Famous Quotes

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.

Never be shamed of being Afrikan

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact - not to be solved, but to be coped with over time.

You are not one person, but three: The one you think you are; The one others think you are; The one you really are.

To change the world we must be good to those who cannot repay us.

Beware of greed and remain pure and just. Restrain yourself from every vice. He who cannot restrain himself, how will he be able to teach others restraint?

It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.

You dont lose if you get knocked down; you lose if you stay down.

You need nothing to be happy - you need something to be sad.

A successful life is expensive; it will cost you something to become a champion.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

To persevere, I think, is important for everybody. Don't give up, don't give in. There's always an answer to everything.

I am the manifestation of study, NOT the manifestation of money. Therefore, I advance through thought, NOT what's manufactured and bought.

Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.

You not feeling me, fine. It costs you nothing, pay me no mind.

More is more and less is a bore.

You can’t stop a revolution from breathin’, so to beat ‘em they offer people the illusion of freedom.

I love walking in the woods, on the trails, along the beaches. I love being part of nature. I love walking alone. It is therapy. One needs to be alone, to recharge one's batteries.

Elegance is not catching somebody's eyes, it's staying in somebody's memory

Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

You are the stars and the world is watching you. By your presence, you send a message to every village, every city, every nation. A message of hope. A message of victory.

I will come again & conquer you because as a mountain you can't grow, but as a human, I can

You must never so much think as whether you like it or not, whether it is bearable or not; you must never think of anything except the need, and how to meet it.

The bad news is you're falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there's no ground.

Can we talk of integration until there is integration of hearts and minds? Unless you have this, you only have a physical presence, and the walls between us are as high as the mountain range.

Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment

The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.

Don't judge my problems when you don't know my purpose. I'm only struggling now so I can pull you through later.

The practice of love is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination.

Block out all the negative energy, and just love.

I'm more interested in the future than in the past, because the future is where I intend to live.

Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon.

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.

All I know is it destroyed my family, it destroyed my marriage to Sylvester and I will never get over it.

I am hopelessly in love with a memory. An echo from another time, another place.

One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

Water is the soul of the Earth.

The spirit is smothered, as it were, by ignorance, but so soon as ignorance is destroyed, spirit shine forth, like the sun when released from clouds.

The child that never learns to obey his parents in the home will not obey God or man out of the home.

I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger.