500 Motivational 50 Cent Quotes To Inspire Your Hustle (2023)

1. “A child of the ghetto, nobody explain it to me, Livin the scripture the picture they painted for me.”

2. “Keep in mind the following: what you really value in life is ownership, not money. If ever there is a choice—more money or more responsibility—you must always opt for the latter. A lower-paying position that offers more room to make decisions and carve out little empires is infinitely preferable to something that pays well but constricts your movements.” – 50 Cent

3. “A lot of rappers have tried to become stars by taking on the thug persona – Ja Rule, for example – but they just weren’t as committed as ‘Pac.”

4. “Reality has its own power—you can turn your back on it, but it will find you in the end, and your inability to cope with it will be your ruin.” – 50 Cent

5. A thief is only after my salary, a liar is after my reality.”

6. “If you got a dog feed it, if you don't don't”

7. “Your goal in life must be to always move higher and higher up the food chain, where you alone control the direction of your enterprise and depend on no one.”

8. “Concentrate on your money. try to hold your paper. It takes money to make money, so save your money, opportunities come.” 50 cent

9. “I started boxing at 12, and I was above weight for my age, so they put me in the ring with adults… When you’re fighting all the time, it gives you the ability to fight without getting angry.” – 50 Cent

10. “When you open yourself up to someone, either financially or emotionally, and they go left on you, it’s a different kind of pain, even more dramatic than a stickup kid physically taking something from you.”

11. They are completely neutral. The universe does not care about your fate; it is indifferent to the violence that may hit you or to death itself. Things merely happen to you. It is your mind that chooses to interpret them as negative or positive.”

12. “If you die in an elevator make sure you press the UP button.”

13. “absorb a massive amount of detail and organize it in his mind.”

14. “IN MY VIEW…IT IS BETTER TO BE IMPETUOUS THAN CAUTIOUS, BECAUSE FORTUNE IS A WOMAN, AND IF YOU WISH TO DOMINATE HER YOU MUST BEAT HER AND BATTER HER. IT IS CLEAR THAT SHE WILL LET HERSELF BE WON BY MEN WHO ARE IMPETUOUS RATHER THAN BY THOSE WHO STEP CAUTIOUSLY. —Niccolò Machiabelli”

15. “I’m not sensitive, I give people things exactly the way they are, and if they’re ready to absorb it, they will, and if they aren’t, they won’t.”

16. “Every negative is a positive. The bad things that happen to me, I somehow make them good. That means you can’t do anything to hurt me.” – 50 Cent

17. “Always have bail money.” – 50 Cent

18. “I like to sort through music and see whatever pops out to me or inspires me. If I could have a production team going and kind of mix records with me, that would be cool; to take the records and have them sound the way I want them to sound. But I’d rather sort though music to find them things.” – 50 Cent

19. “When I’m actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip-hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously, we steal from each other.” 50 Cent

20. “I hate a liar more than I hate a thief, a thief is only after my salary, a liar is after my reality.”

21. “The firmer your grasp on reality, the more power you will have to alter it for your purpose.”

22. “For me, there was no Plan B. I absolutely had to be a success in music. The only thing positive in my life was music.”

23. “Keep in mind the following: what you really value in life is ownership, not money. If ever there is a choice — more money or more responsibility — you must always opt for the latter. A lower - paying position that offers more room to make decisions and carve out little empires is infinitely preferable to something that pays well but constricts your movements.”

24. “Concentrate on your money. try to hold your paper. It takes money to make money, so save your money, opportunities come.” – 50 Cent

25. “IN MY VIEW…IT IS BETTER TO BE IMPETUOUS THAN CAUTIOUS, BECAUSE FORTUNE IS A WOMAN, AND IF YOU WISH TO DOMINATE HER YOU MUST BEAT HER AND BATTER HER. IT IS CLEAR THAT SHE WILL LET HERSELF BE WON BY MEN WHO ARE IMPETUOUS RATHER THAN BY THOSE WHO STEP CAUTIOUSLY.”

26. “Consistency is an illusion anyway. Each passing day brings changes within you. You must not be afraid to

27. “Nothing is promised to anyone in this world besides death.”

28. “When I get in I’m already feeling fully in control, energized, and mentally prepared. It’s the only way to show up at the office if you want to make things happen.”

29. The film is my life. My music matches things I've experienced or felt. Even if the whole thing is made up."

30. “Behind me is infinite power. Before me is endless possibility, around me is boundless opportunity. My strength is mental, physical, and spiritual.”

31. “Just be confident. I think confidence is the most attractive part of a person.”

32. “I started hustling at 12, my mother hustled ahead of me. I was only allowed to because they knew me.” – 50 Cent

33. “Death gotta be easy, ’cause life is hard. It’ll leave you physically, mentally and emotionally scarred.” – 50 Cent

34. “Just be confident. I think confidence is the most attractive part of a person.” – 50 Cent

35. “Understand: you are one of a kind. Your character traits are a kind of chemical mix that will never be repeated in history. There are ideas unique to you, a specific rhythm and perspective that are your strengths, not your weaknesses. You must not be afraid of your uniqueness and you must care less and less what people think of you.”

36. “You have to challenge yourself and your muscles. When you are really regimented, it’s the same over and over and you start to get comfortable. Switching up the style of training works your muscles differently.” 50 Cent

37. During his time in prison, he started writing songs and became a famous musician.

38. “That is the physics that all fearless types discover at some point—an appropriate ratcheting up of self-belief and energy when facing negative or even impossible circumstances. Fearless”

39. “A man becomes as attractive as an attractive woman when he becomes successful and is publicly noted. Power’s an aphrodisiac.” – 50 Cent

40. “When you settle, you're demonstrating a lack of confidence. If your journey hasn't been easy, you might start to question the value of what you're doing. Maybe you better grab the next thing you're offered, before you never get offered anything again. When you begin to think like that, you've lost the hustler spirit.”

41. “A man becomes as attractive as an attractive woman when he becomes successful and is publicly noted. Power’s an aphrodisiac.”

42. “What really separates me from the pack is that I’m willing to hustle harder and make more sacrifices than 99 percent of the population.”

43. “world will see you the way you see you. And treat you the way you treat yourself.”

44. “propitious”

45. “I want the finer things in my life, so I hustle.”

46. “I’m a person who believes in taking care of myself and taking care of those around me.” -50 Cent

47. The life 50 Cent has been through can be described as hell. Most people give up, but he thought differently. He tried harder, chose to chase his dreams, tried to learn from his past experiences, pushed himself forward towards success. Today, he is world-renowned, and one of the best hip-hop rappers in the world of music.

48. “I think I’ll be going to Heaven, because I had good intentions. But my actions are another thing.” – 50 Cent

49. “I don’t display emotions. I have every feeling that everyone else has but I’ve developed ways to suppress them. Anger is one of my most comfortable feelings.” – 50 Cent

50. “Behind me is infinite power. Before me is endless possibility, around me is boundless opportunity. My strength is mental, physical and spiritual.”

51. “Dubai is a safe place, and I never came across anything to worry about.”

52. “I don’t necessarily view death as something negative. Death gives meaning to life. Living in fear of death is living in denial. Actually, it’s not really living at all, because there is no life without death.” – 50 Cent

53. “Be fearless. Most people run from what they’re afraid of. I ran toward it. That doesn’t mean I think I’m bulletproof, I’ve learned the hard way that I’m not, or that I’m unaware of the danger. I experience fear as much as the next man. But one of the greatest mistakes people can make is becoming comfortable with their fears. Whatever is worrying me, I meet it head-on and engage it until the situation is resolved. My refusal to become comfortable with fear gives me an advantage in almost every situation.”

54. “Sunny days wouldn’t be so special if it wasn’t for the rain. Joy wouldn’t feel so good if it wasn’t for pain.”

55. “What comes around goes around.” – 50 Cent

56. “Now is the time to stop drifting and wake up—to assess yourself, the people around you, and the direction in which you are headed in as cold and brutal a light as possible. Without fear.” – 50 Cent

57. “I’m a track star running through life, chasing my dream.”

58. “I just feel really good about my accomplishments. Every morning I wake up in a home where Mike Tyson previously laid in the bed and he earned over $500 million his career. It makes me conscious.”

