Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.

A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

I can't bear literary snobbery.

Nobody wants to be nothing. But that's the greatest thing in the world to be.

Cosmopolitan discourse...provides one with a _public gaze_ with which one can relate oneself to others in a different way.

I'm terrible at practical jokes. I do them too well, so they're not funny. I end up saying, "Oh, no, I'm joking, I'm joking."

Prayer guards hearts and minds and causes God to bring peace out of chaos

You could put on monkeys jumping up and down and get bigger numbers than MSNBC.

I'm glad that my music has helped other people as it's helped me. It makes me glad that I did what I did with my life.

Hurricane Katrina, coupled with Hurricane Rita, which came promptly on Katrina's heels, claimed more than 1,200 American lives. Together, they caused more than $200 billion in damage.

I like seeing things that you don't normally see. Black people are so diverse, we do so many things, we have given so much to this world - and we are constantly giving.

To be a successful businessman, you must have remarkable talents; and if you have such talents, why waste them on business?