Common

Hip Hop Rapper Actor American Born 1972 (age 54)

Conscious rapper whose poetic lyrics addressed social issues and relationships.

371 quotes

"To believe in yourself when no one else does—that is true strength."
Strength
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."
Power
"The chains of matrimony are so heavy that it takes three people to carry them."
Humor
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."
Adventure
"I came, I saw, I conquered."
Leadership
"The mind of a superior man is concerned with virtue, the mind of a common man is concerned with comfort."
Philosophy
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Humor
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Friendship
"The only constant in life is change."
Change
"Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly."
Courage
"The art of life is to know how to enjoy it."
Happiness
"We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are."
Strength
"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are."
Freedom
"If you would be loved, love and be lovable."
Love
"All tyrannies rule through fraud and force. Once the fraud is exposed, they must rely on force."
Justice
"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."
Nature
"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."
Science
"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run."
Perseverance
"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Patience
"The butterfly is a flying flower, the flower a tethered butterfly."
Nature
"Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells."
Money
"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being."
Health
"Technology is best when it brings people together."
Technology
"The only way to predict the future is to invent it."
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Imagination
"The secret of life is to fall seven times and stand up eight."
Perseverance
"Love and work are to people what water and sunshine are to plants."
Relationships
"In solitude, we find ourselves; in society, we lose ourselves."
Solitude
"A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness."
Gratitude
"The space between who I am and who I want to be is where my life happens."
Motivation