To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

By forgiving others, you consciously cut ties with the negative energies that are binding you.

What I always say is that Japanese are like willow. We can be bent easily, but once you try to break us, it would not be so easy.

I am so over you, Rejection. You can't get to me like that anymore. I won't let you squash my hopes and dreams. (Slams door) So there!

The day my son was born my life changed completely.

Dying well is easy,it only takes a moment of courage. It’s living well that I couldn’t do. What’s death compared to that.

I love a stupid joke, something that doesn't make any sense.

The welfare and the future of our societies depend on our capacity to remain mobilized so as to improve the health of every mother and child.

I'd rather hug Magic Johnson after he rolled around in barbed wire.

Your deliberate Chief Aim in life should be selected with deliberate care

I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist.