"If you think I’mma quit before I die dream on."
- Drake
Persistence
"It’s never too late to realize what you want in your life and it’s never wrong to fight for it."
- Drake
Motivation
"I’m not confrontational, but if someone challenges, I’m not going to back down."
- Drake
Bravery
"I sit and eat with some of the hardest working people in the business. And I observe and I try to apply it to my own craft."
- Drake
Learning
"Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination."
- Drake
Insight
"The moment I stop having fun with it, I’ll be done with it."
- Drake
Motivation
"When you get hurt by the one you living for, pain can make you wanna love no more."
- Drake
Adversity
"I’m actually a very honest person, and sometimes I end up like, ‘Man, I said too much.’ It’s hard for me not to tell the truth when you ask me."
- Drake
Honesty
"Tables turn, bridges burn, you live and learn."
- Drake
Learning from Mistakes
"A goal is just a dream with a deadline."
- Drake
Goals
"When you look ahead and darkness is all you see, faith and determination will pull you through."
- Drake
Faith
"I’m always going to work like I have something to prove."
- Drake
Motivation
"You know life is what we make it, and a chance is like a picture, it’d be nice if you just take it."
- Drake
Taking Risks
"Haters will broadcast your failures, but whisper your success."
- Drake
Adversity
"Everybody dies but not everybody lives."
- Drake
Philosophy
"Kill them with success and bury them with a smile."
- Usain Bolt
Success
"I know they say the first love is the sweetest, but that first cut is the deepest."
- Drake
Love
"You don’t gotta prove shit to no one except yourself"
- Drake
Belief in Self
"Life can always change, you have to adjust"
- Drake
Adaptation
"Sometimes it’s about going there, not getting there. Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination. And sometimes when you get there, you’ll look back and you’ll realize that you wish you could go there again because all the experiences are the reason that you are who you are today."
- Drake
Philosophy
"Smile and let everyone know that today, you’re a lot stronger than you were yesterday."
- Drake
Strength
"Everybody has an addiction, mine happens to be success."
- Drake
Ambition
"I’m trying to do better than good enough."
- Drake
Motivation
"'Perfection' to me is, I walk away from a situation and say, 'I did everything I could do right there. There was nothing more that I could do.' I was a hundred percent, like the meter was at the top. There was nothing else I could have done. You know? Like, I worked as hard as I possibly could have. That’s perfection."
- Drake
Perseverance
"Before you give up, think of the reason you held on so long."
- Drake
Perseverance
"When writing the story of your life, don’t let anyone else hold the pen."
- Drake
Empowerment
"Strength isn’t always shown in what you can hold on to, sometimes it’s shown in what you can let go of."
- Drake
Strength
"Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart."
- Drake
Balance
"Perfection’ to me is, I walk away from a situation and say, ‘I did everything I could do right there.”"
- Drake
Self-improvement
"I’d rather tell you how I really feel."
- Drake
Honesty
"I push myself in a lot of aspects."
- Drake
Drive
"Accept yourself. You don’t have to prove anything to no one except yourself."
- Drake
Self-esteem
"Never let success get to your head, and never let failure get to your heart."
- Drake
Balance
"I feel this great responsibility to see how far can we take it, how out of reach can I set that bar for whoever comes after. While I'm here, I'm gonna keep pushing that bar higher and higher up and make you really work for it."
- Drake
Leadership
"I'm always going to work like I have something to prove I don't really have a gimmick or a 'thing.' I'm one of the few artists who gets to be himself every day."
- Drake
Self-confidence
"Always smile more than you cry, give more than you take, love more than you hate."
- Drake
Balance
"Smile and let everyone know that today, you're a lot stronger than you were yesterday."
- Drake
Self-confidence
"Each day I'm thankful for nights that turned into mornings, friends that turned into family, dreams that turned into reality, and like that, turned into love."
- Drake
Gratitude
"Pain makes you stronger. Fear makes you braver. Heartbreak makes you wiser."
- Drake
Growth
"No matter how dirty your past is, your future is still spotless."
- Drake
Hope
"I could stop right here and say, 'Okay. I own this. You know, it’s cool. I could stop,' but why? I don't want to stop. I want to take advantage and make myself the best possible me that I can be. So I’m going to work in the gym two hours a day. And try and be up there on stage, looking strong, looking iconic."
- Drake
Self-improvement
"I rarely celebrate anything. For anyone watching this that's wondering how this happened, that's really the answer: It's being so unsure how you're getting it done that you just keep going in the hopes of figuring out the formula. Feeling so lucky and blessed that the fear of losing it keeps you up at night."
- Drake
Perseverance
"We may be worlds apart in the sense of, you know, where you’re from, where I'm from, what I'm doing, what you're doing—but what are we talking about? We're talking about very simple human emotions. We're talking about love, sometimes. We're talking about triumph, we're talking about failure, we're talking about nerves. We're talking about fear. We're talking about doubt. It doesn't matter what you're doing—you gotta at least hear what I'm saying to you. And I pray that it helps."
- Drake
Empathy
"Strength isn't always shown in what you can hold on to; sometimes, it's shown in what you can let go of."
