You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don’t know what’s goin‘ on, I then got the money, and gone.

I’m not a macroeconomics person.

America is another name for opportunity.

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing – stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses – makes more money for me than making movies.

A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.

I grew up upper-class. Private school. My dad had a Jaguar. We’re African-American, and we work together as a family, so people assume we’re like the Jacksons. But I didn’t have parents using me to get out of a bad situation.

The masculine spirit is under assault. It’s obvious.

In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there’s such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

I hope that people around the world will be as inspired as I am to step up and to speak out on behalf of girls around the world who struggle to go to school.

The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

I want kids to know: Don’t wait for somebody to come along and tell you you’re special. Because that may never happen.

I make decisions all day, so it’s nice for a woman like me to go to dinner and have the man take the menu and say, ‚Let me order.‘ Other women would be offended by that, but I’m like, ‚Good. Because I can’t make one more decision today.‘ I want someone to rub my feet without being asked.

I always make my dreams into goals.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

I’m not trying to be sexy. It’s just my way of expressing myself when I move around.

If you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

My mother never made me do anything for my brothers, like serve them. I think that’s an important lesson, especially for the Latino culture, because the women are expected to be the ones that serve and cook and whatever. Not in our family. Everybody was equal.

Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster’s own personal example.

The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.

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

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.

I’d sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

If there’s one thing that’s certain in business, it’s uncertainty.

As far as a glass ceiling, I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And if you make it in some way that other people can recognize, that’s fine. But even if you don’t quote-unquote make it, you’re fine if you’ve given it your whole heart and soul.

No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time.

What is easy is seldom excellent.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

I’m not a centerfold.

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

I remember they used to tell me, they said, ‚Khaled, you can’t get a Rolls-Royce; you need to get one of them small ones.‘ So I went and bought a Phantom.

Perception often lags behind reality, and I can say from experience that the vast majority of public officials in Louisiana are much better than our reputation holds us to be.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Mindfulness practices enhance the connection between our body, our mind and everything else that is around us. Mindful living is the key to understanding our struggles with weight and to empowering us to control our weight.

Competitions are a business, first and foremost.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

Men’s actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we – we own this country. We – we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

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.

Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.

If I were a Negro, I’d be fighting, as Martin Luther King fought, for human recognition and justice. I’d rather go down with my flag flying. If you’re weak or crippled, or you can’t speak out or fight back in some way, then people don’t hesitate to treat you badly.

You gotta understand: I believe a woman should praise the man, the king. If you holding it down for your woman, I feel like the woman should praise. And the man should praise the queen.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

I’m always amazed at how many people assume a business has to lose money before it makes money.

Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

Winning, to me, is easy. Winning more is the challenge.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.

I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be ‚sexy,‘ even before I knew what the word was.