What you are is God’s gift to you. What you can become is your gift to Him.

There is no magic in small plans. When I consider my ministry, I think of the world. Anything less than that would not be worthy of Christ nor of His will for my life.

A man generally lives up to what is expected of him.

A man who walks with God always gets to his destination.

It is my business as a Sunday school teacher to instill a divine discontent for the ordinary. Only the best possible is good enough for God. Can you say, 'God, I have done all that I can?

Time cannot be saved, it can only be spent, and if not spent wisely and well, it is wasted.

I know not the way He leads me, but well do I know my Guide.

After many paths and many years, perhaps many lifetimes, we become aware of the sacredness of our suffering.

The water was still. The mountains moved.

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

Although it's easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket... it's part-ownership of a business.

I got enemies, I got a lotta enemies. Got a lotta people tryna drain me of my energy.

I've always seen my drumming as lyrical anyway.

I would love to interview Dave Grohl. I just think he's an amazing musician, and I grew up listening to Nirvana, so I have so many questions about that.

It [winning Oscar] is the most important event in the career of an actor, an extraordinary moment, beautiful. Some people live their whole life just to win an Oscar.

If you look at my career, doing albums with Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake, Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne or KRS-One and Jean Grae, I can't be pigeonholed.

The Sick Rose O Rose, thou art sick. The invisible worm That flies in the night In the howling storm Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy, And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.