59. “I don’t necessarily view death as something negative. Death gives meaning to life. Living in fear of death is living in denial. Actually, it’s not really living at all, because there is no life without death.” – 50 Cent

60. “The greatest fear people have is that of being themselves. They want to be 50 Cent or someone else. They do what everyone else does even if it doesn’t fit where and who they are. But you get nowhere that way; your energy is weak and no one pays attention to you. You’re running away from the one thing that you own – what makes you different.”

61. “I’ma put you onto game, but you gon’ have to pay.”

62. “If you’re feeling even a little bit of uncertainty about what you want, take the time to make a vision board.”

63. “I’m not trying to save the world. As a musician and artist, it just ain’t me.” – 50 Cent

64. Without fear."

65. “I can’t be more than me, but you can make me out to be what you want me to be.” – 50 Cent

66. “That is the physics that all fearless types discover at some point – an appropriate ratcheting up of self-belief and energy when facing negative or even impossible circumstances. Fearless.”

67. “From your top lieutenant to the lowest person on the totem pole, you need to be able to articulate not only where you need that person to go, but also the steps they should follow to get there.”

68. “Eating well is something I learned as I started to be successful.”

69. “I love you like a fat kid loves cake.”

70. “People who actually have money don’t want to talk about it. They want to talk about everything else.”

71. “I love you like a fat kid love cake.”

72. “I’m extremely comfortable with the concept of competition. I don’t care if it’s music, TV, clothes, liquor, or sneakers: if I’m looking to get into a space that someone else is already occupying, watch how fast I turn it into a competition. Some people shy or even run away from challenge, but I always stroll confidently toward it.”

73. “Death gotta be easy, ’cause life is hard. It’ll leave you physically, mentally, and emotionally scarred.”

74. “Show no love, ‘cause love can get you killed.”

75. “Whenever you feel confused about a situation, it’s imperative that you find a way to turn the volume down and reconnect with what you’re truly feeling.”

76. “You learn a lot about yourself when you have success for a while. Like, a lot of things that you think are really important aren’t. But you need that process. “

77. “Comfort, I’ve learned, is a dream killer. It saps our ambition. Blinds our vision. Promotes complacency.”

78. I've made so many mistakes, so many corrections. I'm so far from perfect so many imperfections. But I'm a go getta I get up and go get it, so if you preaching prosperity, I wanna hit it....

79. “IF ONE IS CONTINUALLY SURVIVING THE WORST THAT LIFE CAN BRING, ONE EVENTUALLY CEASES TO BE CONTROLLED BY A FEAR OF WHAT LIFE CAN BRING. —James Baldwin”

80. “The knife’s edge that separates failure from success in life. That edge is your attitude, which has the power to help shape your reality.” – 50 Cent

81. “I'm a trackstar running through life, chasing my dream"50 Cent”

82. “It’s Fifty, not Fiddy.” – 50 Cent

83. “I don’t display emotions. I have every feeling that everyone else has but I’ve developed ways to suppress them. Anger is one of my most comfortable feelings.”

84. “Get rich or die trying”

85. “The greatest fear people have is that of being themselves. They want to be 50 Cent or someone else. They do what everyone else does even if it doesn’t fit where and who they are.”

86. “What I think scares people about me is that I was shot nine times, and I’m okay with that. I accepted it and moved on, and it didn’t slow me down. Being shot wasn’t the most painful experience for me, anyway. The most painful experience was not knowing what I was going to do with my life after my record company didn’t accept my phone calls anymore.” – 50 Cent

87. “Get rich or die tryin'.”

88. “Now is the time to stop drifting and wake up—to assess yourself, the people around you, and the direction in which you are headed in as cold and brutal a light as possible. Without fear.”

89. “Nothing is promised to anyone in this world besides death.” – 50 Cent

90. Now, people listen to me so much I can say it under my breath and everybody hears me… I said in the past that I'm a work in progress, and I feel like I'm progressing."

91. “What comes around goes around.” – 50 Cent

92. “You can build a lifestyle for yourself that doesn’t need to be fueled by booze and drugs to get things done.”

93. A thief is only after my salary, a liar is after my reality."

94. “Fear dominates most people’s lives. Fear of loss. Fear of failure. Fear of the unknown. Fear of loneliness.”

95. “I don’t sleep. I got an opportunity to make a dream become a reality.” 50 Cent

96. “Be fearless. Most people run from what they’re afraid of. I run toward it. That doesn’t mean I think I’m bulletproof (I’ve learned the hard way that I’m not) or that I’m unaware of danger. I experience fear as much as the next man. But one of the greatest mistakes people can make is becoming comfortable with their fears. Whatever is worrying me, I meet it head-on and engage it until the situation is resolved. My refusal to become comfortable with fear gives me an advantage in almost every situation.”

97. “I like the story writing process. I usually use someone who has been trained for structure to take the story that I actually want, place those elements in the right places.”

98. “I can’t be more than me, but you can make me out to be what you want me to be.

99. I think confidence is the most attractive part of a person."

100. “Keep in mind the following: what you really value in life is ownership, not money. If ever there is a choice—more money or more responsibility—you must always opt for the latter.”

101. “So over you is the greatest enemy a man can have and that is fear.”

102. “You can find me in the club, bottle full of bub.”

103. “Sunny days wouldn’t be so special if it wasn’t for rain. Joy wouldn’t feel so good if it wasn’t for pain.”

104. “That first night in jail, that’s real fear.”

105. “I think I’ll be going to heaven, because I had good intentions. But my actions are another thing.”

106. “Even if your circumstances are disadvantaged or you lack experience, so long as you project the confidence and energy of someone successful, it’s only a matter of time till true success comes and finds you.”

107. “In every profession or field, the most successful people are always the ones who refuse to settle into the status quo, who don’t get satisfied and complacent once they achieve something, but always push toward the next goal or challenge. Conversely, people who get too comfortable or are unwilling to adapt are usually the ones who get left behind.”

108. “No matter what you do, or what your field, there is someone else great in it, too. So instead of believing your own hype, identify that individual and make them your competition.”

109. I can't be more than me, but you can make me out to be what you want me to be.

110. “What separates those who go under and those who rise above adversity is the strength of their will and their hunger for power.” – 50 Cent

111. “True ownership can come only from within. It comes from a disdain for anything or anybody that impinges upon your mobility, from a confidence in your own decisions, and from the use of your time in constant pursuit of education and improvement.”

112. “The greatest fear people have is that of being themselves. They want to be 50 Cent or someone else. They do what everyone else does even if it doesn’t fit where and who they are.” — 50 Cent

113. “Where I was from, you never, ever wanted to admit you were afraid. Once you did that, you were food. Everyone was going to come and take a piece of you until there was nothing left.”

114. “I’m not a materialistic person, I don’t care about that stuff.” -50 Cent

115. “I started hustling at 12, my mother hustled ahead of me. I was only allowed to because they knew me.”

116. “Reality has its own power – you can turn your back on it, but it will find you in the end, and your inability to cope with it will be your ruin.

117. “Every negative is a positive. The bad things that happen to me, I somehow make them good. That means you can’t do anything to hurt me.” 50 Cent

118. “Absorb a massive amount of detail and organize it in his mind.” – 50 Cent

119. “I’m not a businessman. I’m a business, man.” -50 Cent

120. “Have the maturity to know sometimes silence is more powerful than having the last word.” — 50 Cent

121. “Have the maturity to know sometimes silence is more powerful than having the last word.”

122. “To the Greeks, the most basic energy in the world was a battle between two forces. A debate was a fight between two people over an idea. Exercise is a fight between energy and fatigue. Study is a fight between you and the material. Every new day is a fight between light and darkness.”

123. “If it ain’t making me money, making me better or making me happy, I ain’t making time for it.”

124. “Some people are born with very little; some are fortunate enough to have it all. When I grew up, we didn’t have much. I had to hustle to get what I wanted… but I had that hunger for more. I didn’t always make the right choices, but I learned from my mistakes.“

125. .”When you work for others, you are at their mercy. They own your work; They own you. Your creative spirit is squashed. What keeps you in such positions is a fear of having to sink or swim on your own.”

126. The less you fear, the more power you will have and the more fully you will live."

127. “If it ain’t making me money, making me better or making me happy… ain’t making time for it.” – 50 Cent

128. “Sunny days wouldn’t be special, if it wasn’t for rain. Joy wouldn’t feel so good if it wasn’t for pain.”

