Friend Quotes

When you're the most successful person in your family,

in your neighborhood,

and in your town,

everybody thinks you're the First National Bank,

and you have to figure out for yourself where those boundaries are.

I’d rather be hated for

who I am than loved for

who I am not.

Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre,

but they are more deadly in the long run.

The problem with writing a book in verse is,

to be successful,

it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon.

It has to sound easy.

When you can do it,

it helps tremendously because it's a thing that forces kids to read on.

You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop.

My first day in Chicago,

September 4 1983,

I set foot in this city,

and just walking down the street,

it was like roots,

like the motherland.

I knew I belonged here.

I came from a real tough neighborhood.

I put my hand in some cement and felt another hand.

Fate is nothing but the deeds,

committed in a prior state of existence.

There is only one corner of the universe

you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self

Revolutionaries should be guided by morality.

Some people come into

our life as a blessing,

while others come into

our life as a lesson,

so love them for who

they are instead of

judging them for

who they are not.

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em,

'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children

and grandchildren is not money or other

material things accumulated in one’s life,

but rather a legacy of character and faith.

The highest compliment that you can pay me

is to say that I work hard every day.

Climbing to the top demands strength,

whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us,

but those who win battles we know nothing about.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

Only through experience of trial and suffering can

the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired,

and success achieved.

Somebody called me a homophobe.

I'm not homophobic.

One important key to

success is self

confidence.

An important key to

self

confidence is preparation

Maybe this world is another planet’s hell.

Don’t tell me what you value.

Show me your budget,

and I’ll tell you what you value.