I think everybody has a good and bad side. — Master P

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him. — James Allen

I get hoes like acorns falling out of trees. — Master P

Work hard and never make excuses. — Master P

I want to be able to take care of my family. — Master P

I feel like it’s okay for us to grow up because a lot of us want to get rich and die young. — Master P

Not what he wishes and prays for does a man get, but what he justly earns. His wishes and prayers are only gratified and answered when they harmonize with his thoughts and actions. — James Allen

With every falling flake, a unique spark of interest falls from heaven. — Master P

Cease to be a disobedient child in the school of experience, and begin to learn, with humility and patience, the lessons that are set for your ultimate perfection. — James Allen

Self–control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power. — James Allen

You know, I started doing movies. I mean, my mind was brought into saying, ‘You know what? I want to build a generation of wealth.’ — Master P

Who wanna be next? While you a dead superstar, the record company still cashin’ checks. — Master P

The universe does not favour the greedy, the dishonest, the vicious, although on the mere surface it may sometimes appear to do so; it helps the honest, the magnanimous, the virtuous. — James Allen

Man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild. — James Allen

A noble and God–like character is not a thing of favor or chance, but is the natural result of continued effort in right thinking, the effect of long–cherished association with God–like thoughts. — James Allen

To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment. — James Allen

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation… — James Allen

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil. — James Allen

Let’s be honest. We don’t take rap serious the way other cultures take rock–n–roll, they take country. They artists are being loved. — Master P

Suffering is always the effect of wrong thought in some direction. It is an indication that the individual is out of harmony with himself, with the Law of his being. — James Allen

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bad fruit. — James Allen

Now my fans are older and they understand how to appreciate me the same way I appreciate them for being there for me. — Master P

Most of the people don’t get their just due until they ain’t here no more. — Master P

I probably spent more money trying to do things that I didn’t need to do. — Master P

Blessedness, not material possessions, is the measure of right thought; wretchedness, not lack of material possessions, is the measure of wrong thought. — James Allen

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master–gardener of his soul, the director of his life. — James Allen

And you, too, youthful reader, will realize the Vision (not the idle wish) of your heart, be it base or beautiful, or a mixture of both, for you will always gravitate toward that which you, secretly, most love. — James Allen

The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny. — James Allen

I want to get paid for doing my job and whoever don’t like it or whoever don’t give me my just due then that’s on them. — Master P

You! You can’t just walk in here! This is a crime scene!’ ‘That would explain the dead bodies, then,’ she replied. He blinked dumbly, and she sighed. Wasting good sarcasm was annoying. — P. Djèlí Clark

I’m not the same person that I used to be. — Master P

He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: environment is but a looking glass. — James Allen

I think now the music is good. I tell people all the time who like to be in the music business you got to have a hit record. — Master P

If I can go through what I’ve been through and do a television show with my son and then be a boy from the hood making records for the people I make records for, that’s reality. — Master P

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. — James Allen

The human will, that force unseen, The offspring of a deathless soul, Can hew a way to any goal, Though walls of granite intervene. — James Allen

I go to church strapped with a 45 glock. — Master P

I don’t have sad tales to tell you. I’m not some tragic character from a story, lost between two worlds. I revel in who I am. What I am. — P. Djèlí Clark

Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results. — James Allen

He who would accomplish little need sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much. He who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly. — James Allen

Television is not like making records. I wanna tell all you kids, do not try this at home, ’cause it’s hard. It takes a lot of hard work, a lot of practice, and a lot of different takes. — Master P

I think my thing is I grew up in the ghetto, and I was able to get a second chance. That’s what I’m trying to tell kids. — Master P