Kanye West Quotes

The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be done.

I think if you hold your nerve and don't sell out and become something that you're not, you can go anywhere. You know, I think that sort of heart and honesty and size travels.

It can be a challenge, but my legacy, at least for the people who came before me, is you don't run from challenges because that's more comfortable and convenient.

You have to say no to a lot of people and when a lot of people are telling you what you're doing is a bit rubbish you just have to have the courage to say 'no it isn't' and believe in it.

To hold on, you have to find something you’re willing to die for.

Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.

My advice to young entrepreneurs is not to accept defeat in the face of odds, and challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction.

Through these adversities, Israel has endured with continued strength, conviction, and faith.

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

My attitude is, do as much as I can while I'm free. And if I'm arrested I'll still do as much as I can.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

Youth makes you brave, I suppose. When you're young, you make a fool of yourself all the time. Because of all the rejections and the criticism you get all the time, there has to be a drive there.

You should have certainty in what you do. Anyone who has done anything in this world was hated. If you're not hated, you've done nothing.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

My biggest strength is I'm courageous, or if I am afraid of something, I do it anyway. I do what I feel. It's nothing personal against anyone, so that courageousness has been very good to me.

Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.

If I listened to my critics, I would still be at home under my bed right now.

I just felt that 'Golden Balls' was the right thing to do. I didn't care if people thought I was a failure.

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.

In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there was no remedy, and being industrious where she thought she could help.

What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.

I've had meetings where there were literally, like, 12 angry men in a room and me. And even when everyone shot me down, I somehow dug in one more time.