I’d rather sit on the ground than sit on the wrong chair.

Live life as if you were chasing a frisbee. It’s important to focus where it will be rather than where it is.

If I can make one person smile I will have changed the world forever.

You can’t always be happy but you can choose when you want to be sad.

How weak of a species we are when we kill for belief.

Do not confuse me for a resource instead of a friend because when you value me only for my resourcefulness, you will lose my friendship.

You’ve talked the talk your entire life. But now you’re at the edge of the cliff. Its time for you to jump. So you better be prepared to fly.

I want people to smile when they see me.

In today’s age, everything is a hashtag.

It takes years and years of good decisions to be successful but only one bad decision to be unsuccessful.

What I did 5, 10 years ago doesn’t matter. What I did yesterday doesn’t matter. I am defined by what I do today.

I’m not your average individual. I’m an individual who has failed. And those are the most dangerous.

Success doesn’t always follow preparation, but preperation always precedes success.

That’s how life is. We often are afraid because things can either be good or bad. So we run away from them.

Stress is a challenge. Not a fear.

I’m the fly-est feather of the flock.

Problems are external. Answers are within.

I’m the most mediocre genius you’ve ever known.

I’m alive. I’m able. I am blessed.

Respect your body otherwise it won’t respect you.

Exercise as if your soul mate were watching.

Soon we will be paying more for fear than for flight.

The condition of your body on the inside is much much more important than the outside.

Rep. Rest. Recovery. Repeat.

I’m not lifting for him. In not lifting for her. I’m not even lifting. I’m training my mind and body to set myself a better opportunity for greatness.

I don’t go to the gym to train my body, I go to the gym to train my mind. After all, one’s body is a reflection of their mind.

I’m a small person, from a medium sized city, living in big world, who is going to make a huge difference.

I get a beautiful high when I use my brain in the right manner.

I’ve traded in most of my ‘friends’ for experience.

We live in a world of mountains. Never will we walk on flat land.

Don’t live a mediocre life at the fear of being great. Live a great life at the fear of being mediocre.

I don’t fear the future economy. I am the future economy.

My biggest fear is not being lonely. My biggest fear is being content with being lonely.

We live in a lion’s world. Either chase or be chased.

Confidence radiates. Be its core.

My advice to those who wish to be successful; think smart.
My advice to those who wish to be happy; be foolish.

The second I learned of the marathon, I quit the sprint.

When you’re young, be foolish. Be stupid. Make mistakes and exhaust yourself. Break yourself. Break yourself down. Because that is the only true way you will build yourself up.

I don’t remember the faces of my enemies. Just their words.

Since coming to Berkeley, all I’ve learned is that I’m not as smart as once thought I was and that I have so much to learn.

What a fool I was for expecting something that wasn’t guaranteed. So now I guarantee to not expect that of which a fool would.

I found that at the lowest points of my life, I was least curious.

I used to be on top of the world, looking down from the top of a mountain. Then I looked up and noticed the sky. And saw so much more.

Some things are too painful that tears just don’t do justice.

Be careful of those who bluntly tell the truth and find more pleasure in the bluntness than the truth.

I judge a person by their ability to be consistent.

No matter what, you are always the CEO of your life.

As a college student, I can’t tell which I have less of: time or money.

Hardship is hard. That’s why they give you a ship: so you can sail yourself to success.

Same roots, new tree.

Only when you speak will you have a voice.

The best way to win the game is to not play it.

Every butterfly must once endure the pains of a caterpillar.

As we grow on earth, we feel as if we are closing in on death when in reality when we grow it is earth that closes in.

Never judge someone’s skin color by the dirt on their face.

I didn’t know I was driving a car until I drove it into a wall. That’s how my heart feels.

We are all snowmen waiting to melt.

One day they’ll write. One day they’ll read. But they’ll never know what it truly was to be me.

I don’t have beef with anyone. I’m a vegetarian.

Trust is a lot harder to build than fear.

The hardest part about writing a book in knowing when to end a chapter.

Appreciate it before it depreciates.

The slickest snake spits the most poisonous venom.

Some of us weren’t born with wings but still learnt to fly.

Repetition = Results

Wake up every morning with the goal of brightening someone else’s day.

Happiness is when you find more value in what you have than what you don’t.

Let her go. Let you grow.

I’m a singer, a poet, an author, painter, teacher, student, athlete, and a cook. I am whatever I want to be.

I’ve dreamed of this. I’ve waited for this. I have put in the work, time, sweat, and energy for this. I have sacrificed for this. I will be victorious.

If you compare yourself to others, you’ll always find someone greater than you.