129. “Understand: people judge you by appearances, the image you project through your actions, words and style. If you do not take control of this process, then people will see

130. “People often say I have so much energy, that I never stop; but that’s what it takes to accomplish your goals.” 50 Cent

131. “I just feel really good about my accomplishments. I haven’t had, like, a party because a deal goes through or something like that. I don’t know. I need to develop that – I need to have something that I do when things go right.” – 50 Cent

132. “I want to be around talented folks who can lift me higher, not people who want to piggyback off my success.”

133. “but he should fear never beginning to live.”

134. “People who are stuck in the past age prematurely. Their driver’s license might say that they’re thirty, but their mentality is older than a lot of folks in their fifties and sixties. Age isn’t about what year you were born – it’s about how you approach the year you’re in right now.”

135. “So, despite not being the most talented, best-looking, or most experienced, how do I keep finding success in so many different fields? I hustle as hard as I can, day in and day out.”

136. “I don’t think it makes me a role model. I think it makes me inspiring. Cause I’m from the bottom I think they look at me and go, well, if he made it, I can make it.” – 50 Cent

137. “I hate a liar more than I hate thief. A thief is only after my salary, a liar is after my reality.”

138. “Love your enemies and hate your friends.Your enemies remain the same, friends always change.”

139. “Love your enemies and hate your friends. Your enemies remain the same, friends always change.” – 50 Cent

140. “the greatest danger you face is your mind growing soft and your eye getting dull.”

141. “I want the finer things in my life, so I hustle.” 50 Cent

142. Helping to inspire these students to reach their potential is personally gratifying."

143. “Eating well was something I learned as I started to be successful and had to travel and perform concerts, which are an intense cardio workout.”

144. His first album, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, debuted at number one on the Billboard charts in 2003 and went platinum.

145. After an early life of crime, drugs and violence, he turned to rap and became a superstar with the album Get Rich or Die Tryin’ in 2003. Today, he is also a successful businessman, with a clothing line, a record label, and a variety of other business ventures.

146. “You can find a reason to do anything if you look hard enough.” -50 Cent

147. “Power’s an aphrodisiac.” – 50 Cent

148. “In order to be a true hustler, you have to chase the gratification that can only come from making things happen yourself, when you have a vision that no one else can identify with and pour everything you have into it. You find yourself in valley after valley and can’t ever quite catch a glimpse of the mountaintop. But you keep pushing forward, until that one day when you finally do make it to that peak. Man, that’s going to be the best damn view you ever saw in your life. You’re going to soak up every bit of that mountain air and enjoy every inch of the panorama spread out in front of you.”

149. “Sleep is for those who are broke. I don’t sleep. I got an opportunity to make a dream become a reality.”

150. “There are certain material goods – and cars are at the top of the list – that signal to other people that you are someone who should be taken seriously. That you are different from the rest of the herd. Especially in New York City. You can’t drive your fancy apartment or brownstone down Broadway, but you can damn sure roll by slow in your whip.”

151. “The greatest fear people have is that of being themselves. They want to be 50 Cent or someone else. They do what everyone else does even if it doesn’t fit where and who they are. But you get nowhere that way; Your energy is weak and no one pays attention to you. You’re running away from the one thing that you own – what makes you different.” 50 Cent

152. Take action and believe in yourself. Dreams do come true.

153. “I don’t think it makes me a role model. I think it makes me inspiring. ‘Cause I’m from the bottom I think they look at me and go, ‘Well, if he made it, I can make it.’”

154. “The knife’s edge that separates failure from success in life. That edge is your attitude, which has the power to help shape your reality.”

155. “Every negative is a positive. The bad things that happen to me, I somehow make them good.

156. “Reality has its own power. You can turn your back on it, but it will find you in the end, and your inability to cope with it will be your ruin.”

157. “You should never feel like the world owes you anything. It doesn’t. There is no version of hustling harder or smarter that involves relying on the assumption that someone is going to do anything for you. You must accept that it’s all on you.”

158. “The greatest danger you face is your mind growing soft and your eyes getting dull.”

159. “Behind me is infinite power. Before me is endless possibility, around me is boundless opportunity. My strength is mental, physical and spiritual.” 50 Cent

160. Men are attracted to beautiful women. Women are attracted to men who offer security – financial security."

161. After being shot 9 times when he was 15, he decided to change his life from being involved in drugs to pursuing a music career.

162. “Slavery was a system that depended on the creation of deep levels of fear.” – 50 Cent

163. “It’s difficult for me to trust a woman. Men are attracted to beautiful women. Women are attracted to men who offer security – financial security. And if you have money and you’re famous, women find that sexy. “

164. “Different day, same sh*t. Ain’t nothing good in the hood. I’d run away from this b*tch and never come back if I could.”

165. “Just be confident. I think confidence is the most attractive part of a person.” 50 Cent

166. “It’s difficult for me to trust a woman. Men are attracted to beautiful women. Women are attracted to men who offer security – financial security. And if you have money and you’re famous, women find that sexy.” – 50 Cent

167. Dre and Eminem."

168. “When you’ve been in life-threatening situations, you become aware that life is not for ever.”

169. “Only one I can have a problem with is myself. It’s probably why my only competition is myself.” 50 Cent

170. Fear of loss. Fear of failure. Fear of the unknown. Fear of loneliness.”

171. “Money is freedom. Money is a private plane. Money is no metal detection.”

172. “I’ll have long, straight hair, like down to my back, when I go to Heaven. And I’m not even going to work out, but I’ll be in shape. It’s a whole new program up there.” – 50 Cent

173. They want to talk about everything else."

174. “None of those measures, which brought so much change to civilization, altered the basic nature of the water involved. The only thing they changed was how it was utilized. Try to view harnessing the energy of how you are perceived in the same way. The fundamental essence of who you are doesn’t change—you’re just using its innate power in a smarter way.”

175. “Understand: people judge you by appearances, the image you project through your actions, words, and style. If you do not take control of this process, then people will see and define you the way they want to, often to your detriment.”

176. “I don’t sleep. I got an opportunity to make a dream become a reality.”

177. “Mental alchemy—you can affect it by thinking of any adversity as an opportunity for power.”

178. “Eating well was something I learned as I started to be successful and had to travel and perform concerts, which are an intense cardio workout. “

179. “Love your enemies and hate your friends, your enemies remain the same your friends always change.”

180. “You shouldn’t throw stones if you live in a glass house, and if you have a glass jaw, you should watch yo mouth.” – 50 Cent

181. “Whenever you write something down, it promotes a more focused way of thinking. When ideas only live in your mind, it’s easy for you to lose track of them. Even if they’re extremely powerful, they get lost in the stream of new information that’s constantly entering your head. Once it’s on paper or your computer file, it’s there forever. Staring you back in the face whenever you look at it. Whether or not you act on it is still up to you, but at least you won’t forget it. Once you have it down on paper, you’re setting yourself up to make something valuable happen.”

182. “If it ain’t making me money, making me better or making me happy… ain’t making time for it.” 50 Cent

183. “Just be confident. I think confidence is the most attractive part of a person.” — 50 Cent

184. Never think that you have to travel a long way and that you cannot make it. Get inspired from the rags to riches story of 50 Cent. The important thing is to depend on yourself and never get discouraged by others' comments.

185. “Every morning I wake up in a home where Mike Tyson previously laid in the bed and he earned over $500 million his career. It makes me conscious.” – 50 Cent

186. “Understand: people judge you by appearances, the image you project through your

187. “its not about the dog in the fight, its about the fight in the dog!”

188. “After I got shot nine times at close range and didn’t die, I started to think that I must have a purpose in life … How much more damage could that shell have done? Give me an inch in this direction or that one, and I’m gone.” – 50 Cent

189. “Confidence is great, but too much of it can make a fighter vulnerable. Before a fight, a boxer should have butterflies. They should be a little nervous. They should feel like they’re about to run into someone who’s going to try to kill them, because that’s exactly what’s going to happen.”

190. “When I got shot, it was a $5,000 exchange. The price of a life is cheap.” – 50 Cent

191. I have every feeling that everyone else has But I've developed ways to suppress them. Anger is one of my most comfortable feelings."

192. “Get rich or die tryin’.”

193. A debate was a fight between two people over an idea. Exercise is a fight between energy and fatigue. Study is a fight between you and the material. Every new day is a fight between light and darkness.”

194. “Hustling was my internship.” – 50 Cent

195. “Comfort, I've learned, is a dream killer. It saps our ambition. Blinds our vision. Promotes complacency. What you cannot do is become complacent with any of those fears”

196. “If you die in an elevator, make sure you press the up button.” – 50 Cent

197. “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man.”

