Lupe Fiasco Quotes

It takes one person to give you a big chance.

I'm not afraid to use my platform. I don't want to preach to people; I just want to put my opinions across about things I feel strongly about.

I think it's so important for somebody like me to stand up for the things I believe in and speak up on things I don't think are right.

I'm not a person that just supports an issue; I go out and work for it.

I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent.

Very few persons go through life without at least one big chance. The fact that so many do not grasp it is due more often to fear than to any other one thing.

Opportunity knocked. My doorman threw him out.

Cock your hat - angles are attitudes.

If you're not in it you can't win it.

I take whatever good part comes along.

A woman is more than the sum of her parts. So I had an opportunity to present some work at the White House. I chose not just to talk about the sky, the planet, love or heartache. I wanted to actually be there, to place a mark on that moment.

I think people get satisfaction from living for a cause that's greater than themselves. They want to leave an imprint. By writing books, I'm trying to do that in a modest way.

I've always been the most vocal person socially about things that I feel are important.

You have only a short period of time in your life to make your mark, and I'm there now.

I don't want to look up and think, 'Wow, I had a moment to really be a part of changing the world, and I didn't live up to it.'

There's only so much I can do to effect change - and really, the thing that I can do that's most effective is to work and to do good work. That, I feel, is speaking out in its own way.

If you believe you can make a difference, not just in politics, in public service, in advocacy around all these important issues, then you have to be prepared to accept that you are not going to get 100 percent approval.

Life is too short to just go through the motions.

As a student, I was a total jhalli who used to wear torn denims, faded kurtis, kohled eyes and thought that I was the coolest girl ever! We were a bunch of students who used to do social-issue-based street plays and believed that we could bring about a change in the world.

Don't be afraid to speak out about what you're passionate about because your voice matters and your voice can, at the end of the day, make a difference.

I think it just boils down to right place, right time, and just being able to break them big fights. Maybe it wasn't England's time, and right now, I feel like it's England's time.

I got into this sport to make a statement.

I've always just wanted one shot, because you can turn that into something.

The best stuff happens when you take a chance. When you risk something and do the thing that the other people are taking a chance on, on a network kind of level, they will be rewarded. You know, risk-reward.

Sometimes, you get no second chance and that its best to accept the gifts the world offers you.