I am a writer. I suppose I think that the highest gift that man has is art, and I am audacious enough to think of myself as an artist – that there is both joy and beauty and illumination and communion between people to be achieved through the dissection of personality.
A statesman… must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
That is the real spiritual awakening, when something emerges from within you that is deeper than who you thought you were. So, the person is still there, but one could almost say that something more powerful shines through the person.
The unthankful heart… discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you’re going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries.
A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.
I always had pressure on myself through my life. I put pressure on myself and not from other people. I always wanted to be one of the hottest rappers. So the pressure comes from myself.
A strong economy causes an increase in the demand for housing; the increased demand for housing drives real-estate prices and rentals through the roof. And then affordable housing becomes completely inaccessible.
Once you’ve been through tough times, you can only become stronger.
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.
I am simply trying to struggle through life; trying to do God’s bidding.
I decided to fly through the air and live in the sunlight and enjoy life as much as I could.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking.
If you’re a young black dude from the hood you want to come through the hood in a car that makes a lot of noise.
People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.
Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.
I’ve had some wins. And been knocked down with defeats. Glimpsed views from the top of the mountain. And walked through the darkest of valleys. But through this entire ride called ‘a life’ – I’ve refused to give up.
Don’t go through life, grow through life.
It’s never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride.
No matter what job or industry you’re in, life is hard, but we’re all going through a difficult time and the best thing we can do is pick each other up and move on together.
We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition.
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.
The Internet: transforming society and shaping the future through chat.
The Internet has brought communities across the globe closer together through instant communication.
I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate.
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
When I was very young, most of my childhood heroes wore capes, flew through the air, or picked up buildings with one arm. They were spectacular and got a lot of attention. But as I grew, my heroes changed, so that now I can honestly say that anyone who does anything to help a child is a hero to me.
The connection I have with my fans is so important, and I want to break the boundaries and break the barriers between an artist and a crowd. It is so important, and I learn so much through my fans, and they help me.
Passion is what gets you through the hardest times that might otherwise make strong men weak, or make you give up.
A ‘gossip partner’ is someone you love and trust, with whom you may go through the day’s events with impunity, and with whom you may air your feelings, without them falling asleep.
Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating.
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.
My government is working for the common man. Our priority is the poor of the country. We want good governance through a dynamic and seamless government.
Day after day, ordinary people become heroes through extraordinary and selfless actions to help their neighbors.
In my life I’ve learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. I think that love is what we’re all searching for. I haven’t come across anyone who didn’t become a better person through love.
I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.
Kissing a man with a beard is a lot like going to a picnic. You don’t mind going through a little bush to get there!
The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature.
Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.
I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering – because you can’t take it in all at once.
The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of our controls.
A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable.
I’ve been through all the bad parts of the streets.
Comfort zones are most often expanded through discomfort.
I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames.
Whatever things you go through, you stay true to who you are and your core values.
Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees.
The time is long overdue to stop looking for progress through racial or ethnic leaders. Such leaders have too many incentives to promote polarizing attitudes and actions that are counterproductive for minorities and disastrous for the country.
Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don’t get through.
Only a person who has passed through the gate of humility can ascend to the heights of the spirit.
I remember when I was a child… walking into the woods by myself and feeling the solitude around me build like electricity and pass through my body with a jolt that made my hair prickle.
I’m happy being myself, which I’ve never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn’t have those things in mine.
The oppressed peoples can liberate themselves only through struggle. This is a simple and clear truth confirmed by history.
I try to watch a movie a day, if not more, and through movies, I learned about so many different political themes I hadn’t been interested in and cultural things I hadn’t been aware of and economic factors I hadn’t thought about.
Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure.
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent.
Nothing will see us through the age we’re entering but high consciousness, and that comes hard. We don’t have a good, modern myth yet, and we need one.
Every single day, I wake up and take a glimpse of where I am now compared to where I was before, and the work that we have all put in to be in this space. I think of that, and being able to express myself through my art and show up and be present – that’s activism, advocacy, and artistry in itself.
You can get through life with bad manners, but it’s easier with good manners.