198. Without fear.”

199. “I think it’s easier for the general public to embrace me in a negative way. You have people who already have a perception of me that says I’m a bad person.”

200. “Every time you walk down the street, drive somewhere in your car, go to the supermarket, work out in the gym, or post a picture on social media, you are being judged – by a few people you know and a lot more you’ll never even meet. There’s no sense complaining about it or saying it’s not fair. Instead, it’s incumbent on you to accept that you control how you’re perceived and then prepare the best presentation possible.”

201. “That is the physics that all fearless types discover at some point—an appropriate ratcheting up of self-belief and energy when facing negative or even impossible circumstances. Fearless.”

202. “When you’ve been in life-threatening situations, you become aware that life is not forever.” – 50 Cent

203. “One of the main reasons I’ll always be relevant is because no one can be a better 50 Cent than me. They can be younger than me. Have a better sense of style and a better ear for beats. But they can never be a better 50 Cent than me (though that hasn’t stopped a lot of people from trying). As long as I’m always myself, no one can beat me at that. As long as you’re comfortable walking your truth, no one will ever beat you at being you, either.”

204. “Some people are born with very little; some are fortunate enough to have it all. When I grew up, we didn’t have much. I had to hustle to get what I wanted—but I had that hunger for more. I didn’t always make the right choices, but I learned from my mistakes.”

205. “Concentrate on your money. try to hold your paper. It takes money to make money, so save your money, opportunities come.”

206. “Never be a minion, always be an owner.”

207. “Most of the time, getting people on the right path will require bringing their competitiveness and cockiness down a few notches. But occasionally you’re going to have to take the opposite approach. You’re going to have to lift them up a bit. Remind them of what they’re capable of. Believe in them so openly that, eventually, they start believing in themselves.”

208. “Get rich or Die tryin”

209. “What separates those who go under and those who rise above adversity is the strength of their will and their hunger for power.”

210. “I’m not into the party scene, I’m into survival.” -50 Cent

211. “A man becomes as attractive as an attractive woman when he becomes successful and is publicly noted. Power’s an aphrodisiac.“

212. “Wise men listen and laugh, while fools talk.” — 50 Cent

213. I accepted it and moved on, and it didn't slow me down."

214. “You came into this life with the only real possessions that ever matter—your body, the time that you have to live, your energy, the thoughts and ideas unique to you, and your autonomy.”

215. “Your opinion of yourself becomes your reality.” – 50 Cent

216. “People often say I have so much energy that I never stop, but that’s what it takes to accomplish your goals.”

217. Tell them."

218. His real name is Curtis Jackson, but he adopted the nickname “50 Cent” as a metaphor for change. The name was inspired by Kelvin Martin, a 1980s Brooklyn robber known as “50 Cent”; Jackson chose it “because it says everything I want it to say.” Jackson is known for his tough exterior and his often violent lyrics, but he has also been praised for his business acumen and his work with charities. In recent years, Jackson has starred in a number of films, including the critically acclaimed “Get Rich or Die Tryin'” (2005).

219. “Sleep is for those who are broke.” – 50 Cent

220. “The importance of Dream School is monumental. Helping to inspire these students to reach their potential is personally gratifying.” 50 Cent

221. “You shouldn't throw stones if you live in a glass house and if you got a glass jaw, you should watch yo mouth: cause I'll break yo face.”

222. When people don't respond to what you do, they're telling you something loud and clear. You're just not listening."

223. “I don’t care about losing people that don’t wanna be in my life anymore. I’ve lost people that meant the world to me and I’m still doing just fine.” — 50 Cent

224. “Nothing is promise to anyone in this world besides death”

225. “If you’ve put in the work, and know your shit, raise your damn hand! Every single time.”

226. “When I got shot, it was a $5,000 exchange. The price of a life is cheap.”

227. “When I’m actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip-hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously, we steal from each other.” – 50 Cent

228. “I’m a trackstar running through life, chasing my dream”50 Cent”

229. “You shouldn’t throw stones if you live in a glass house, and if you got a glass jaw, you should watch your mouth.” – 50 Cent, “Patiently Waiting”

230. “I don’t care how long I’ve known you. I am going to remove you from my life forever if I start to feel like you’re holding me back.”

231. “I don’t think it makes me a role model. I think it makes me inspiring. ‘Cause I’m from the bottom I think they look at me and go, well, if he made it, I can make it.”

232. “I’m not sensitive, I give people things exactly the way they are, and if they’re ready to absorb it, they will, and if they aren’t, they won’t.” 50 Cent

233. “I've made so many mistakes, so many corrections. I'm so far from perfect so many imperfections. But I'm a go getta I get up and go get it, so if you preaching prosperity, i wanna hit it.... ”

234. “You can only get true fulfillment and happiness from enjoying the achievement you made happen yourself.”

235. “I don’t necessarily view death as something negative. Death gives meaning to life. Living in fear of death is living in denial. Actually, it’s not really living at all, because there is no life without death. It’s two sides of the one. You can’t pick up one side and say, “I’m just going to use the ‘heads’ side.” No. It doesn’t work like that. You have to pick up both sides because nothing is promised to anyone in this world besides death.” – 50 Cent

236. “Having a brush with death, or being reminded in a dramatic way of the shortness of our lives, can have a positive, therapeutic effect. Our days are numbered and so it is best to make every moment count, to have a sense of urgency about life.” – 50 Cent

237. “I think it’s easier for the general public to embrace me in a negative way. You have people who already have a perception of me that says I’m a bad person.” – 50 Cent

238. “Some people are born with very little; some are fortunate enough to have it all. When I grew up, we didn’t have much. I had to hustle to get what I wanted… but I had that hunger for more. I didn’t always make the right choices, but I learned from my mistakes.

239. “You learn a lot about yourself when you have success for a while. Like, a lot of things that you think are really important aren’t. But you need that process.” 50 Cent

240. “No one asks their friends if they’ve listened to a song they feel neutral about. No one mentions a writer or a designer that doesn’t elicit a strong reaction in them. We only bring up things we love. Or things we hate. I’d always prefer the love. But if I can’t get that, I’ll take the hate.”

241. If ever there is a choice – more money or more responsibility – you must always opt for the latter. A lower-paying position that offers more room to make decisions and carve out little empires is infinitely preferable to something that pays well but constricts your movements.”

242. “I like generals. I like Napoleon. I like strategy. The majority of them are praised for mass destruction, but it’s exciting to see how it comes to the mind mentally.” – 50 Cent

243. “Out of frustration, I say things. Now, people listen to me so much I can say it under my breath and everybody hears me… I said in the past that I’m a work in progress, and I feel like I’m progressing.” – 50 Cent

244. “You must find people who are going to inject new energy into your life. Because if you keep having the same conversations with the same people year after year, your energy is going to stagnate. Your ideas are going to get stale. Your momentum is going to get stuck.”

245. “I’d always prefer to be friends with someone, but if they’re not interested, then I consider being enemies the next best option. Why? Because if you hate me, you’re more likely to talk about me.”

246. “When I’m actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip-hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously, we steal from each other.”

247. “After I got shot nine times at close range and didn’t die, I started to think that I must have a purpose in life. When I got shot, it was a $5,000 exchange. The price of a life is cheap.”

248. “In my neighborhood… they view the police as someone who comes to take their loved ones away. “

249. “It’s great to respect the past, but never to the point that it stops you from moving into the future, or even making the most out of the present.”

250. “Eating well is something I learned as I started to be successful.” 50 cent

251. “Keep in mind the following: what you really value in life is ownership, not money. If ever there is a choice – more money or more responsibility – you must always opt for the latter. A lower-paying position that offers more room to make decisions and carve out little empires is infinitely preferable to something that pays well but constricts your movements.”

252. “Live on the edge. I’m only free because I’m not afraid. Everything I was afraid of already happened to me.”

253. “I’m a track star running through life chasing my dream.” 50 Cent

254. When I grew up, we didn't have much. I had to hustle to get what I wanted… but I had that hunger for more. I didn't always make the right choices, but I learned from my mistakes."

255. “I’m the type to swallow my blood before I swallow my pride.”

