The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.

Wealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves everyday to count our blessings.

Baby steps count, as long as you are going forward. You add them all up, and one day you look back and you'll be surprised at where you might get to.

It's okay to fail; it's not okay to quit.

Find something that you love. Something that gets you so excited you can't wait to get out of bed in the morning. Forget about money. Be happy.

Don't ever let someone tell you you can't do something.

There is no plan B for passion

The world is your oyster. It's up to you to find the pearls.

If you want something, go get it. Period.

The balance in your life is more important than the balance in your checking account.

Walk that walk and go forward all the time. Don't just talk that talk, walk it and go forward. Also, the walk didn't have to be long strides; baby steps counted too. Go forward.

You're not a priority if you're an option, you are a percentage. A percentage of that other person's time and effort. The size of the pie never changes, the slices do.

I think a singer is an athlete. I've always tried to stay fit. Until my knee said, "Uh-uh," I was jogging. Then I started walking. They don't like walking a lot, but I'll push them.

Life delivers far less disappointment when your expectations are low.

I know it's wrong - God, it's all kinds of wrong - but I just want to lie down with you and wake up with you, just once, just once ever in my life.

You can't fire a cannon, from a canoe!

You ardently strive for freedom, and I do wish you were free--but, rather than for your sake, so that government won't be.

Morality binds and blinds. It binds us into teams … but thereby makes us go blind to objective reality.

Hip-hop has globalized a conception of blackness that has had a political impact, whether or not it had a political intent.

They're gonna keep knocking away until all this comes crashing down. But I'm not gonna ever crash. I'm in control.

The law of life is that the mind should be at rest while the body engages in action.