Hill Harper Quotations | Page 2

The thing about our country, Americans, and New Yorkers in particular, we all want to help. There's real folks who want to help. The problem is, they don't know how. They don't know how to get involved.

We're living in a time, unfortunately, where, you know, a lot of young men, particularly young men of color, being raised by single mothers. And their mothers so desperately want to connect with them, but I found, in talking with a lot of young men, that sometimes it's difficult.

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

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.

Money is simply a tool to give you choices.

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?

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.

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

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

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

Gabrielle Union is my best friend.

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

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

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

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

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