Common

Hip Hop Rapper Actor American Born 1972 (age 54)

Conscious rapper whose poetic lyrics addressed social issues and relationships.

371 quotes

"The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart"
Perseverance
"I used to do drugs, I still do, but I used to too"
Humor
"The key to a successful business is knowing who your real friends are"
Friendship
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world"
Education
"Love is the bridge between you and everything"
Love
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity"
Change
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do"
Work
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but triumph over it"
Courage
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans"
Life
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams"
Dreams
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought"
Wisdom
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that"
Hope
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing"
Knowledge
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken"
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts"
Success
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall"
Perseverance
"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything"
Truth
"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana"
Time
"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin"
Inspiration
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony"
Happiness
"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light"
Hope
"The mind is everything. What you think you become"
Wisdom
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment"
"It is never too late to be what you might have been"
Change
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity"
Humor
"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough"
Time
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all"
Life
"Everything you want is on the other side of fear"
Courage
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today"
Motivation
"In a gentle way, you can shake the world"
Peace