Richard Pryor

"Friendship is the only relationship you choose completely."

"Peace is the hardest battle because the enemy is inside."

"Wisdom is knowing what you don't know about yourself."

"Truth is what you believe when nobody's watching."

"Strength is being gentle when you have every right to be cruel."

"Power is knowing you don't need to prove anything."

"Money is just paper until it costs you something real."

"Health is the wealth nobody thinks about until they lose it."

"Adventure is what happens when you say yes instead of no."

"Imagination is the only place where reality doesn't make the rules."

"Leadership is making other people better by showing them better."

"Motivation without action is just daydreaming with ambition."

"Inspiration is seeing someone else's light and remembering your own."

"Solitude teaches you who you are when you're not trying to impress anybody."

"Family is the people who believe in you even when you don't believe in yourself."

"Love is saying I see you and choosing to stay anyway."

"Faith is betting on yourself when the odds say no."

"I went to the library and asked the librarian, 'Do you have any books about paranoia?' She whispered, 'They're right behind you...'"

"The thing about comedy is that it lets you say things that people are thinking but won't say out loud."

"I'm not addicted to cocaine, I just like the way it smells."

"You gotta be willing to make mistakes and look ridiculous in front of people to truly find yourself."

"Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes."

"I wanted to be an actor, and I became one. That took some courage because people didn't believe it was possible."

"When you're on stage, you're in complete control. That's the only place where I feel that way."

"Love is like a brick. You can build a house, or you can just throw it at someone's head."

"The hardest thing about being famous is that people think they know you when they don't."

"I tried to be good for a while, but nobody noticed, so I went back to being myself."

"Conviction is carrying out an act or a belief so completely that nothing can stop you."

"I survived because I refused to give up, even when everything told me to quit."

"To understand someone, you gotta walk in their shoes and feel what they feel."