To be honest, I can remember just about everything ever if I chose to. I will say, when it comes to quoting great minds of other people, I write things down. Not only do I write them down; I write them places where I am forced to stumble across them again. Every single day, I start my day with a Spanish lesson, and a positive word with my god-mother. Here are some of the great quotes and thought provoking words I revisit.
"There's Nothing New Under The Sun"
"The highest human act is to inspire." -Nipsey Hussle
"Belief + Doubt = Sanity" -Hirshhorn Museum
"Be the change that you want to see, or nothing will change in your world." -Me
"The goal is to buy more time than your money can spend." -Me
"There is no such thing as time. We are all just living. Time was created so that we didn't all live in one moment. Remember the moments because what a wonderful time." -Me
"You are only as happy as your saddest child." -Beth Moore
“If you can walk with the crowd and keep your virtue, or walk with Kings-nor lose the common touch; If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute with 60 seconds worth of distance run- Yours is the earth and everything that's in it, And-which is more-you'll be a man my son.” -Rudyard Kipling
"It always rains hardest on people who deserve the sun." -J. Cole
"There's people, and then there's people." -Inez Taub
"Neighborhood builds character, removing it from our lives creates fear in our children." -Kevin Hart
"If it is not from your heart, God does not recognize it." -Uncle Russell
"A seed grows with no sound, but a tree falls with a huge noise. Destruction has noise, but creation is quiet. This is the power of silence. Grow silently." -Confucious
"If you think everyone else is crazy, that makes you the insane one."
"A soft answer, soothes the wrath." - Uncle Russell
"There's always more support at the bottom." -Me
"Weeping may last through the night but joy comes with the morning." -Psalm 30
" Idle hands are the devil’s workshop; idle lips are his mouthpiece. An evil man sows strife; gossip separates the best of friends. Wickedness loves company—and leads others into sin. The wicked man stares into space with pursed lips, deep in thought, planning his evil deeds. White hair is a crown of glory and is seen most among the Godly. It is better to be slow-tempered than famous; it is better to have self-control than to control an army. We toss the coin, but it is the lord who controls its decision." -Proverbs 16:27-33
"Everyone we encounter is either in a storm, going through a storm, or just got out of a storm." -Jalen Rose
"How long should I stay dedicated? How long until opportunity meets preparation? -Nipsey
"It's better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war." -Chinese Proverb
"When you grow up in something, you don't know if it's good or bad. You just know that's how it is." -Future
"When a man is trying to please God, God makes even his worst enemies be at peace with him." -Proverbs 16:7
"They tried to damage your reputation. You saved theirs by not telling your side of the story."
"Ships don't sink because of the water around them; ships sink because of the water that gets in them. Don't let what's happening around you get inside you and weigh you down."
"Reading is the key to freeing your mind." -Dr. Golden
"Describe winning in one word...…..Silence." -Me
"The wise man is known by his common sense, and a pleasant teacher is the best." -Proverbs 16:21
"Fear a silent man, he has lips like a drum." -Beninese Proverbs
"He gives power to the weak, and strength to the powerless." -Isaiah 40:29
"God will never leave you empty. He will replace everything you lost. If he asks you to put something down, it's because he wants you to pick up something greater."
"Never do a deal when you're desperate." -French Montana
"He gonna test ya, before he bless ya." -Gillie
"Hurt people, hurt people."
"Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray." -Proverbs 10:17
"It is easier to build a strong child, than to fix a broken man." -Frederick Douglas
"Confidence breeds success, success breeds confidence." -Mike Tyson
"The "original sin" is when we turned our inward attention outward - when we began to look for other's approval, recognition, and permission and to get our needs met."
"Peace calms the soul." -Me
"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." -Proverbs 17:17
"Don't know your ass from a hole in the wall." -My Grandma
"Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music." -George Carlin
"Look down at me and you see a fool; look up at me and you see a God; look straight at me and you see yourself."
"All humor is rooted in pain." -Richard Pryor
"Don't listen to nobody, pay attention to everybody." -Lil Duval
"Some bridges must be burned to keep the problems from following."
"Have you ever noticed how quiet you get when you go in the woods? it's almost like you know that God is there." -Richard Pryor
"Can't outrun time or destiny. Just stay focused and pay attention. Life is happening regardless, just stay mentally tough." -Me
"A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth." -Richard Pryor
"Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it." -Proverbs 22:6
"You are what you consume." -Me
"If it ain't worth breaking up over, it ain't worth arguing over."
"No tree it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell." -Carl Jung
"There is no fear in love; for perfect love casteth out fear." John 4:18
"A TV speaks, yet the TV says nothing."
"It takes 10,000 hours of intensive practice to achieve mastery of complex skills and materials." -Malcolm Gladwell
"The man of knowledge must be able to not only love his enemies, but also to hate his friends." -Friedrich Nietzsche
"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
"Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood." -Friedrich Nietzsche
"Patience was the key ingredient to anything great." -Me
"God punishes us by giving us everything we want, to see if we can handle it." -Mike Tyson
“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.” -
"Love is the desire everything will flourish, rather than the desire everything will suffer. Let's call it God." -Jordan Peterson
"Too much of anything will kill you." -My Mother
"I want to let little kids know that no matter what situation they come up in, that they're not exempt from success. All I ever wanted was for people to believe in me and recognize my potential. I came, I struggled, I made it, I conquered." -Future
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." -Hebrews 11:1
"The harder you work, the luckier you get."
