I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds. For one thing is sure: If they don't make up their minds, someone will do it for them.

It's your life-but only if you make it so.

Success must include two things: the development of an individual to his utmost potentiality and a contribution of some kind to one's world.

To be mature you have to realize what you value most... Not to arrive at a clear understanding of one's own values is a tragic waste. You have missed the whole point of what life is for.

If you want a world ruled by law and not by force you must build up, from the very grassroots, a respect for law.

...no one can afford not to be a man. No position can compensate for coming face to face with a robot when you are alone.

Once you start settling, and letting others control your life, it can quickly become a habit, so it’s best to avoid such things altogether.

One thing about being a performer is you're not just doing an intellectual job behind a desk; you're out there performing and being looked at, being assessed for really superficial stuff.

Hip-hop is always moving. It's always looking for the next style; it's always trying to one-up the last person.

You have to take advantage of the opportunity of a lifetime in the lifetime of the opportunity.

The experience of being an Olympian is one that can never be taken away from you.

It's a great thing when a man knows how to dance, she said. When a man can dance, the world is his oyster." Adele, Henry's Mother

A politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to it.

The ego can exist only with goals, ambitions, desires.

Humor was an antiseptic that cleaned the deepest of personal wounds.

How comfortable it is to have One, day and night, before the throne to control the charge of our enemy, and the despondencies of our souls.