Beware of the thief on the street that's after your purse. But also beware of the thief in your mind that's after your promise.

If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.

Either you run the day or the day runs you..

Don't wish it were easier. Wish you were better.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Focus on the solution, not on the problem.

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

Poor people have big TV's. Rich people have big libraries.

Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.

When you treat your failures as lessons, you can never fail.

You should always have 2 books...the one you're reading and the one you're writing.

Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficient.

My soul is my great asset and my great misfortune.

Most people don't get to laugh, be free, dance, be surrounded by this energy. It's important to remind people to take that home. I want the world to start shifting [to] a more positive energy.

The only thing that can spoil a day is people and if you can keep from making engagements, every day has no limits.

I'm very particular about the kind of music that I record and sing, and it would be the same way about the kind of movies that I would do.

I'm very happy to be directing though. It's a challenge, and it's a lot of fun for me to be on set.

People love the chaos in my brain, but I'm terrified of it.

I've clearer idea of how I don't want to be seen - as someone who does what everyone wants them to.