We primarily grow as human beings by discovering new truths about ourselves and our reality.

Hard work is painful when life is devoid of purpose. But when you live for something greater than yourself and the gratification of your own ego, then hard work becomes a labor of love.

If you don’t take the time to get really clear about exactly what it is you’re trying to accomplish, then you’re forever doomed to spend your life achieving the goals of those who do.

When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn't an option. It's a necessity.

Fear is not your enemy. It is a compass pointing you to the areas where you need to grow.

Thoughts are like seeds. If you want different results in life, you have to figure out which thoughts are capable of growing those results and which aren’t.

If someone offers you a gift, and you decline to accept it, the other person still owns that gift. The same is true of insults and verbal attacks.

The most intelligent thing you can possibly do with your life is to grow.

Passion and purpose go hand in hand. When you discover your purpose, you will normally find it's something you're tremendously passionate about.

When you reach the point of becoming independent of external events, you’re truly free.

If you want to achieve some really big and interesting goals, you have to learn to fall in love with hard work.

...life is extremely resilient but not infinitely so.

In every time, in every culture, ordinary people have done extraordinary things.

You're my rain, Eric. You've been keeping me safe before I even knew you.

The most important influence is all our lives are love. If we're never taught to love, then showing and accepting love becomes difficult.

In the Baboon community, it is not how strong you are that is important, but who you know that counts

Once you finish the script, it's no longer yours; it's the other people making it, which sometimes can be hard.

Let us not go over the old ground but rather prepare for what is to come.

I am biased to my show as a whole but it is still very entertaining.

It is so painful to suggest that we go back to think about these days where an African-American could not be a citizen of the United States.

While the world of reality has its limits, the world of your imagination is without boundaries