- Drake
Strength
"When you look ahead, and darkness is all you see, faith and determination will pull you through."
- Drake
Faith
"Life can always change; you have to adjust."
- Drake
Adaptation
"You can never reminisce when you forget it all. Careful what you wish for, you just might get it all."
- Drake
Reflection
"I don't have skeletons in the closet on their way out."
- Drake
Honesty
"It's funny when you come in first but you hope that you're last, you just hope that it lasts."
- Drake
Hope
"I wake up in the morning, and my heart is light, man. It's not heavy."
- Drake
Inner Peace
"People will wish you all the success in the world and then hate you when you get it."
- Drake
Adversity
"Judge me, and you’ll have no time left to love me."
- Drake
Relationships
"You know its real when you are who you think you are"
- Drake
Self-awareness
"Always felt like my vision been bigger than the bigger picture."
- Drake
Vision
"Know life is just a game in which the cards are facing down. I’m in the world where things are taken, never given how long they choose to love you will never be your decision."
- Drake
Philosophy
"I was born to make mistakes, not to fake perfection."
- Drake
Self-improvement
"Count your blessings, not problems."
- Drake
Positivity
"My life is mine to remember."
- Drake
Self-awareness
"Careful what you wish for, you just might get it all."
- Drake
Awareness
"I swear this life is like the sweetest thing I’ve ever known."
- Drake
Gratitude
"Live for today, plan for tomorrow, party tonight."
- Drake
Balance
"I live for the nights that I can’t remember, with the people that I won’t forget."
- Drake
Joy
"Nobody understood what it was like to be black and Jewish… being different from everyone else just made me a lot stronger."
- Drake
Adversity
"Wish you would learn to love people and use things, and not the other way around."
- Drake
Wisdom
"Live without pretending, Love without depending, Listen without defending, Speak without offending."
- Drake
Integrity
"Last name Ever, first name Greatest."
- Drake
Self-confidence
"I'm a human being that's willing to show you I'm a human being. That, to me, is supreme confidence —the fact that I can express the issues I have."
- Drake
Self-confidence
"Everyone who doubted me is asking for forgiveness. If you ain't been a part of it, at least you got to witness."
- Drake
Resilience
"I'm trying to do better than good enough."
- Drake
Self-improvement
"Not being vulnerable is never gonna be my thing. I'm always going to share with you what's going on in my life."
- Drake
Vision
"I wanted to prove that there’s distance between me and the people you consider to be my peers. I have something special."
- Drake
Self-confidence
"Life can always change, you have to adjust."
- Drake
Adaptation
"It's funny. I remember I used to have this mentality where I'd be at the Grammys or at the MTV Awards, sitting at my seat, saying,'Oh, God, I hope they cancel my performance, or maybe the stage will break and I won't have to do this tonight—I'm nervous.' Like, on tour, I'd say, 'I hope something happens where they have to clear the building, and we'll get one night off.' This was early on, around the first album. But now I'm just like, 'Man, I hope they give me five extra minutes.'"
- Drake
Growth
"Sometimes I wish I could go back in life, not to change things but just to feel things twice."
- Drake
Reflection
"I live for the nights that I can't remember, with the people that I won't forget."
- Drake
Joy
"Be true to yourself, love yourself first, don't assume you're being attacked, and be mindful of your words."
- Drake
Self-awareness
"I'm not confrontational, but if someone challenges me, I'm not going to back down."
- Drake
Bravery
"Live without pretending, love without depending, listen without defending, speak without offending."
- Drake
Balance
"I never said it'd be fair but when you're all alone, I hope you truly know how bad I want to be there."
- Drake
Love
"One day you're going to remember me and how much I loved you...then you're gonna hate yourself for letting me go."
- Drake
Love
"Sometimes love is irrational. But that can be the fun part."
- Drake
Love
"I never had you, although I would be glad to I'd probably go and tattoo, your name on my heart."
- Drake
Love
"Sweatpants, hair tied, chilling with no makeup on. That is when you are the prettiest, I hope that you do not take it wrong."
- Drake
Love
"I've always been feeling like she was the piece to complete me."
- Drake
Love
"She said, Do you love me? I tell her, only partly."
- Drake
Love
"The game ain't always fair, and that's the thing, though. You can play your heart out; everybody doesn't get a ring, though."
- Drake
Adversity
"I think I'm addicted to success."
- Drake
Ambition
"I've already sacrificed so much of my time that I have to push it as far as I possibly can because I've ten up a lot of years."
- Drake
Determination
"Life is just a game in which the cards are facing down."
- Drake
Philosophy
"I'm in a world where things are taken and never given how long they choose to love you will never be your decision."
- Drake
Awareness
"All I want to do is work. I just want to make this album as incredible as I can. That's really the best way to put it."
- Drake
Drive
"They ain't make me what I am; they just found me like this."
- Drake
Self-confidence
"There will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I walk in an arena and people might boo, but it all sounds the same to me because it’s all just noise that lets me know that I’m relevant."
- Drake
Self-confidence
"Sweatpants, hair tied, chillin' with no makeup on, that's when you're the prettiest, I hope that you don't take it wrong."
