Quotes 2022

2022-01-03

Anyone that's been on FaceTime with me this past year knows I keep a wall of quotes on the back of my dorm (post-it notes, mostly). Most of the quotes are from rappers, some are from business leaders I admire, all of them serve the purpose of inspiring me whenever I look back at my wall.

I made the stupid move of NOT keeping them with me when I was moving out of my dorm, so I'm writing up some of the ones I can remember, and will probably just write up new quotes here from now on.

With all being said, enjoy!

• "The central part (of my training) is dodging the nightclubs and the parties and the girls. You want the truth? And being in the bed by 9 o' clock at night. If you can get by that, you'll make it." - Muhammad Ali Interview
• "The only way you are going to have success is to have lots of failures first." - Sergey Brin
• "When was the last time anyone told you how important you are? Did you know that our people stood on auction blocks and were sold, just so you could be alive today?" - Maya Angelou with Tupac.
• "It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Edward J. Stieglitz
• "When you let go of your pride, you'll find a lesson in your pain." - Nipsey Hussle
• "A ship in harbor is safe — but that is not what ships are built for." - John A. Shedd
• "Trust me, there's two sides, one glamorous, other scandalous / These symptoms of abandonment, we suffer damages / I was you, not comprehendin' or understandin' it / Losses turn into pain, then they become advantages, ah" - Benny the Butcher, 'New Streets'
• "You'll never learn to drive in a parked car" - IDK
• "Right now you are the new. But not too long from now, you will grow old and be cleared away. Your life is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life" - Steve Jobs
• "You never know who's swimming naked until the tide goes out" - Warren Buffett
• "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently." - Warren Buffett
• "People get so caught up in the fact that they have limits that they rarely exert the effort required to get close to them" - James Clear, Atomic Habits, Chapter 18
• "No matter what you're into, No matter what you've been through, I feel like I've got tell you you got something to contribute" - Nipsey Hussle, 'Face the world'
• "If mind can conceive it and my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it!" - Muhammad Ali
• "Even with a sky full of locusts, if you're a non-believer, then you're hopeless" - Devin the Dude, 'Organic Chances'
• "When them gates close, keep an open mind. It ain't no force in this world like a focused drive, you got to focus on yourself like an only child" - Nipsey Hussle, 'Down as a Great'
• "Legends aren't defined by their successes, they're defined by how they bounce back from their failures" - Chris Bosh on Kobe Bryant
• "The best times start from crisis, people change fast like lightning" - P-Lo
• "Gotta take some chances, nothing beats failure but one more try." - Berner, 'OTW'
• "Work Hard, Have fun, Make History" - Jeff Bezos
• "If you're going through hell, keep going. Why would you stop in hell?" - Steve Harvey (originally a Winston Churchill quote)
• "When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new." - Dalai Lama