Never be defeated by roadblocks life throws in your way. Instead, conquer them. You are much stronger than you give yourself credit for.

When you see yourself in a shattered mirror, don't think of it as the broken pieces of yourself. Think of it as all of the pieces that make up you.

You have to see the good in yourself before expecting someone else to see the good in you. Be aware of who you are and what you can truly be.

The courage to admit when you're wrong doesn't show weakness. It shows your strength. Your integrity speaks volumes about you as a person.

Everyone has their own purpose on this earth. It's up to you to figure out what your purpose in life is. No one can make that decision for you.

A bad life doesn't justify bad behavior. It's time to stop playing the blame game and take responsibility for your own actions. You have control of your life from here.

Appreciate every breath you take. Someone else didn't get to take another breath today.

Every author begins as a reader. So, read yourself into authorship.

Understanding is a three edged sword: your side, their side, and the truth.

Consistency with the right strategic plan is the ultimate key to success. Yesterday's action would never make up for today's procrastination.

We like to assume that language is a purely human property, our exclusive possession, and that everything else is basically mute.

I might be too strung out on compliments, overdosed on confidence/ Started not to give a f- and stop fearing the consequence/ Drinking every night because we drink to my accomplishments.

I have heard thousands of confessions, but never one of covetousness.

Where Jack isn't safe, Tom's in danger.

Stand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the first one that was opened up for me was acting.

Prolonged travel in the alternate world of books can also make a reader more prone to fantasy thinking and estranged from his or her “real” life.

We just never know. We think we do. We think we have life figured out, and in our arrogance we become hard. But life has a way of humbling us, of softening us.

I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?