Wale Quotes

Most people feel best about themselves when they have given their very best.

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.

I've been to the Hall of Fame many times, in grade school and high school. I had field trips to the Hall of Fame and taking tours of it. I just never thought about that one day I possibly might be in it. I think it'd be great.

What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, 'God, you're my idol, I really admire you.' It's like, 'Admire me for what? What have I done?' It's not that being in a Burberry campaign, or walking in a Chanel show is nothing. It's just... I know I can do more.

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.

My literary success meant nothing to me.

Talent is always more interesting - ambition is not interesting. If you have talent, you have to find ways of expressing it, but you may not be a success in the world's terms.

I just want to be known for what I do, not who I know.

Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.

If I have done any honorable exploit, that is my monument; but if I have done none, all your statues will signify nothing.

For me, I already fought some of the best people there are. I already did, you know, what I need to do for me.

I want to accomplish something for myself and set a bar for myself, for somebody to be like, 'Damn, Trippie legendary. He did such and such.'

The last thing I wanted in life was to be measured by what I had inherited, as opposed to what I had done.

It was humbling to see my brothers blowing up in music while I wasn't in the public eye, but it was also gratifying, because I'm doing what I love, and the self-esteem you get from that is so much better.

Young man, make your name worth something.

I think I've already got the main thing I've always wanted, which is to be somebody, to have an identify. I'm Althea Gibson, the tennis champion. I hope it makes me happy.

It is the success which makes great men.

It is nice to be recognised for actually achieving something in life as opposed to spending seven weeks in a house on TV with a load of other muppets.

What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is realizing one's ideal.

It is better to have done something than to have been someone.

originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.

The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than by 60 million for something you're not.

My whole career has been trying to please people in basketball. Now it's time to please myself.

Everything I've done has been personally fun, important, and meaningful to me.