Before you make a decision, ask yourself this question: will it result in regret or joy in the future?

When people say "If I only knew then what I know now" makes me wonder why they aren't using that wisdom now.

You must embrace change before change erases you.

Planning and perseverance will bring your mission to fruition.

Don't be handcuffed by bad habits when you hold the key to unlock the greatness inside of you.

Nothing is born into this world without labor.

Don't ask for directions if you're not going to start the car.

Your calling is calling you, are you answering?

If you think someone or something other than yourself is responsible for your happiness or success, I'd guess you're not that happy or successful.

If all the world's a stage, I suggest you start performing at your best.

Achieving success is a challenge but so is struggling so you may as well choose success.

I define success as being the best, authentic me that I can be.

Relationships are the currency of business.

My parents were great parents, but for some bizarre reason they allowed me to watch whatever I wanted on TV, we had cable. And I constantly watched horror movies.

We all have circumstances, choose not to live in your circumstance, but live in your vision!

I don't think you get many chances to break the mold of who you are.

When I was painting, I was painting stories I was telling myself. When I look back at it, moving to writing was a very natural progression for me.

Decades, if not centuries are normally required for people to acquire the necessary disciplines and habits. In Britain, the road [to democratic government] took seven centuries to traverse.

African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism.

All the religions of the world describe God pre-eminently as the Friend of the friendless, Help of the helpless, and Protector of the weak.

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is pleasing a woman enormously when he says to her a whole heap of things that he doesn't mean.