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Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.

It's a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us.

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

You can't blame gravity for falling in love.

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.

If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.

I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.