You must stay focused, concentrating on the work at hand. Consistency makes the rain drops to create holes in the rock.

Fame is not the reason why brands are created and erected. Be diligent, focused and chain unceasing prayers to God who will continue giving you cheers.

You got to insist on your success, resist every obstacle and persist in times of difficulty and you will get there.

Mind you, the effectiveness of one hunter’s gun does not determine the number of bush meats the other hunter will kill. You got to be yourself. Be you.

Bear it in mind that when you have no brand, “no brand” is your brand and that’s a negative brand!

See failure as an opportunity to try again with a relatively powerful approach, skill, knowledge and conviction. Redefine yourself.

You will learn, but you have to act. You will be given, but you have to receive. Stretch your hands and take up your laurels by the power put in you!

The great mountains of wars and conflicts in the world can only be removed by picking up tiny stones of hatred and anger bit by bit. We must all be involved!

One big blow can hit and destroy any strong door in front of you. As for the 1000 feeble blows, they can’t even remove the cobwebs. Courage is the key.

Take distinct steps and exploits. Those who are distinct and distinguished always score distinction. Go there, be there and stay there.

Never be discouraged. The fact that you will be a winner at the first attempt is unclear. You don’t get master’s degree after attending school on the first day. You got to endure till you get there.

The most dangerous thing in American society is a self-respecting and self-loving black person, because they're on the road to freedom and that means they're gonna run up against the powers that be.

What does education do, what does it have to offer, when deprived of its necessary partner, the future, and face instead with - no future at all?

Nature has not fitted man to any specific environment.

People tell me all the time that my songs help them express things to loved ones that they may not be able to say themselves.

Musical theatre is my first love.

The Beatles are a classical group because they're classic.

... parents embarrass their children probably more than the other way around. I don't know why we should blush so hard for our parents -- we didn't rear them -- and yet we do.

I have a saying. 'Never judge a book by its cover'. I say that because I don't even know who Ozzy is. I wake up a new person every day.

I always have to presume that each movie is my last movie because I never know if I'll get money again.

It is the bright day that brings forth the adder, and that craves wary walking.