Common Quotes

Even through the unseen, I know that God watches, From one King's dream, he was able to Barack us.

Burn a Bush cause for peace he no push no button. Killing over oil and grease, no weapons of destruction, How can we follow a leader when this a corrupt one?

The possibility of an Oscar is something I definitely think about and the fact that I can even say that is just a blessing. It's something I would be incredibly honored to be a part of.

I have never been able to resist a book about books.

It is easy to be clever if you leave something important out.

I'm a black man that is proud to be black, and I want to help the black community, but I love all mankind.

I’ve met kids who haven’t had the best of parents but because they had something in them, or they had somebody at school help develop them, they turned out fine.

The way [Barack Obama] danced, it looked like he could dance in a circle with anyone from Chris Brown to ... well, I don't want to say Michael Jackson, because he's like the king.

I've always been asked, "What type of character would you love to play?," and I've always said a pastor.

Me being able to be acting and doing other things has opened me as an artist, and I think even more from a visual standpoint.

We obviously feel destiny and purpose and do what we do, but within that are ways to help others and to inspire others and to support and encourage people.

I am to hip-hop what Obama is to politics

Pen-bereavement is a serious matter.

I'd rather have a book, but in a pinch I'll settle for a set of Water Pik instructions.

I, on the other hand, believe that books, maps, scissors, and Scotch tape dispensers are all unreliable vagrants, likely to take off for parts unknown unless strictly confined to quarters.

No matter what walk of life you're from, you can appreciate the music - songs [can] resonate in your soul and your heart.

DJ Jazzy Jeff is the best DJ you can have at a party. Did you see his playlist? He has good taste.

I think Lil Wayne is definitely a dope rapper.

I started getting more in tune with who I am by doing roles or even just being in a class and being around people.

One of the great aspects about [Barack Obama] is who he is as a human.

Man, I feel like hip-hop is - first of all, not even only with just GOOD Music, I gotta say - I think hip-hop is still alive in a strong way, man. I feel really enthused about hip-hop.

Yeah, we try to get the best musicians possible, and Justin [Robinson] is a great musician, man, a great player. You must have been surprised to see him out there, then.

Happiness means knowing how to limit some needs which only diminish us, and being open to the many different possibilities which life can offer.

What need does the earth have of us?

Do not blame anyone if at last you don’t succeed because, your brain is solely responsible for this since this is where every seed of resolution will germinate.

Being interested in doing undone things means you have the wish to have them done. But being powerful and filled with passion tells that you have the will to actualize them!

By perceiving the end of those illusive ideas and statuses as real, see yourself as though you have already accomplished what you have had a revelation to do. Then go, make it happen.

Power is defined as an ability to do qualitative work with a quantitative passion, backed by a compelling conviction, directed by a propelling purpose, fulfilling a divine destiny. That is power!

A person without a purpose is a human being merely breathing because he does not know where he is, let alone knowing where he is going. Purposelessness is lifelessness.

Vision is the foresight or forecast or insight into the future. Vision is the picture of one's destiny or accomplishment, or simply what a person is meant to do or become.

In simple words, whatever you were born to do, you were equipped to do it. You are a whole equipment for success!

However, if you fail to prepare, you will either go through stress to win your race or you may quit when the battle becomes tougher than you ever imagined.

One person with a divine purpose, passion and power is better than 99 people who are merely interested. Passion is stronger than interest.

Yes, when you are sharpened with the true information, you will be motivated to make impacts.

The poorest person on earth is not the person who has no job, no cars, no money and no house. The poorest person is the one who has no vision. Visionlessness is poverty in disguise.

The dunamis power of God equipes you to unleash your visions and that is your responsibility. You can't be responsible for what you are not equipped to do

A dream is the frame or portrait or a construction or focus of one's vision by means of perception, based on what he or she knows and settles within via strategic thinking.

Don't settle for anything less. Rise up and optimize your talents through strategic thinking and big dream. Your God should be your guide in all things.

You don't gain authority by raising your voice. You prove you don't have any.

You don't gain authority by raising your voice. You prove you don't any.

Here was someone who had dismissed most of what I had just been saying as too obvious to even discuss

Keep your feet firmly planted on the ground...don't let your ego run out of control and convince you that you are better than anyone else

Never abandon your personal message. No matter what comes your way, remain dedicated to that which you hold close to your heart

Every failure if you let it is an opportunity to reinvent yourself and move forward.

We're all a blemished spirit full of censurable faults

Life's rewards as well as it's short-comings are magnetic reflections of the vivacious energies we release through our thoughts, our actions, and our words.

I choose to love this time for oncewith all my intelligence-from "Splittings

So the freshness lives onin a lemon, in the sweet-smelling house of the rind, the proportions, arcane and acerb.

A book, a book fullof human touches, of shirts, a bookwithout loneliness, with menand tools, a bookis victory.

Data that comes subliminally and is acted upon will look like luck or inspiration.