The Notorious B.I.G. Quotes

Even though I pretty much made my own decisions early on, when I was younger I tended to overbook my life.

It's not that I'm Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes now, but I've got my priorities in order.

You're always having those life-skills type discussions about decision-making. It's just making sure you're making good decisions and going about your business. There are distractions in every city.

A lot changed the moment I had kids; I had no idea of the perspective it would give me. It made making the right decisions a lot easier.

I'm more disciplined now. The days of late-night parties are over.

You need to learn. You need to grow up. You need to step up and know the difference between what you can do and what you can't.

I never regret my decisions.

Even in real life, at least I have that very strong sense of timing to do things when they are meant to be done. Like when to stop colouring your hair, when to do whatever, and to live by it too.

The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.If you take nothing else from what I've been through, at least remember this: make your choices well. Because you'll always be accountable for them. That's what being an adult is all about.

If I was single and did not have kids, I wonder whether if I would try as hard to be patient, to mind how I react to situations. Not saying people who do not have children don't, but in my life and how I fight against doing the things that have positive impact in my life...I think I would find it easier not to practice the principles did I not have children.

I always had a lot of responsibilities. I just didn't take them. I just decided to take care of my responsibilities, live up to them. That's a pretty interesting job. It's harder than being heavyweight champion of the world.

The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

I used to fly off the handle in everyday life, but I'm a little calmer now.

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.

Once you realize that you're in something that you've always wanted and you don't want to lose it, you behave differently. And that means the integrity, the professionalism, and knowing what's right from wrong and still making choices that you probably wouldn't have made.

My goal in life is to make decisions that minimize regrets. I don't regret anything I've done.

Not many people do at the age of 21 or younger even, know how to act nor could be concerned with anything other than fighting, women and money.

Luckily, thanks to the way my parents taught me, I think I can handle the fame in the right manner.

I think that's good that I have to watch how I act and what I say. I think that's a part of growing up.

Acting engenders and harbours qualities that are best left way behind in adolescence.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

I've developed a self-discipline since the time I was a child.

Responsibility educates.

Most of us actually stifle enough good impulses during the course of a day to change the current of our lives.

There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education.