading.

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.

When you begin to worry, go find something to do. Get busy being a blessing to someone; do something fruitful. Talking about your problem or sitting alone, thinking about it, does no good; it serves only to make you miserable. Above all else, remember that worrying is totally useless. Worrying will not solve your problem.

‚Lives‘ is one of those books I should really have written when I was younger. It is the classic childhood, adolescence, breakthrough-into-maturity book. Every beginning writer has that material – and after that, you’re not sure what you can do.

On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home.

With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains. I know. I’ve done it.

Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of infinite possibilities.

We all gonna die eventually from something or other, but don’t be a wimp. Put up a good fight.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

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

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.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

The job of art is to chase ugliness away.

Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long; and the age of the great epics is past.

Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

I don’t believe in pessimism. If something doesn’t come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it’s going to rain, it will.