“The world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls.”

No one ever laid out the sequence of events that led to my mother being prosecuted and imprisoned for alleged welfare fraud.

If you have a dream, you’ve got to protect it.

The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.

There was a language specific to all things. The ability to learn another language in one arena, whether it was music, medicine, or finance, could be used to accelerate learning and other arenas, too.

You can only depend on yourself. The cavalry aint coming.

This part of my life, this little part, is called happiness.

I just wanted to make a million dollars. But I couldn’t sing and I couldn’t play ball, so I said to my mother, ‘How am I going to make a million dollars?’ And she said to me, ‘Son, if you believe you can do it, you will.’

It’s okay to fail; it’s not okay to quit.

Then again, what seems like nothing in the eyes of the world, when properly valued and put to use, can be among the greatest riches.

Walk that walk and go forward all the time. Don’t just talk that talk, walk it and go forward. Also, the walk didn’t have to be long strides; baby steps counted too. Go forward.

If you want something, go get it. Period.

Claim ownership of your dreams.

Ready or not, Tell yourself to jump.

I hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son.

Don’t ever let someone tell you you can’t do something.

It can be done, but you have to make it happen.

In fact, 95% of the people in my films have been nothing less than a pleasure to work with.

Why is there happiness and comfort and excitement where you are and no where else in the world.

Stress is actually the number one thing that blocks people from their happiness and well-being and from getting what they want.

We can no longer ignore that voice within women that says: ‘I want something more than my husband and my children and my home.’

Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It’s a decision.

Sorrow is brief but joy is endless.

A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.

Marriage works best for men than women. The two happiest groups are married men and unmarried women.