If It Was You Quotes

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

The ghetto is not where you live. The ghetto is inside your mind. And anyone who tells you that you can't get out of the ghettos of your own mind has no idea what they're talking about.

I'm building an empire. How do you know I won't be the next [Universal Music Group Chairman/CEO] Doug Morris one day? I'm doing a hell of a job, and I'm on the road to that next level.

You can't study comedy; it's within you. It's a personality. My humor is an attitude.

If I can do it, you can do it. Anybody can.

Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.

It doesn't matter what you do. It matters who you are.

The word of God steadies me. He says your trials and tribulations make you who you are. So you can see my whole story in the way I endured and overcame some testing experiences.

If you follow your passion, you'll never work a day in your life.

When I miss you, sometimes I listen to music or look at pictures of you, not to remind me of you but to make me feel as if I'm with you. It makes me forget the distance and capture you.

Did you know that every human being is created with a purpose and that they have a responsibility to not only discover their purpose but also to fulfill it?

If you don't know who you are, a university is an expensive place to find out.

You can create whatever you want. You just have to know what you want and take the opportunities as they come your way. We are who we choose to be.

I will not take what you need to give me. I will take what you want to give me.

My music is basically all about witty punchlines and lyric progression that is aimed to make you laugh or say "Woah."

I hated to bat against Drysdale. After he hit you he'd come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say, 'Do you want me to sign it?'

Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy.

If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on you.

For he who has died has been freed from sin...14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

A perception, sudden as blinking, that subject and object are one, will lead to a deeply mysterious understanding; and by this understanding you will awaken to the truth.

There comes a certain point in life when you have to stop blaming other people for how you feel or the misfortunes in your life. You can't go through life obsessing about what might have been.

Life is not fair, it never was and it is now and it won't ever be. Do not fall into the trap. The entitlement trap, of feeling like you're a victim. You are not.

Because of you, I laugh a little harder, cry a little less, and smile a lot more.

Love yourself and feel worth it. Attend to your joy!

The quality of your life is the quality of where you live emotionally

Trade your expectations for appreciation and the world changes instantly.

All you have to do is DECIDE what you want. BELIEVE you DESERVE IT, and PRACTICE the success PRINCIPLES.

For every person who might reject you if you live your truth, there are ten others who will embrace you and welcome you home.

You will never really love until you love someone who hates you.

Once you grow up and discover yourself as a human being you look at things for what they are.

You can't avoid pain in life. It's how you handle pain, that's what defines you.

I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.

How would you like it if, at your job, every time you made the slightest mistake a little red light went on over your head and 18,000 people stood up and screamed at you?

People love you when they on your mind/A thought is love's currency.

A woman who is careful with her words is a gift to all who know her.

There are ways to minimize the risk if you are a woman working in the Middle East: You can dress modestly, wear the hijab, cover your head, always travel with a man.

I don't know where I'd be without you here with me. Life with you makes perfect sense. You're my best friend.

When I first met my agent, I said, "If something comes up and it fits my age range and personality, I would like you to send me up for it, even if it specifies blonde or brunette."

When the bottom falls out and disappointments come, you will learn what you believe, what you love, and what you treasure.

My right to be me is tied with a thousand threads to your right to be you.

As you cannot do what you want, Want what you can do

Don’t worry about what people think, because once it’s all over the people who love you will make you what they want you to be, and the people who don’t love you will, too.

You venture into the unknown land because that is where your heart will take you. In the end, it is not what you want to do, it is something you have to do.

Never forget your dialogue with God, it is your strength.

When everyone else says you can't, determination says,'YES YOU CAN.'

Children are not unforgiving. You can punish them and they will hug you in a few minutes.

People May Hate You For Being Different and Not Living By Society's Standards,but Deep Down,They Wish They Had The Courage To Do The Same.

I can't go long without you either, Eva. You're an addiction...my obsession.

Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.