Mandela's commitment to democracy was ratified not only by his election, but by his willingness to step down from power

You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world.

When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk.

Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.

Change is never easy, but always possible.

Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.

Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.

Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

If somebody is different from you, that's not something you criticize, that's something that you appreciate.

If everything is done for me... how will I ever learn?

Unrealistic expectations often lead to disappointment, while simple unbiased attention and detachment to outcome often lead to pleasant surprises.

The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.

It's funny how things happen in life. Sometimes, you just take the opportunity when it comes. Life can be surprising.

How can I be so evil? It ain't easy.

I base jumped off the Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro.

For me, it's interesting because I never thought of myself as an action man, but apparently I can do it, so that's good to know.

Someone else doesn't have to be wrong for you to be right.

I've surpassed any goal I set for myself as far as my body, my career, and getting married.

If you want to get along, go along.