One will never get any more than he thinks he can get. YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES. Look back and see your progress - damn the torpedo, full speed ahead!

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

In prison, you learn to count each day and each moment. You even count the bad 'meals' and the unbearable ones.

I'm totally confused about what I'm going to do with my life.

When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.

If anything, the overriding emotion is gonna just be excitement.

I really don't need the public's money. I'd like to have something on the internet with charitable donation optional, where anyone can download my music for free.

And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you.

Some of the most powerful times are when we're quiet

Personal healing on all levels - physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual comes when we get in touch with our disowned energies.... Through integrating all aspects of ourselves, we become whole.

I believe that creativity comes from compromise. If you could have everything you ever wanted, it doesn't always work.

Black-ish is really a show about an American family and these are some of the topics that come up - for all of us, in different ways - and we get to see how this family is walking through it.