Any hand that I’ve shaken, any person that I met when I was Joe Blow, now that I’m this guy Kevin Hart, has come back. That’s why I treat everybody with respect. I’m always a nice pleasant guy to meet because when they come back to you, they remember.

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

So much of what we do every single day is the result of habits that we have formed over time.

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there’s less of you.

You’re not a product of your nature. That is your genetic makeup or your nurture, the things that have happened to you. Of course those things affect you powerfully, but they do not determine you.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

Although I’m only fourteen, I know quite well what I want. I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child. I feel quite independent of anyone.

I have noticed… that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women.

My father wasn’t around when I was a kid, and I used to always say, ‚Why me? Why don’t I have a father? Why isn’t he around? Why did he leave my mother?‘ But as I got older I looked deeper and thought, ‚I don’t know what my father was going through, but if he was around all the time, would I be who I am today?‘

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.

There is no real limit to how much better a person who really commits to getting better can get. Every manager has the potential to become an excellent manager for the rest of his or her career.

Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.

It’s always appealing to play a character that has to overcome himself as well as an obstacle. It makes the drama so much deeper.

It’s true my father abused me and didn’t love and protect me the way he should have, and at times it seemed no one would ever help me and it would never end. But God always had a plan for my life, and He has redeemed me.

I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one’s self.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners.

To add value to others, one must first value others.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

The greatest thing about being a comedian is knowing other comedians. And you get to talk to them. Its the most fun.

I think that we have opportunities all around us – sometimes we just don’t recognize them.

I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then in finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.

Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

Even with all the advantages of retrospect, and a lot of witnesses dead and gone, you can’t make your life look as if you intended it or you were consistent. All you can show is how you dealt with various hands.

My lighter, more superficial side will always steal a march on the deeper side and therefore always win. You can’t imagine how often I’ve tried to push away this Anne, which is only half of what is known as Anne – to beat her down, hide her.

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.

Transforming yourself into a deep listener will not only prove more amusing as you open your mind to their mind, but you will gain the most invaluable lessons about human psychology.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

Don’t ever forget two things I’m going to tell you. One, don’t believe everything that’s written about you. Two, don’t pick up too many checks.

I’m intimidated by the fear of being average.

I’m a genetic optimist.

I used to get into a lot of fights.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don’t know how to manage it.

Don’t find fault, find a remedy.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

I’m about being the best.

Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

You know, you can make a small mistake in language or etiquette in Britain, or you could when I was younger, and really be made to feel it, and it’s the flick of a lash, but it would sting, and especially at school where there’s not much privacy, and so on. You could, yes, undoubtedly be made to feel crushed.

Reproach is shame, blame, disgrace, disapproval and a disrespectful attitude toward yourself. When you’re under reproach, your behavior shows it.

If you want to be a good writer, be the best writer in the world. That’s what I’ve done.

I don’t have much positive to say about motor neuron disease, but it taught me not to pity myself because others were worse off, and to get on with what I still could do. I’m happier now than before I developed the condition.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

I used to feel unsafe right in the moment of an accomplishment – I felt the ground fall from under my feet because this could be the end. And even now, while everyone is celebrating, I’m on to the next thing. I don’t want to get lost in this big cushion of success.

As much as it might look like, to someone else, that I’m successful, I never feel like I’m anywhere. The further I go, I still feel equally further from my eventual goal. Because as I grow, I get more goals. I’m never content.

I don’t know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can’t stand to be invited someplace that isn’t full of other important people. They don’t mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners.

Don’t feel sorry for me.

There are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling experience, but the harshest one of all is the difference between having Fun and being Smart.

The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.

If you can build a business up big enough, it’s respectable.

What’s dangerous is not to evolve.