"You can't control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order."

“Love is the beginning of the journey, its end, and the journey itself.”

“Michael Jordan didn’t become a great basketball player because he wanted to do product endorsements. Van Gogh didn’t become a great painter because he dreamed that one day his paintings would sell for $50 million.”

“Lots of white people think black people are stupid. They are stupid themselves for thinking so, but regulation will not make them smarter.”

Source : Stephen L. Carter (1991). “Reflections of an affirmative action baby”, Basic Books

“I'm going to keep proving people wrong, whether it's my record label, other artists.”

Source : "Donnis Talks 'Fashionably Late,' Atlantic Debut & Texting With T.I". Interview with Jordan Martins, www.complex.com. June 24, 2010.

“It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.”

“A house without books is like a room without windows.”

Source : "The Duty of Owning Books". Book by Horace Mann, 1859.

“I've always wanted to be the best in the world as a baseball player, so when I started to think about opening a business, it was with that mindset.”

“There is no perfect spaghetti sauce. There are perfect spaghetti sauces.”