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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.

Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

If you think you can do it, you can.

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.

How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

I love to create interesting textures with language. You can do it as long as it seems like a discovery.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.