Kanye West

I’m the closest that hip-hop is getting to God. In some situations I’m like a ghetto Pope.

Yes, we are celebrities, but yes, we’re also innovators, we’re also inventors, we’re also thoughtful.

I promise you, you’re going to see a new Ye. You’re going to feel the impact of the new relationships and the new ideas and the exposure that I’ve gathered. It’s about to be applied now.

We will no longer outsource to other countries. We build factories here in America and create jobs. We will provide jobs for all who are free from prisons as we abolish the 13th amendment.

I have to work with IKEA… Yo, IKEA, let Kanye create! I want a bed that he makes! I want a chair that he makes! I want more products from Ye!

Feeling is more important than thought.

There are no speed limits on the road to success.

Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.

Keep on trying… each failure is one step closer to a success.

When it comes to money, the only skill most people know is to work hard.

Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.

Do more than you are being paid to do, and you’ll eventually be paid more for what you do.

Private victories precede public victories. You can’t invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.

If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary.

Impossible is just an opinion.

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it.

Each businessperson must find a style, that voice that grows clearer and louder with each success and failure. Observing your own and your competitors’ successes and failures makes your inner business voice more sure and vivid.

Hofstadter’s Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.

My philosophy in life is this: if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose – somehow we win out.