Until you stop blaming and become positively self-critical you are not going to move forward.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

Some people are so addicted to their misery that they will destroy anything that gets in the way of their fix.

Your health is a long-range investment that will pay-off when you need it most.

If you are really humble you will put yourself first when you need to take care of you.

By choosing positivity you become a contender for the human spirit giving hope to those in need.

When you're making something, you're in a different state. You go into a deep level of concentration, to the point where you're not self-conscious anymore, it's just flowing out of you.

It doesn't matter if you're born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan's egg!

Whenever you get one inch above the ground in your own esteem, you are that inch too high!

I dream of a language whose words, like fists, would fracture jaws.

Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen; Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green.

I'm just a basketball player, you know? Just put me where you need me.

Tell me who I am. (29)

Love, for me, is always wanting the best for the other person even if it's not what's best for you.

Why talk when you can paint?

I love the idea of making records that people can use, records that have a sense of utility.