256. “I think either you’re creative or you’re not. In general, I don’t think you need to be in pain to actually be creative unless you’re writing love songs. Then you might need to have some ups and downs within your emotions to start to capture that.” – 50 Cent

257. “You can’t have a one-size-fits-all mind-set when it comes to effective leadership. You need to tailor a specific approach to every single person on your team in order to get the most out of them.”

258. “I’m the type to swallow my blood ‘fore I swallow my pride.”

259. “I said in the past that I’m a work in progress, and I feel like I’m progressing.”

260. “Reality has its own power – you can turn your back on it, but it will find you in the end, and your inability to cope with it will be your ruin.”

261. “Fears are a kind of prison that confines you within a limited range of action. The less you fear, the more power you will have and the more fully you will live.” – 50 Cent

262. “No matter what you’ve accomplished, you’re never done competing. I’ve sold over 30 million records, but every time I step in the booth I know I’m about to be measured up. Not against anyone else, either. Against myself.”

263. “i love you like a fat kid loves cake!”

264. “People often say I have so much energy, that I never stop; but that’s what it takes to accomplish your goals.”

265. “Because hip-hop has no requirements, you deal with people that have the least intelligence on the planet. Some of the people that compare themselves to me, compare themselves to me because they rap and I rap. They can’t even read the contracts that they sign to be a rapper, to do the deal.” – 50 Cent

266. “The public is never wrong. When people don’t respond to what you do, they’re telling you something loud and clear. You’re just not listening.” – 50 Cent

267. They want to be 50 Cent or someone else. They do what everyone else does even if it doesn’t fit where and who they are. But you get nowhere that way; your energy is weak and no one pays attention to you. You’re running away from the one thing that you own – what makes you different.” 2 0

268. They own your work; They own you. Your creative spirit is squashed. What keeps you in such positions is a fear of having to sink or swim on your own."

269. “Events in life are not negative or positive. They are completely neutral. The universe does not care about your fate; it is indifferent to the violence that may hit you or to death itself. Things merely happen to you. It is your mind that chooses to interpret them as negative or positive.” – 50 Cent

270. “When you settle, you’re demonstrating a lack of confidence. If your journey hasn’t been easy, you might start to question the value of what you’re doing. Maybe you better grab the next thing you’re offered, before you never get offered anything again. When you begin to think like that, you’ve lost the hustler spirit.”

271. “Get rich or die tryin.”

272. “Every single place I go, I’m studying people. The way they say things, their attitude, information they share. I could be on the train, and I’d be watching people and taking notes. That’s how I learned business, by studying people I admired and how they conducted themselves. Smart people give away so much information through their words or their actions. Grab every single one of those gems that you can.”

273. “When you work for others, you are at their mercy. They own your work; they own you. Your creative spirit is squashed. What keeps you in such positions is a fear of having to sink or swim on your own. Instead you should have a greater fear of what will happen to you if you remain dependent on others for power. Your goal in every maneuver in life must be ownership, working the corner for yourself. When it is yours to lose, you are more motivated, more creative, more alive. The ultimate power in life is to be completely self-reliant, completely yourself.”

274. “Never be a minion, always be an owner.” – 50 Cent

275. “My music is a soundtrack. The film is my life. My music matches things I’ve experienced or felt. Even if the whole thing is made up.” – 50 Cent

276. “I hate a liar more than I hate a thief. A thief is only after my salary, a liar is after my reality.” – 50 Cent

277. “When I fall off, I’m not waiting for a sympathetic word or someone to check in on me. I’m getting right back on my feet and continuing my journey.”

278. “Behind me is infinite power. Before me is endless possibility. Around me is boundless opportunity. My strength is mental, physical and spiritual.”

279. Try to hold your paper. It takes money to make money, so save your money, opportunities come."

280. “Out of frustration, I say things. Now, people listen to me so much I can say it under my breath and everybody hears me… I said in the past that I’m a work in progress, and I feel like I’m progressing.” 50 Cent

281. “Look around you. Everything changes. Everything on this earth is in a continuous state of evolving. . . . You were not put on this earth to remain stagnant. —STEVE MARABOLI”

282. Like, a lot of things that you think are really important aren't. But you need that process."

283. “THIS PAST, THE NEGRO’S PAST, OF ROPE, FIRE, TORTURE…DEATH AND HUMILIATION; FEAR BY DAY AND NIGHT, FEAR AS DEEP AS THE MARROW OF THE BONE…THIS PAST, THIS ENDLESS STRUGGLE TO ACHIEVE AND CONFIRM A HUMAN IDENTITY…YET CONTAINS, FOR ALL ITS HORROR, SOMETHING VERY BEAUTIFUL…. PEOPLE WHO CANNOT SUFFER CAN NEVER GROW UP, CAN NEVER DISCOVER WHO THEY ARE…. —James Baldwin”

284. “Every negative is a positive. The bad things that happen to me, I somehow make them good. That means you can’t do anything to hurt me.” — 50 Cent

285. “I like generals. I like Napoleon. I like strategy. The majority of them are praised for mass destruction, but it’s exciting to see how it comes to the mind mentally. “

286. “Get rich or die tryin.” – 50 Cent

287. “You can’t have a one-size-fits-all mindset when it comes to effective leadership. You need to tailor a specific approach to every single person on your team in order to get the most out of them.”

288. “I don’t sleep. I got an opportunity to make a dream become a reality.” – 50 Cent

289. “The greatest fear people have is that of being themselves. They want to be 50 Cent or someone else. They do what everyone else does even if it doesn’t fit where and who they are. But you get nowhere that way; Your energy is weak and no one pays attention to you. You’re running away from the one thing that you own – what makes you different.” – 50 Cent

290. “I’m not working for money. I’m working so I can do what I want, when I want.”

291. “Always challenge yourself to be around people who might be informed in different ways than you are, who have had different experiences, and, most important, aren’t intimidated to share that information with you. Those are the people who are going to supercharge your evolution into your best self.”

292. “The new artist is meeting the general public before they meet the record company. They’re able to put the material on YouTube and have a million views before they even meet an executive at a record company, and get the deal based on that.” – 50 Cent

293. “I don’t display emotions. I have every feeling that everyone else has, but I’ve developed ways to suppress them. Anger is one of my most comfortable feelings.”

294. “I’m the most disrespected man in hip-hop.”

295. “I don’t care about losing people that don’t wanna be in my life anymore. I’ve lost people that meant the world to me and I’m still doing just fine.” 50 Cent

296. Your enemies remain the same, friends always change."

297. “I don’t necessarily view death as something negative. Death gives meaning to life. Living in fear of death is living in denial. Actually, it’s not really living at all, because there is no life without death. It’s two sides to one. You can’t pick one side and say, ‘I’m just going to use the heads side.’ No. It doesn’t work like that. You have to pick up both sides because nothing is promised to anyone in this world besides death.”

298. “No matter what situation or setting you find yourself in, you don’t ever want to depend on anything—or any other person—to make you feel in control and comfortable. That sense of confidence should always come from within. Not from an external source.”

299. “If you die in an elevator, make sure you press the up button.”

300. “If you’ve put in the work, and know your shit, raise your damn hand!”

301. “I’ve made so many mistakes, so many corrections. I’m so far from perfect, so many imperfections. But I’m a go getta, I get up and go get it. So if you preaching prosperity, I wanna hit it.”

302. “Your goal in life must be to always move higher and higher up the food chain, where you alone control the direction of your enterprise and depend on no one.” – 50 Cent

303. “You know they hate it when you get a big head.”

304. “I believe a true star must possess four fundamental abilities: create great material, be a high-energy live performer, have a unique appearance, and possess a strong personality.”

305. “If it ain’t making me money, making me better or making me happy—ain’t making time for it.”

306. “Only one I can have a problem with is myself. It’s probably why my only competition is myself.”

307. “It’s Fifty, not Fiddy”

308. “A lot of rappers have tried to become stars by taking on the thug persona—Ja Rule, for example—but they just weren’t as committed as ’Pac.”

309. “I had to overcome challenge after challenge in order to take my life from nothing to living my dreams.”

310. “Keep in mind the following: what you really value in life is ownership, not money. If ever there is a choice—more money or more responsibility—you must always opt for the latter. A lower-paying position that offers more room to make decisions and carve out little empires is infinitely preferable to something that pays well but constricts your movements.”

311. “The greatest fear people have is that of being themselves. They want to be 50 Cent or someone else. They do what everyone else does even if it doesn’t fit where and who they are.” — 50 Cent

312. “I want the finer things in my life, so I hustle.” – 50 Cent

313. “Fears are a kind of prison that confines you within a limited range of action. The less you fear, the more power you will have and the more fully you will live.”

