The heart of who I am as a person and as a man is forgiveness, after forgiving my father for a lot of things that were done when I was child.

It doesn't matter if a million people tell you what you can't do, or if ten million tell you no. If you get one yes from God that's all you need.

God gives everyone a lane and no one can beat you in your lane. Just stay focused on Him and what you are supposed to do. And everything will be alright.

Rather than focus on your critics, focus on the people who are impacted by your work.

Don't wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.

Once you're truly happy with yourself alone, that's when you are safe to find the right person to spend the rest of your life with.

Don't stop. Narrow your focus to one idea, and make it work. That will give birth to all of the others. All you can do is plant the seed and water it.

The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.

You know, people at Wal-Mart are standing there with their uniforms on. I feel like I'm putting on a uniform to do a movie. I don't feel like it's dressing in drag.

A mother’s love is stronger than distance, more powerful than time and can transcend the grave.

Fear is a sprit that really can stop you from living.

How obvious can it be? ... The purpose of makeup is to defy the degradations of time, and time is just a synonym for death.

Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people.

I've always tried to explain democracy is not perfect. But it gives you a chance to shape your own destiny.

Buddhism is all about finding your own way, not imitating the ways of others or even the ways of Buddha himself.

I'm against an all-white anything or an all-black anything.

I feel the terror of idleness, like a red thirst. Death isn't just an idea.

The north of the Central African Republic is now a war zone, with rival armed bands burning villages, kidnapping children, robbing travelers and killing people with impunity.

Thinking about what songs are coming next instead of just relaxing, breathing and playing from my heart. Sometimes it can get to be almost like the enemy.

When I asked God for Brains and Brawn, He gave me Puzzles in life to Solve.

Life's a wheel of fortune and it's my chance to spin it.