We’re all dreamers.

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

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

I wanted to be in a punk band before I had even heard any punk music.

I don’t know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

I hope my story inspires everyone out there to keep hustling and chasing their dreams.

Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.

And poets, in my view, and I think the view of most people, do speak God’s language – it’s better, it’s finer, it’s language on a higher plane than ordinary people speak in their daily lives.

In art the best is good enough.

Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it.

Sometimes I wish I had taken the Bob Dylan route and sang songs where my voice would not go out on me every night, so I could have a career if I wanted.

I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily I should have been in that band – or at least in a Pixies cover band.

Sometimes I’m fascinated with how famous my work could be while I’m not so famous.

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things.

In every walk of life, you must have leaders. An education in the spiritual world, in the labor field, in the agricultural field, we must have leaders.

I want to be like Bruce Springsteen or something, making songs that are relevant.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.

We will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.

I don’t want to be an action star; action star’s life is so short. I want my life to get longer. I want my career to get longer.

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

My career as Nipsey Hussle is based on my life as Ermias Asghedom.

I love those who do not know how to live for today.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.

People think you have to go through something to write about it, and you absolutely do not. You can write about, like, a shoe. It’s a story.

I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Hopefully I won’t be the last big splash at Under Armour.

If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly and lone and hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.

There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.

My stories run up and bite me on the leg – I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off.

There wasn’t much as a kid that inspired me in what I did as an adult, but I was always very interested in what motivates people, and in telling stories and building things.

When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone.

I always say I wanna work with Alicia Keys. I’m in awe of her.

Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.

I just have a thing in my brain that when I’m about to do something that’s genuine or authentic, I think of it in song form. I’ll be like, ‚Yo, this is a human emotion that no one talks about.‘

Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.

If I get stuck, I look at a book that tells me how someone else did it. I turn the pages, and then I say, ‚Oh, I forgot that bit,‘ then close the book and carry on. Finally, after you’ve figured out how to do it, you read how they did it and find out how dumb your solution is and how much more clever and efficient theirs is!

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.

Years ago I met Richard Burton in Port Talbot, my home town, and afterwards he passed in his car with his wife, and I thought, ‚I want to get out and become like him‘. Not because of Wales, because I love Wales, but because I was so limited as a child at school and so bereft and lonely, and I thought becoming an actor would do that.

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.

Hitch your wagon to a star.