314. Try to hold your paper. It takes money to make money, so save your money, opportunities come."

315. “Fear dominates most people’s lives. Fear of loss. Fear of failure. Fear of the unknown. Fear of loneliness. Fear nothing.”

316. “When I try to sum up my ability to keep finding ways to stay on top, I can see it comes down to two main characteristics: I’ve got the heart of a hustler. And I’m fearless.”

317. “I’ve spent four years being what people call ‘successful,’ and all the rest of my life not having it. And maybe because of that, the painful moments are more visible in my memory. If I’m writing about the environment I grew up in, then guns are gonna be goin’ off.”

318. “I don’t think it makes me a role model. I think it makes me inspiring. Cause I’m from the bottom I think they look at me and go, well, if he made it, I can make it.” 50 Cent

319. I got an opportunity to make a dream become a reality."

320. “I don’t display emotions. I have every feeling that everyone else has, but I’ve developed ways to suppress them. Anger is one of my most comfortable feelings.” – 50 Cent

321. “I had to overcome challenge after challenge in order to take my life from nothing to living my dreams.” – 50 Cent

322. “I’ve spent four years being what people call “successful,” and all the rest of my life not having it. And maybe because of that, the painful moments are more visible in my memory. If I’m writing about the environment I grew up in, then guns are gonna be goin’ off.” – 50 Cent

323. “Sunny days wouldn’t be so special if it wasn’t for rain. Joy wouldn’t feel so good if it wasn’t for pain.” 50 Cent

324. “If I lost it wasn’t because I was backed into a corner and beaten down. It would be because I’d gone for what I wanted, and simply come up against someone with more skill.”

325. It collapsed from the collective softness of its citizens’ minds and the turning of their back on reality.”

326. “Some people are born with very little; some are fortunate enough to have it all. When I grew up, we didn’t have much. I had to hustle to get what I wanted… but I had that hunger for more. I didn’t always make the right choices, but I learned from my mistakes.”

327. “If you’re afraid to fail then you’re probably going to fail.”Kobe Bryant

328. “I’m not working for money. I’m working so I can do what I want, when I want.” – 50 Cent

329. “For me, there was no Plan B. I absolutely had to be a success in music. The only thing positive in my life was music.” – 50 Cent

330. “I’ve got to make it to heaven; for going through hell.“

331. I like Napoleon. I like strategy. The majority of them are praised for mass destruction, but it's exciting to see how it comes to the mind mentally."

332. “Hip-hop – it’s the safari: it allows people who aren’t under those circumstances to come closer to inner-city life, to explore it without actually being in danger. It’s something kids in middle America indulge in to be rebellious.” – 50 Cent

333. “If I lost it wasn't because I was backed into a corner and beaten down. It would be because I'd gone for what I wanted, and simply come up against someone with more skill.”

334. “I read all of the stories that people write about me. The ones that are really interesting are the ones where they actually write their take on me as opposed to just printing what I said, because they’re asking similar questions so often, sometimes it just sounds like I’m answering the questions different intentionally.” – 50 Cent

335. I think it makes me inspiring. Cause I'm from the bottom I think they look at me and go, well, if he made it, I can make it."

336. “It’s not about the dog in the fight, it’s about the fight in the dog!” – 50 Cent

337. “You’re only going to be as strong as the weakest person in your crew.”

338. “Different day, same s***. Ain’t nothing good in the hood. I’d run away from this bitch and never come back if I could.” – 50 Cent

339. “I’m a track star running through life chasing my dream.”

340. “My grandparents went through a bad experience themselves; they invested money in a church and got burned – the pastor had his own agenda – and my grandfather lost interest in the church after that. That was when I had the option to not go. ‘Grandpa ain’t going; I’m gonna stay with Grandpa.’” – 50 Cent

341. “I think either you’re creative or you’re not. In general, I don’t think you need to be in pain to actually be creative.”

342. If you do not take control of this process, then people will see and define you the way they want to, often to your detriment."

343. “WHEN YOU WORK FOR OTHERS, YOU ARE AT THEIR MERCY. THEY OWN YOUR WORK; THEY OWN YOU. YOUR CREATIVE SPIRIT IS SQUASHED. WHAT KEEPS YOU IN SUCH POSITIONS IS A FEAR OF HAVING TO SINK OR SWIM ON YOUR OWN. INSTEAD YOU SHOULD HAVE A GREATER FEAR OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU IF YOU REMAIN DEPENDENT ON OTHERS FOR POWER. YOUR GOAL IN EVERY MANEUVER IN LIFE MUST BE OWNERSHIP, WORKING THE CORNER FOR YOURSELF. WHEN IT IS YOURS TO LOSE-YOU ARE MORE MOTIVATED, MORE CREATIVE, MORE ALIVE. THE ULTIMATE POWER IN LIFE IS TO BE COMPLETELY SELF-RELIANT, COMPLETELY YOURSELF.”

344. “Slavery was a system that depended on the creation of deep levels of fear.”

345. “Hard work and dedication are two of the characteristics found in all true hustlers. Another is focus. Because if you’re not able to focus and direct your hard work, you might be hustlin’ hard, but you won’t be hustlin’ smart.”

346. “I hate a liar more than I hate a thief, a thief is only after my salary, a liar is after my reality.” “I want the finer things in my life, so I hustle.” 50 Cent

347. The ones that are really interesting are the ones where they actually write their take on me as opposed to just printing what I said, because they're asking similar questions so often, sometimes it just sounds like I'm answering the questions different intentionally."

348. “All bullshit aside, now it’s time to be honest. I fear no man for death is all that’s promised.”

349. “Sunny days wouldn’t be so special if it wasn’t for the rain. Joy wouldn’t feel so good if it wasn’t for pain.” — 50 Cent

350. “Eating well was something I learned as I started to be successful and had to travel and perform concerts, which are an intense cardio workout.” – 50 Cent

351. “A strong work ethic is the one trait all successful people share. I’ve never met anyone at the top of their industry who wasn’t fully committed to their job, who was willing to give anything less than their best.”

352. “The best way to get past a fear that’s holding you back is first to acknowledge it and then come up with a plan to get past it.”

353. “Only one I can have a problem with is myself. It’s probably why my only competition is myself.” – 50 Cent, “New Day”

354. “Some people are born with very little; some are fortunate enough to have it all. When I grew up, we didn’t have much. I had to hustle to get what I wanted… but I had that hunger for more. I didn’t always make the right choices, but I learned from my mistakes.” – 50 Cent

355. “Hip hop—it’s the safari: it allows people who aren’t, under those circumstances, to come closer to inner-city life, to explore it without actually being in danger. It’s something kids in middle America indulge in to be rebellious.”

356. “If you’re feeling even a little bit of uncertainty about what you want, take the time to make a vision board.” – 50 Cent

357. “The importance of ‘Dream School’ is monumental. Helping to inspire these students to reach their potential is personally gratifying.”

358. “Wise men listen and laugh, while fools talk.” – 50 Cent

359. “I’m comfortable with being known as both 50 Cent and Curtis Jackson. 50 Cent is the perception. Curtis Jackson is the reality.”

360. “I remind myself that while it’s okay to feel conflicted about a situation, depression is a luxury that I can’t afford. I cannot allow another person’s lack of success to start undermining my own.”

361. “I’m the type to swallow my blood before I swallow my pride.” – 50 Cent

362. “I’ve been part of thousands of negotiations, and none of them have started exactly where I wanted them. Even with all the leverage I have as a proven entrepreneur and entertainer, to this day I still have to work to get to the number I’m looking for. The key is I never react emotionally.”

363. “What comes around goes around.”

364. “The empire fell well before the invasion of the barbarians. It collapsed from the collective softness of its citizens’ minds and the turning of their back on reality.”

365. It's probably why my only competition is myself."

366. “Now is the time to stop drifting and wake up – to assess yourself, the people around you, and the direction in which you are headed in as cold and brutal a light as possible. Without fear.”

