Even if their supplies of love are finite, they've figured out that life is, too, and they're no longer rationing.

You are never defeated in life, you are only a learner.

Decide to dream big dreams and make them happen. Never let procrastination and excuses squeeze your dreams to become small. Do it early and do it big!

Be careful who you make memories with. Those things can last a lifetime.

Nothing in the outer world makes you feel any way. You decide what you want to feel, and then use outer people and events as permission slips to execute your feeling agenda.

Bad things are always going to happen in life; People will eventually hurt you, but you can't use that as an excuse to hurt someone back.

Our premise is that inclusion leads to growth. So for those who are locked out, they lose development, and those who are in power lose market and growth.

Who could have asked for anything better? I was cast in movies with great actors, with great leading men.

This is my first summer [with] no trouble. I ain't go to jail for speeding. Didn't go to jail for DUI. I didn't break my foot. I didn't break my other foot. I'm one step ahead of the game already.

I think every girl has that a guy she has trouble letting go of.

Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.