You need to see things as they are, not worse than they are, than see them better than they are, and make them that way.

Playing it safe and taking no risks is a shortcut to poverty

The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it.

The story that you tell yourself is exactly what holds you back from being successful.

When you live your life by poor standards, you inflict damage on everyone who crosses your path, especially those you love.

No matter what happened to you in your past, you are not your past, you are the resources and the capabilities you glean from it. And that is the basis for all change.

Dream stompers are people who want to stomp on your hopes and dreams. Lose their phone numbers

Don't follow the path. Blaze the trail.

Whether you say, 'I can' or 'I can't,' you're right either way.

Without action, the best intentions in the world are nothing more than that: intentions.

If you give people a good enough 'why', they will always figure out the 'how'.

Contrary to popular opinion, leaders aren’t created out of fame. Fame is just a shadow. When you enter dark times in, it leaves you.

There was a time when our greed had not yet surpassed our imaginations as our greatest asset.

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.

If you take care of your mind, you take care of the world.’

Other [artists'] music is really what you get most inspiration from, whether consciously or subconsciously. I like a lot of old music and a lot of soul music. I also really like a lot of new stuff.

Moral excellence is an ornament for personal beauty; righteous conduct, for high birth; success for learning; and proper spending for wealth.

My only goal is to look back at the end of each year and see that I have improved.

Wine is a living liquid containing no preservatives. Its life cycle comprises youth, maturity, old age, and death. When not treated with reasonable respect it will sicken and die.

I think it's a very important function of art to challenge accepted reality, especially when that reality is created by powerful interest groups.

Libraries are sexual dream factories. The langour brings it on.