The man who always takes and never gives is not a leader. He is a parasite.

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.

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 number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.

Keep your mind fixed on what you want in life: not on what you don't want.

A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can't be done.

There's a pleasure to loving someone even when you know there's no chance in them loving you back. The pain I felt let me know I was still alive.

It seemed to me that boys had a lot more fun. It was a relief. I didn't look at myself from the outside. I just lived inside my skin, looking out.

Dreams are those that don't let you sleep at night.

It's very hard to get out of this hold, that's why you either have to scoot backwards, move forwards, or try to get up.

I like writing for individuals with really rich musical personalities.

Acting makes me feel broke again, it makes me feel unaccomplished.

Anything that I can do with my voice thats good, Ill try to do.

Oh," he said to Kiyo, voice completely devoid of emotion. "I see. It's your turn again.

The desire to be primitive was very much a function of fin-de-siècle imperialism; it appealed to strong egos and domineering minds.

In Harlem, black was white. You had rights that could not be denied you; you had privileges, protected by law. And you had money. Everybody in Harlem had money. It was a land of plenty.