“It’s better to prepare than to repair.”

Find something you like to do so much that you would gladly do it for nothing; then learn to do it so well that people are happy to pay you for it.

All leaders make mistakes. They are a part of life. Successful leaders recognize their errors, learn from them, and work to correct their faults.

Your life today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today.

You build trust with others each time you choose integrity over image, truth over convenience, or honor over personal gain.

The highway of life is filled with flat squirrels that couldn’t make a decision.

To be an influencer, you have to love people before you can try to lead them.

Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.

If you start today to do the right thing, you are already a success even if it doesn’t show yet.

People who blame others for their failures never overcome them. They simply move from problem to problem. To reach your potential, you must continually improve yourself, and you can’t do that if you don’t take responsibility for your actions and learn from your mistakes.

If your habits don’t line up with your dream, then you need to either change your habits or change your dream.

True success is obeying God.

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who want to get things done, and those who don’t want to make mistakes.

When values, thoughts, feelings, and actions are in alignment, a person becomes focused and character is strengthened.

The true measure of your character is what you would do if you were sure no one would ever find out.

The only one you should compare yourself to is you. Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday.

Where there is no hope in the future, there is no power in the present.

The music business would be much better, for the youth and the kids, if they start hiring employees that understand the kids.

Perhaps it’s true that I’m very hard on myself, but that’s better than exhibiting mediocre work… too few were satisfactory enough to trouble the public with.

Dressing up is like therapy; I feel better in myself when I’ve made an effort.

Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.

When something good comes your way, you better feel fortunate, because it doesn’t last forever.

No. I probably do better not being in politics. They have too much control over you when you are in politics.

I like my raps, but I’m never too happy with some of ’em because I feel like they could be better.

It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.