"Someone whose a fan, blows when you're hot." -Deion Sanders
"Some things take time, some things don't." -Angela Taverniti
"For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control." -2 Timothy 1:7
"You gotta go where you are celebrated, not tolerated." -Kevin Gates
"If you are not fed love on silver spoons, you learn to lick it off knives."
"We control the process, not the outcome. Make the process your focus. When we allow others to focus on the outcome and not the process, we fail to lead them to victory. The best leaders spend less time speaking about winning the game." -Me
"Nothing good ever happens past midnight." -My Mother
"Everyday you have a chance to evolve or repeat."
"The Universe rewards hustle." -Joe Rogan
"Everything in life has to have a plan and how far you go is in your planning." -Aunt Pat
"If you know how much money you got, you ain't got no money." -Gillie
"Time is a universal multiplier." -Me
"The moon is so shy. She reminds us we are never our full selves, despite always being present." -Me
"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." -J.R.R. Tolkien
"Money is loud, wealth is quiet." -Zeb from The Minorities
"Fatigue makes cowards of men." Vince Lombardi
"Never let your left hand know what your right hand is doing." -My Mother
"I'll let you tell me when I'm wrong, if you're gonna slap me hi-five when I'm right."
"When the L's cost you, and your W's add up to nothing, reinvent yourself or starve." -Me
"I've been put in control, to keep everything out of control. Free your soul." -Me
"Follow visions not thoughts." -Gillie
"Memories exist outside of time."
"The world has wheels." -Irena L.
"Death to me is really long sleep with no dreams." -Ben Carr
"Would you rather win and keep your money, or lose but get your way?" -Me
"All of us bend but the strong never fold."
"A drowning man will catch a straw."
"A man who is certain of his path pays no attention to the odds/obstacles against him." -Mark Dantonio
"You better love the people God loaned you because he's going to want them back one day." -Lauren London
"A giant looks in the mirror and sees nothing. Everyone whose not a giant sees a giant." -Donda West
"Knowing is confidence." -Me
"If you do not fit in their time or space then you cannot fit in their frame of reference." -Me
"A man without meaning will distract himself with pleasure." -Viktor E. Frankl
"A wise old owl sat on an oak, The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard: Why aren’t we like that wise old bird?" -Edward Hersey Richards
"You can't teach what you don't know. You can't lead where you ain't go." -Wallo
"Without a test, you can't have a testimony."
"No matter what Reg, it's always gonna be some conflict." -DeVonte Dedmon
"A crushed up spirit, dries up the bones."
"Pain is weakness leaving the physical body."
"Fear is a form of respect. If you fear absolutely nothing then you probably respect nothing." -Me
"There is a huge difference between hearing and listening and seeing and looking." Lil Wayne
"Dippin' and dappen'in and don't know what's happenin." -My Grandma
"For a person to miss out on opportunity, that means an opportunity presented itself."
"When you fall down the pain is enough, the thoughts after is the suffering." -Ana
"Science can tell us how, it can't tell us why." -J. Cole
"Looking for the right way to do the wrong things." -Drake
"A smart man can act like a fool, but a fool can't act like a smart man." -Mike Tyson
"Those who attack public education, fear an educated public."
"Life is like a toaster, nobody cares until the bread pops up."
Discipline is doing what you hate like you love it." -Mike Tyson
"Greatness is doing the hardest tasks with the greatest of ease. Doing what other's can't like it is nothing." -Mike Tyson
"Everybody is a nobody, but are you a nobody to everybody?"
"Passion surpasses talent every time." -Rick Ross
"Children see magic because they look for it."
"Your biggest influences in your life will come from the people you meet and the books you read." -Mike Tyson
"Fearlessly go after your curiosity." -Russ
"Your name is Gee not Genius." -My Grandma
"The dogs keep barking as the elephants keep walking." -Suzie Orman
"No does not mean no. No means Next Opportunity." -Gillie
"Every time you reach your goals you just get a better view. You gotta just keep reaching." -Chico Bean
"You've never seen a bee arguing with a fly over why a honeycomb is better than a pile of shit."
"Without change there would be no butterflies."
"If you want to see who rules over you, see who you aren't allowed to criticize." -Naval Ravikant
"Words are legitimate authority. If your words are not in order you have no legitimate authority." -Jordan Peterson
"You have to offer your children up to the destruction of the world. That's female courage, the mother who doesn't hold her child back. 'Leave me, be in the world.' That is feminine courage." -Jordan Peterson
”Believe what you want, everything is made up.” -Me
“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.” -Bruce Lee
“A wise man can act a fool, but a fool cannot act a wise man.” -Muhammad Ali