Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.

I have certain guys who I looked up to. Jordan, Kobe, those guys. Passing that on to doing my part to kind of keep that influence of basketball where it should be is kind of why I play the game.

When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

I used to consider the listener. But now I’m in a space where, if I’m not inspired, I can’t really do the music. I can’t feel it.

I always wanted a family.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting.

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

Civil disobedience’s main goal typically is to try to arouse and inspire others to join and do something. Well, sometimes that is a good tactic, sometimes not.

I didn’t tell any of my friends that I wanted to be a comedian, because I was superstitious. I thought if I told people, it wouldn’t happen. So I kept it all in my head for years and years.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.

Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

It’s lack that gives us inspiration. It’s not fullness.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

My experience of malaria was just taking anti-malarials, which give you strange dreams, because I don’t want to get malaria.

Every setback means you’re one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

I think I have to trust that you end up with the person you’re supposed to end up with, and that everything in between is there to teach you stuff.

The Bible says to ‚fear not,‘ but this doesn’t mean you should never feel scared. It means when you do feel fear, keep going forward and do what you are supposed to do. Or as I like to say, do it afraid.

When I have a terrible need of – shall I say the word – religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can’t move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.

We based the look on rock ‚n roll right from the beginning.

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.

God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

The most miraculous process is watching a song go from a tiny idea in the middle of the night to something that 55,000 people are singing back to you.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

Getting a great idea with song writing is a lot like love. You don’t know why this one is different, but it is. You don’t know why this one is better, but it is. It sticks in your head, and you can’t stop thinking about it.

Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I’ll be right there with you as a citizen – inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far.

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!

No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!

A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends.

The sun is gone, but I have a light.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.

I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it’s not always in the way you expect. God knows what’s best for us, though, so there’s no need to worry when things don’t go how we originally wanted them to go.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Life is either a great adventure or nothing.

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

As a kid, I used to see how Sachin Tendulkar used to win matches under pressure for India in Sharjah or other places. So I was always keen to repeat the same in similar situations. I don’t take pressure on myself when I am in the middle. I love pressure, and I always believe that pressure makes you more focused.

Songs are my diaries; they always have been. You have to put your trust in everyone because putting down those real, personal details and thoughts that make a song authentic also opens you right up. I am constantly misunderstood; a lot of people just don’t get me.

I do love being in my studio. Especially at night.

I’ll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours.

If you only believe that you’re an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that’s quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.

When I start to write, I don’t have any plan at all. I just wait for the story to come.

And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you write better than others, and I believe in that. And New Orleans is one of them.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

What inspires me about rap is that it’s written in an almost poetic way. I just think it’s so cool.