- Drake
Love
"If your whole heart wasn't in it, I know a piece of it was."
- Drake
Love
"My soulmate is somewhere out in the world just waiting on me."
- Drake
Hope
"Drinking every night because we drink to my accomplishments."
- Drake
Success
"And the dirt that they threw on my name turned to soil, and I grew up out of it."
- Drake
Resilience
"Worrying about your followers, you need to get your dollars up."
- Drake
Motivation
"Sometimes I laugh with God about how you can't stop me."
- Drake
Faith
"I'm his darkest angel probably but he still got me."
- Drake
Faith
"I'm gettin' mine, but still I better lives."
- Drake
Motivation
"But the last thing I grew up as was rich."
- Drake
Adversity
"I'm actually here in front of you living the truth. I wake up in the morning and my heart is light, man. It's not heavy. I don't have skeletons in the closet on their way out."
- Drake
Honesty
"I mean, I’m really trying. It's not like I'm just sitting here, just f**kin' shooting with my eyes closed. Like, I'm trying. I'm really trying to make music for your life."
- Drake
Determination
"I like it when money makes a difference but don't make you different."
- Drake
Integrity
"I just want to be remembered as somebody who was himself. Not a product."
- Drake
Integrity
"I just have new goals, new places to go, new people to meet. I live off a different high point every day."
- Drake
Ambition
"I learned working with the negatives could make for better pictures."
- Drake
Philosophy
"Everybody dies, but not everybody lives."
- Drake
Philosophy
"Tables burn, bridges burn, you live and learn."
- Drake
Learning from Mistakes
"I'm at a great place in my life. My life is about peace, my life is about drinking espressos and wine, I'm trying to make this album, I'm enjoying being a father, I'm enjoying my house. My mind isn’t plagued by beef."
- Drake
Inner Peace
"The truth is, I'm really bad at taking compliments. I'm really self-conscious about my music. Even if I do a good job, I always wonder how I could have done it better."
- Drake
Self-awareness
"I’ve never been reckless—it’s always calculated. I’m mischievous, but I’m calculated."
- Drake
Determination
"We don't like to do too much explaining, story stayed the same, I never changed it."
- Drake
Integrity
"It's funny when you coming in first but you hope that you're last, you just hope that it lasts."
- Drake
Hope
"I'm thinking about this body of work—and asking myself: Where am I at in my life, how can I sum it up, and how can I make it relatable?"
- Drake
Self-awareness
"All in all I learned a lesson from it though, you never see it coming you just get to see it go."
- Drake
Reflection
"What bothers me most is sometimes I feel like I don't get enough credit 'cause I'm not enough of a loose cannon. People just want me to go off more and lose my composure. That's not me. I'm a naturally poised individual, I don't want to come out making mistakes."
- Drake
Self-awareness
"The girl that I want to save is like a danger to my health. Try being with somebody that want to be somebody else."
- Drake
Relationships
"Please, think before you come for the great one."
- Drake
Self-confidence
"My ex asked where I'm going, I said moving on to other things."
- Drake
Change
"I don't know if it makes them feel better or if it makes it okay for them not to like me."
- Drake
Awareness
"I have an urge to communicate."
- Drake
Drive
"Just because someone is single doesn't mean they're lonely."
- Drake
Awareness
"Some people are in relationships and they've forgotten what happiness is."
- Drake
Awareness
"YOLO."
- Drake
Philosophy
"I guess you lose some and you win some, as long as the outcome is income."
- Drake
Ambition
"How beautiful our kids would be, I don't need convincing."
- Drake
Love
"The good ones go, if you wait too long."
- Drake
Awareness
"Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time."
- Drake
Relationships
"The ideal girl is driven, working on something other than modeling or being a singer."
- Drake
Ambition
"People like to build their own stories about my life."
- Drake
Awareness
"Make the most out of tonight, and worry about it all tomorrow."
- Drake
Balance
"Talk to me, please, don't have much to believe in I need you right now are you down to listen to me?"
- Drake
Connection to Earth
"Ask you to please excuse my table manners; I was making room for the table dancers."
- Drake
Boldness
"People like to build their own story about my life. I don’t know if it makes them feel better, or if it makes it okay for them to not like me, but the last thing I grew up as was rich."
- Drake
Self-awareness
"I got somewhere to be."
- Drake
Drive
"Trigger fingers turn to Twitter fingers."
- Drake
Change
"I don't know why they've been lying, but your sh*t is not that inspiring."
- Drake
Honesty
"And look man, Ye's pool is nice, mine's just bigger's what I'm saying."
- Drake
Ambition
"You need to act your age and not your girl's age."
- Drake
Wisdom
"Cancel out my ex, I put a line through that b*tch."
- Drake
Taking Risks
"When I think of myself, I think of Toronto. My music would never sound the way it does if it weren’t for Toronto."
- Drake
Gratitude
"Bout to call your a*s an uber."
- Drake
Boldness
"Make sure you hit him with the prenup."
- Drake
Taking Risks
"When writing the story of your life, don't let anyone else hold the pen."
Self-confidence
"Count your blessings, not your problems."
Gratitude