Hill Harper Quotes

I think the number one safe haven where people put their money is to invest in yourself first.

I’ve made money in real estate, hotel, and restaurant investments.

We all have different timetables in reaching and realizing that being in healthy partnership is better than being on our own.

You cant have justice unless you have truth.

I don't want the George Clooney lifelong bachelorhood. If I found the right person, I would commit in a minute.

At the end of a down day on Wall Street, we all need to be able to sleep peacefully at night. That comfort won't come from our bank balance.

You can live a healthy lifestyle and do the best to be aware of your body and conscious, and thats what I attempt to do.

Money is simply a tool to give you choices.

It's not enough to do the tasks that are expected or required of us. We have to give more, do more, be more.

Credit card interest payments are the dumbest money of all.

Since Im in the entertainment business, I think I have to hold a mirror up to myself and say, Am I complicit in miseducating and misinforming our youth by participating in this business, or can I use this business to re-educate and uplift?

I love making films, but the best roles are hard to come by.

There will always be crazy things that happen in our lives, but love is the central connector. If we commit to love and partnership, the other stuff doesnt matter.

Change happens from the bottom up - all of us as individuals deciding that we will and we do have an impact.

Believe in yourself, work hard, work smart and passionately present your best self to the world.

If you have a debt issue or credit card issue, start dealing with it. If you have a tax issue, don't just say, 'I'm not going to file.' There are ways to deal with these things, but you must communicate with your creditors, whether it's a credit card company or tax department.

I believe that reality TV should be called 'not reality' TV; it's fiction.

You can't be free if the cost of being you is too high.

My first two books, Letters to a Young Brother and Letters to a Young Sister, were... distributed pretty widely. Judges in juvenile justice facilities started citing the book as required reading.

Fundamentally, we all want the same thing. We want to love. We want to be loved, and we want to matter.

Here's the deal: I believe - and I attempt to live my life this way - we all have more time than we think we do. We all waste so much time.

I think, without question, the way someone plays sports shows something about inherently who they are, you know?

I've read a number of relationship books out there. A lot are written towards women.

People are afraid of an unorganized, wasteful government.

I believe that love expands. As you give love out, it's received and reciprocated and it grows. That's the beauty of it.

Gabrielle Union is my best friend.

I'm not telling anyone, 'Quit your job and be homeless to go for your dream.'

People listen for cues - when they are searching for a decision, they look to people they know. Young people can be apathetic in certain ways unless they hear from someone they like and admire about why they should be engaged and involved. If someone you love is doing a rally or concert, you may be engaged to register.

All of us have to figure out our own passion, our own journey. Follow your heart.

If you can't get excited about living life, then what are you doing?

In acting class, teachers talk about how the 'givens' of a situation help define a character.

All work and no play make any forensic pathologist a dull boy.

I'm not the biggest star in the world, but I do have a platform, and if I can use that platform to help somebody else, why wouldn't I?

The most impactful place that Ive been to where I was just completely awestruck, happy, moved is Victoria Falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is probably the most beautiful and romantic place in the world.

I love being athletic and doing things that are active, even when I'm traveling.

You can't build anything with a flimsy foundation. Friendship is the foundation.

Health is actually the foundational tool to help us live the life.

This world is vast enough to handle anything you dare to dream.

We are all tied together in a garment of mutual destiny.

The best way to protect young black, brown, men of color, women of color, is to actually stop profiling, stop the prejudice, and stop the judgment first.

Love is an energy. You can feed it to people, and they in turn feed it to others, and eventually it comes back.

I studied theater in college, and I absolutely knew that I loved acting, and I knew that I loved theater.

I will not reach my full potential as a man unless I find my partner.

I'm not excusing crime or those who bring poison into the community, but I do want brothers and sisters in prison to know someone cares.