Redd Foxx

"Life's too short to spend it working for people you don't respect."

"Dreams don't work unless you do."

"Beauty is fine, but brains last forever."

"Hope is what separates us from the animals and the machines."

"Courage is being afraid but doing it anyway - the rest is just stupidity."

"Change is inevitable, so you might as well ride the wave."

"The most important education comes from life itself."

"Time is the one thing you can't get back, so spend it wisely."

"Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense."

"Freedom means you get to choose your own chains."

"Peace is not the absence of conflict, it's the mastery of it."

"Nature's been around a lot longer than us - maybe we should listen to it."

"Art is the evidence that life is worth living."

"Science told us how to split the atom, but not whether we should."

"Music speaks to the part of us that words can't reach."

"Faith without works is like a car without gas - it ain't going nowhere."

"Leadership is about lifting people up, not putting them down."

"Work's not so bad when you're doing something that matters."

"Your dreams are a preview of coming attractions in your life."

"Humor keeps us sane in an insane world."

"Real beauty comes from the inside out, not the outside in."

"Death teaches us how to live if we're paying attention."

"Never give up, because that's when the miracle happens."

"Gratitude changes your whole perspective on life."

"Creativity is how we leave our mark on the world."

"Justice is everybody's business, whether they know it or not."

"Patience is knowing when to wait and when to move."

"Kindness is the one currency that always goes up in value."

"Real strength is knowing your weakness and working with it."

"Fear is just opportunity wearing a scary mask."