367. “I love you like a fat kid loves cake”

368. Take a glance at the 50 Cent love quotes to know about love and friendship.

369. Fearless.”

370. “being around that sort of energy. Someone with a strong passion stance, on the other hand, will really dig in. Get their feet planted and shoulders squared up. So no matter how hard the world pushes back, or how much negativity gets thrown their way, they ain’t budging an inch. That’s the sort of energy I want to work with. The type of people I’m willing to put my money behind. A strong passion stance is what separates the hustlers who win”

371. “Show No Love , Cus Love Can Get U killed”

372. “The knife’s edge that separates failure from success in life—that edge is your attitude, which has the power to help shape your reality.”

373. “I hate a liar more than I hate a thief. A thief is only after my salary, a liar is after my reality.”

374. “Get rich or die tryin.” 50 Cent

375. “I’ve made so many mistakes, so many corrections. I’m so far from perfect, so many imperfections. But I’m a go-getter. I get up and go get it, so if you’re preaching prosperity, I wanna hit it.”

376. “I don’t display emotions. I have every feeling that everyone else has But I’ve developed ways to suppress them. Anger is one of my most comfortable feelings.” 50 Cent

377. “As I grow older, the one thing that becomes clearer to me each and every day is that I don’t owe anyone a thing. And neither do you.”

378. “extremely serious about the value of hard work. I believe it creates not only success but happiness, too. You can never feel satisfied if you’re not applying yourself to something you’re passionate about.”

379. “mental alchemy you can effect by thinking of any adversity as an opportunity for power.”

380. “When you’ve been in life-threatening situations, you become aware that life is not forever.”

381. “So, despite not being the most talented, best-looking, or most experienced, how do I keep finding success in so many different fields? I hustle as hard as I can, day in and day out.”

382. “Concentrate on your money. Try to hold your paper. It takes money to make money, so save your money. Opportunities come.”

383. “I don’t care about losing people that don’t wanna be in my life anymore. I’ve lost people that meant the world to me and I’m still doing just fine.” – 50 Cent

384. “I want to be around talented folks who can lift me higher, not people who want to piggyback off my success.”

385. “I had to overcome challenge after challenge in order to take my life from nothing to living my dreams.” 50 Cent

386. “Events in life are not negative or positive. They are completely neutral. The universe does not care about your fate; it is indifferent to the violence that may hit you or to death itself. Things merely happen to you. It is your mind that chooses to interpret them as negative or positive.”

387. “All bulls*** aside now it’s time to be honest, I fear no man for death is all that’s promised.” – 50 Cent

388. You're running away from the one thing that you own – what makes you different."

389. “You learn a lot about yourself when you have success for a while. Like, a lot of things that you think are really important aren’t. But you need that process.”

390. “Some people are born with very little; some are fortunate enough to have it all. When I grew up, we didn’t have much. I had to hustle to get what I wanted… but I had that hunger for more. I didn’t always make the right choices, but I learned from my mistakes.

391. “I had to overcome challenge after challenge in order to take my life from nothing to living my dreams. “

392. “I like generals. I like Napoleon. I like strategy. The majority of them are praised for mass destruction, but it’s exciting to see how it comes to the mind mentally.”

393. “Sleep is for those who are broke.” 50 Cent

394. “Power’s an aphrodisiac.”

395. “That's when I realized that as long as you don't broadcast your beefs, you can get away cold with murder. It's even better if you don't allow the beef to take place. If someone disrespects you, you can know in your heard that you're going to get him, but you don't have to show him there's a beef. You can just look at it like, Okay, this nigga must not know. And then you fall back and you put it down.”

396. “I like generals. I like Napoleon. I like strategy. The majority of them are praised for mass destruction, but it’s exciting to see how it comes to the mind mentally.” 50 Cent

397. The price of a life is cheap."

398. “I don’t care about losing people that don’t wanna be in my life anymore. I’ve lost people that meant the world to me and I’m still doing just fine.”

399. “The greatest fear people have is that of being themselves. They want to be 50 Cent or someone else. They do what everyone else does even if it doesn’t fit where and who they are. But you get nowhere that way; your energy is weak and no one pays attention to you. You’re running away from the one thing that you own—what makes you different.”

400. “I like the story writing process. I usually use someone who has been trained for structure to take the story that I actually want, place those elements in the right places.” – 50 Cent

401. His parents passed away when he was very young, and his grandmother raised him. His involvement in drug dealing began at the age of 12 years old. He had a difficult childhood and ended up on the wrong side of the law to earn money. He began creating songs while in prison and became a well-known artist.

402. “Get rich or die tryin’.” – 50 Cent, “Get Rich or Die Tryin’”

403. “You shouldn’t throw stones if you live in a glass house, and if you got a glass jaw, you should watch yo mouth.”

404. “I think it’s easier for the general public to embrace me in a negative way. You have people who already have a perception of me that says I’m a bad person.” – 50 Cent

405. “My grandmother, she’s been the positive portion of my life the entire time. She raised us Baptist, and when I got old enough to say I didn’t want to go to church, she didn’t force me. She was cool.” – 50 Cent

406. “The real secret is the most successful people have awareness of what their body needs and sleep whenever necessary.”

407. “Having a brush with death, or being reminded in a dramatic way of the shortness of our lives, can have a positive, therapeutic effect. Our days are numbered and so it is best to make every moment count, to have a sense of urgency about life.”

408. “I don’t care about losing people that don’t wanna be in my life anymore. I have lost people that meant the world to me and I’m still doing just fine.”

409. “I hate a liar more than I hate a thief, a thief is only after my salary, a liar is after my reality.” — 50 Cent

410. “The firmer your grasp on reality, the more power you will have to alter it for your purposes.”

411. “In my neighborhood… they view the police as someone who comes to take their loved ones away.” – 50 Cent

412. “Most people can't handle boredom. That means they can't stay on one thing until they get good at it. And they wonder why they're unhappy.”

413. “I run New York.”

414. “Hip-hop – it’s the safari: it allows people who aren’t under those circumstances to come closer to inner-city life, to explore it without actually being in danger.”

415. “Even if you’re not from the streets (and given how diverse my audience has become, there’s a good chance you’re not),”

416. “All bulls*** aside now it’s time to be honest, I fear no man for death is all that’s promised.” 50 Cent

417. “People who actually have money don’t want to talk about it. They want to talk about everything else.” – 50 Cent

418. “The public is never wrong. When people don’t respond to what you do, they’re telling you something loud and clear. You’re just not listening.”

419. They want to be 50 Cent or someone else. They do what everyone else does even if it doesn't fit where and who they are."

420. “It’s difficult for me to trust a woman. Men are attracted to beautiful women. Women are attracted to men who offer security—financial security.”

421. “Money is freedom. Money is a private plane. Money is no metal detection.” – 50 Cent

422. “Plenty of people might be willing to outrap, outperform, or even outsmart me, but no one – and I mean no one – is ever going to out-work me.”

423. “Ancient Rome began as a small city-state. Its citizens were tough and stoic. They were famous for their pragmatism. But as they moved from being a republic to an empire and their power expanded, everything reversed itself. Their citizens’ minds hungered for newer and newer forms of escape. They lost all sense of proportion—petty political battles consumed their attention more than much larger dangers on the outskirts of the empire. The empire fell well before the invasion of the barbarians. It collapsed from the collective softness of its citizens’ minds and the turning of their back on reality.”

424. “You learn a lot about yourself when you have success for a while. Like, a lot of things that you think are really important, aren’t. But you need that process.”

425. “Some people are born with very little; some are fortunate enough to have it all. When I grew up, we didn’t have much. I had to hustle to get what I wanted… but I had that hunger for more. I didn’t always make the right choices, but I learned from my mistakes.” 50 Cent

426. I've lost people that meant the world to me and I'm still doing just fine."

427. “Love your enemies and hate your friends, your enemies remain the same your friends always change”

428. “SO OVER YOU IS THE GREATEST ENEMY A MAN CAN HAVE AND THAT IS FEAR. I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE AFRAID TO LISTEN TO THE TRUTH—YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED ON FEAR AND LIES. BUT I AM GOING TO PREACH TO YOU THE TRUTH UNTIL YOU ARE FREE OF THAT FEAR. . . . —Malcolm X”

429. “If you’ve put in the work, and know your sh*t, raise your damn hand!”

430. “I don’t think it makes me a role model. I think it makes me inspiring. ‘Cause I’m from the bottom I think they look at me and go, ‘Well, if he made it, I can make it.’”

431. “Power’s an aphrodisiac.” 50 Cent

432. “The firmer your grasp on reality, the more power you will have to alter it for your purposes.” – 50 Cent

433. “My music is a soundtrack. The film is my life. My music matches things I’ve experienced or felt. Even if the whole thing is made up.”

434. “To achieve lasting success, you have to strive for balance when building your team. If you only surround yourself with people from your past, then chances are the past is where you’ll be stuck. But if you abandon the people who were in the trenches with you for people you’ve just met – the ones who might be charismatic but have never proved anything to you – you’re probably going to get burned.”

435. “People often say I have so much energy, that I never stop; but that’s what it takes to accomplish your goals.” – 50 Cent

436. “Every negative is a positive. The bad things that happen to me, I somehow make them good. That means you can’t do anything to hurt me.”

437. “Hip-hop – it’s the safari: it allows people who aren’t under those circumstances to come closer to inner-city life, to explore it without actually being in danger. It’s something kids in middle America indulge in to be rebellious. “

438. “I’m a trackstar running through life, chasing my dream…”

439. “Every time you walk down the street, drive somewhere in your car, go to the supermarket, work out in the gym, or post a picture on social media, you are being judged – by a few people you know and a lot more you’ll never even meet. There’s no sense complaining about it or saying it’s not fair. Instead, it’s incumbent on you to accept that you control how you’re perceived and then prepare the best presentation possible.”

440. “Están bajo el peor enemigo que un hombre puede tener: el miedo. Sé que algunos de ustedes temen oír la verdad: que los educaron con miedo y mentiras. Pero yo proclamaré la verdad hasta que se liberen de ese temor. —Malcolm X”

441. “I can’t be more than me, but you can make me out to be what you want me to be.”

442. “When I’m actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously, we steal from each other.”

443. “Oh you mad? I thought that you'd be happy I made it.”

444. “You were better trained, better prepared. But you didn’t let the world see that because you were scared. That fear is going to stop you from getting full value for your work. Don’t let it happen.”

445. “Every negative is a positive. The bad things that happen to me, I somehow make them good. That means you can’t do anything to hurt me.” 50 Cent

446. “I’m not working for money. I’m working so I can do what I want when I want.”

447. “Ne vous contentez jamais de ce qui saute aux yeux . Cherchez à comprendre ce qui se cache derrière, intégrez-le et continuez à creuser . Demandez-vous toujours pourquoi telle ou telle chose s'est passée, quelles sont les motivations des différentes personnes concernées, qui est véritablement aux commandes, et à qui tel événement profite.”

448. “When you pattern yourself too closely after another person, you’re putting weak, ineffectual energy out into the world. You’re running away from your most inexhaustible power supply: being yourself.”

449. “You shouldn’t throw stones if you live in a glass house and if you got a glass jaw, you should watch yo mouth, ‘cause I’ll break yo face.”

450. “When I put out my first mixtape, ’50 Cent is the Future,’ it was the first tape where an artist did the entire tape in song format.” – 50 Cent

451. “Don’t look at failure as something you need to distance yourself from. Try to embrace it instead. Wrap your hands around it and examine it. Believe that you can use it to rebuild your idea and take it to an even higher level than you’d originally conceived. That’s the approach all true winners take.”

452. “I love you like a fat kid loves cake.” – 50 Cent

453. “People often say I have so much energy that I never stop, but that’s what it takes to accomplish your goals.” — 50 Cent

454. Let his music and quotes serve as reminders that life passes by in a breeze; so, make sure you make the most out of every moment!

455. “Love your enemies and hate your friends, your enemies remain the same your friends always change.” – 50 Cent

456. Our days are numbered and so it is best to make every moment count, to have a sense of urgency about life.”

457. He is such an inspiration to me and many others.

458. “Sunny days wouldn’t be special, if it wasn’t for rain. Joy wouldn’t feel so good if it wasn’t for pain.” – 50 Cent

459. Power's an aphrodisiac."

460. “Wise men listen and laugh, while fools talk.” 50 Cent

461. “Behind me is infinite power. Before me is endless possibility, around me is boundless opportunity. My strength is mental, physical and spiritual.” – 50 Cent

462. “Love your enemies and hate your friends, your enemies remain the same your friends always change”

463. “The truth is that I work much harder than I play, because I enjoy the work more. My attitude towards my career is whistle while you work.

464. “Wise men listen and laugh, while fools talk.”

465. “Oh you mad? I thought that you’d be happy I made it.”

466. “People who actually have money don’t want to talk about it. They want to talk about everything else.” 50 Cent

467. “Understand: you are one of a kind. Your character traits are a kind of chemical mix that will never be repeated in history. There are ideas unique to you, a specific rhythm and perspective that are your strengths, not your weaknesses. You must not be afraid of your uniqueness and you must care less and less about what people think of you.”

468. “I don’t necessarily view death as something negative. Death gives meaning to life. Living in fear of death is living in denial. Actually, it’s not really living at all, because there is no life without death.”

469. “I’ve made so many mistakes, so many corrections. I’m so far from perfect so many imperfections. But I’m a go getta I get up and go get it, so if you preaching prosperity, I wanna hit it..”

470. “Have the maturity to know sometimes silence is more powerful than having the last word.” – 50 Cent

471. “It sounds cliché to say that hard work is the most critical ingredient for success, but it’s a fundamental truth that has to be repeated over and over again. If you’re not hustling your absolute hardest, you’re never going to reach your full potential in life.”

472. “Reality has its own power—you can turn your back on it, but it will find you in the end, and your inability to cope with it will be your ruin.”

473. “The greatest danger you face is your mind growing soft and your eye getting dull.” – 50 Cent

474. “Hustling was my internship.”

475. “When you work for others, you are at their mercy. They own your work; They own you. Your creative spirit is squashed. What keeps you in such positions is a fear of having to sink or swim on your own. Instead, you should have a greater fear of what will happen to you if you remain dependent on others for power. Your goal in every maneuver in life must be ownership, working the corner for yourself. When it is yours to lose – you are more motivated, more creative, more alive. The ultimate power in life is to be completely self-reliant, completely yourself.” – 50 Cent

476. “Don’t wait for them to tell you. Tell them.” – 50 Cent

477. “Whenever I hear people say money hasn’t changed them, I always think the same thing: that just means they haven’t made enough of it yet!”

478. “affectation”

479. “You shouldn’t throw stones if you live in a glass house and if you got a glass jaw, you should watch yo mouth: cause I’ll break yo face.”

480. “Your opinion of yourself becomes your reality.”

481. “Even if you’re not from the streets (and given how diverse my audience has become, there’s a good chance you’re not).”

482. “Neediness is a turnoff to everyone except the most compassionate people. The vast majority of people are attracted to the things they think they can’t have. No matter what the setting, unattainability is the ultimate aphrodisiac.”

483. “I’ma put you onto game, but you gon’ have to pay.”

484. “When you work for others, you are at their mercy. They own your work; they own you. Your creative spirit is squashed. What keeps you in such positions is a fear of having to sink or swim on your own.”

485. “Don’t wait for them to tell you. Tell them.”

486. “When you’ve been in life-threatening situations, you become aware that life is not for ever.” 50 Cent

487. “I’m a track star running through life chasing my dream.” – 50 Cent

488. “If you bring a bunch of wolves into your circle, you better be damn sure to feed them. Otherwise, it won’t be long before the pack turns on you.”

489. “Sleep is for those who are broke.”

490. “Fear Nothing”

491. “At the end of the day, I like betting on sure things. And the only sure thing you can always count on, 100 percent of the time, is yourself.”

492. “Don’t let the thought of starting all over again make you depressed. Understand that most successful people end up chasing the same dream multiple times before it ever comes to fruition.”

493. “If you’re familiar with my man Uncle Sam, you understand the only way you can actually feel better about what he’s gonna take, come the end of the year, is lifestyle. Only thing you can do is spend some of it.” – 50 Cent

494. “It’s not about the dog in the fight, it’s about the fight in the dog!”

495. “You learn a lot about yourself when you have success for a while. Like, a lot of things that you think are really important aren’t. But you need that process.” – 50 Cent

496. Joy wouldn't feel so good if it wasn't for pain."

497. “Only one I can have a problem with is myself. It’s probably why my only competition is myself.” – 50 Cent

498. “Different day, same sh*t. Ain’t nothing good in the hood. I’d run away from this b*tch and never come back if I could.” — 50 Cent

499. “Your opinion of yourself becomes your reality.” 50 Cent

500. “Have the maturity to know sometimes silence is more powerful than having the last word.” 50 Cent