Life is short is what some niggaz said; not if you measure life - by how one lives and what he did.
I know of nothing more inspiring than that of making discoveries for ones self.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.
When I was young, I said to God, 'God, tell me the mystery of the universe. ' But God answered, 'That knowledge is for me alone. ' So I said, 'God, tell me the mystery of the peanut. ' Then God said, 'Well George, that's more nearly your size. ' And he told me.
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.
When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
I have always hated slavery, I think as much as any Abolitionist.
I don't believe there is such a thing as 'moderate Islam. ' I think it's better to talk about degrees of belief and degrees of practice.
It's a very satisfying feeling for everyone involved into giving bands a new life - for me, the artists, and the audience.
I'm a huge advocate of prayer. I've been praying since I was fifteen years old and the doctor told me I was going to be a mother and I was like "what?" I started praying that day that God would help me do what I needed to do to be a good mother and to raise this baby boy that I was going to be blessed with. I haven't stopped praying in years.