Hill Harper Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Gabrielle Union is my best friend.

Credit card interest payments are the dumbest money of all.

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.

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

You cant have justice unless you have truth.

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?

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

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

People are afraid of an unorganized, wasteful government.

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

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

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

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.

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

Money is simply a tool to give you choices.

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