When the prayer becomes the vibration of the mind and self, then we can create a miracle.
Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.
I know for sure that love saves me and that it is here to save us all.
There's so much that I want to do. I feel like I'm the Magic Johnson of rap. You know, Magic was great on the basketball court, but he's bigger as a businessman.
There are generally three kinds of people in the world. People who make things happen, people who watch things happen, and people who say, what in the heck happened.
When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.
A gastronomer who is not an environmentalis t is just stupid. Whereas an environmentalis t who is not a gastronomer is sad. It's possible to change the world even while preserving the concept of the right of pleasure.
My strength did not come from lifting weights. My strength came from lifting myself up when i was knocked down.
We suffer because we have no humility and we do not love our brother. From love of our brother comes the love of God. People do not learn humility, and because of their pride cannot receive the grace of the Holy Spirit, and therefor the whole world suffers.
I've got a basketball signed by all the greats from Julius Irving to Oscar Robinson. It was at an All Star game I got them all to sign it. So that ain't going nowhere. I'm going to die with that in my casket.
Persistent work triumphs.
Life has a very simple plot: first you're here and then you're not.
Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.
Real music is not for wealth, not for honours or even the joys of the mind. . . but as a path for realisation and salvation.
Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity. The ignorant peasant without fault is greater than the philosopher with many. What is genius or courage without a heart?
Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 911. We have. We've blunted the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over. A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead.
To be mature means to face, and not evade, every fresh crisis that comes
Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.
There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.
I'm not a marketing person. I don't ask myself questions. I go by instinct.