“I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it.”
"You can't reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you'll never lose people knowing you."
- J. Cole
Awareness
"I just feel like, with rappers, there's so much complacency. It's like, 'Oh, I'm a rapper. I'm successful. I make money. That's all that matters.' But there's a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you're aware of it, it's happening."
- J. Cole
Awareness
"To appreciate the sun, you gotta know what rain is."
- J. Cole
Awareness
"But there's a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you're aware of it, it's happening."
- J. Cole
Awareness
"I feel like this: Whatever is in your path and in your heart, you need to do."
- J. Cole
Belief
"The effort you invest today is the pride you feel tomorrow."
- Unknown
Hard Work
"I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
- Thomas Jefferson
Hard Work
"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."
- Harry Golden
Hard Work
"A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job."
- Michael Larsen
Hard Work
"A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."
- Colin Powell
Hard Work