"The pain that's created by avoiding hard work is actually much worse than any pain created from the actual work itself. Because if you don't begin to work on those ideas that God has blessed you with, they will become stagnant inside of you and eventually begin to eat away at you. You might seem OK on the outside, but inside you will be ill from not getting those ideas out of your heart and into the world. Stalling leads to sickness. But taking steps, even baby steps, always leads to success."
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"As I get, I give. Giving as you get is critical. It has everything to do with being happy for yourself, and making others happy is the cause of making yourself happy, and it’s the cycle of giving and getting."
"You've got to put your head down and do the work. There are no shortcuts."
"Every time I go into a new venture, I find a "rabbi" who has the business acumen to help me understand the mechanics of that industry, the costs involved in developing a product, and what you need to do in order to make a profit."
"I don't believe that people create their own visions. Rather, I believe that visions are actually God's way of communicating with us."
"The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best"
""...piling up zeros in your bank account, or cars in your driveway, won't in and of itself make you successful. Rather, true success is based on a constant flow of giving and recieving. In fact, if you look up affluence in the dictionary, you'll see its root is a Latin phrase meaning "to flow with abundance". So in order to be truly affluent, you must always let what you have recieved flow back into the world.""
"Don't worry what others are doing. Do you!"
"Gangsta rappers, they call them. Not nearly as gangsta as the things that inspire them.. you know, a gangsta government that we operate under."
"Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted."
"The research shows that if you meditate, the mind becomes still, and they can see the functionality and gray matter in the brain increase, the nervous system calm, the immune system improve and a reduction in stress."
"Everything you need to know about success is inside of you, because I believe it is inside of all of us. That is, all human beings have potential for infinite success."
"You don't need a record deal. You'll have the industry begging for you, when you build your buzz."
"I am very lucky that I have talented and creative people around me. Also, mediation has been a very big part of my freedom, because it allows me to watch all the things going on and allows me to focus."
"You have to learn to laugh all the time. It's a practice of life. It's a practice of happiness."
"Look at all the billionaires. If I know 15 billionaires, I know 13 unhappy people."
"If you just remember to breathe and smile before you act, you’ll always make the right decision."
"I try to make my life about service, and hope that one day we can all 'see' a little better because God is with everyone and everywhere."
"I've been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help me to execute the vision I have."
"[T]here's nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood."