Hill Harper Quotes

Love is an energy. You can feed it to people, and they in turn feed it to others, and eventually it comes back.

It's not enough to do the tasks that are expected or required of us. We have to give more, do more, be more.

This world is vast enough to handle anything you dare to dream.

I'm not telling anyone, 'Quit your job and be homeless to go for your dream.'

I think the number one safe haven where people put their money is to invest in yourself first.

All work and no play make any forensic pathologist a dull boy.

You can't be free if the cost of being you is too high.

The best way to protect young black, brown, men of color, women of color, is to actually stop profiling, stop the prejudice, and stop the judgment first.

All of us have to figure out our own passion, our own journey. Follow your heart.

I believe that love expands. As you give love out, it's received and reciprocated and it grows. That's the beauty of it.

There will always be crazy things that happen in our lives, but love is the central connector. If we commit to love and partnership, the other stuff doesnt matter.

Change happens from the bottom up - all of us as individuals deciding that we will and we do have an impact.

Believe in yourself, work hard, work smart and passionately present your best self to the world.

Fundamentally, we all want the same thing. We want to love. We want to be loved, and we want to matter.

I'm not excusing crime or those who bring poison into the community, but I do want brothers and sisters in prison to know someone cares.

I will not reach my full potential as a man unless I find my partner.

You can't build anything with a flimsy foundation. Friendship is the foundation.

My first two books, Letters to a Young Brother and Letters to a Young Sister, were... distributed pretty widely. Judges in juvenile justice facilities started citing the book as required reading.

We all have different timetables in reaching and realizing that being in healthy partnership is better than being on our own.

You can live a healthy lifestyle and do the best to be aware of your body and conscious, and thats what I attempt to do.

I believe that reality TV should be called 'not reality' TV; it's fiction.

Here's the deal: I believe - and I attempt to live my life this way - we all have more time than we think we do. We all waste so much time.

I love being athletic and doing things that are active, even when I'm traveling.

Health is actually the foundational tool to help us live the life.

I've read a number of relationship books out there. A lot are written towards women.

Credit card interest payments are the dumbest money of all.

Gabrielle Union is my best friend.

I think, without question, the way someone plays sports shows something about inherently who they are, you know?

I studied theater in college, and I absolutely knew that I loved acting, and I knew that I loved theater.

I'm not the biggest star in the world, but I do have a platform, and if I can use that platform to help somebody else, why wouldn't I?

I love making films, but the best roles are hard to come by.

I’ve made money in real estate, hotel, and restaurant investments.

I don't want the George Clooney lifelong bachelorhood. If I found the right person, I would commit in a minute.

You cant have justice unless you have truth.

In acting class, teachers talk about how the 'givens' of a situation help define a character.

People are afraid of an unorganized, wasteful government.

At the end of a down day on Wall Street, we all need to be able to sleep peacefully at night. That comfort won't come from our bank balance.

We are all tied together in a garment of mutual destiny.

Money is simply a tool to give you choices.

If you can't get excited about living life, then what are you doing?

I've done romantic comedy, and I don't get to flex that muscle often.

My friend is a former race car driver, so he races for Mercedes, and I root for him. I have a car that I love to race, I'll take it to the track.

Men and women can absolutely be friends, and that's what we need to be. Part of the problem is that we aren't friends enough. Our relationships are negotiations, and that is not friendship.

So many of our young women today, they're growing up without a father, but they're still thirsty for that and desiring positive male love.

'The Conversation' will hopefully touch on issues that will move people to want to strengthen communication and look to each other for solutions.

I think our biggest problem is lack of real, honest communication between black men and black women. A lot of men talk amongst men, and a lot of women speak amongst women.