Quotes from Lecrae

Good people don't go to Heaven, forgiven people do.

As a revolutionary, I don't just want to sit by and say, "Oh this feels good, let's just do it." I'm going to die for what I believe in and stand for it.

Being humbled is always good for us, even if it doesn't feel good to us.

I think, at the end of the day, the real antagonist is the brokenness of humanity.

I hate systemic oppression in America.

Prayer isn't where we change God, but He changes us. Instead of praying for OUR desires, let's pray He burden us with HIS.

Prayer doesn't bend God's arm but it's guaranteed to bend our hearts toward His will. Worry less. Pray more.

I knew my ways were unfulfilling. I chased power, pleasure, possessions, something satisfying. I knew I kept getting let down. I knew it was insanity, and I was never going to find fulfillment, but I didn't know what else to look for.

I'm not afraid of people; I'm afraid of not doing what God created me to do.

History doesn't give credence for resorting to violence to have your voice heard.

In order to cry out for my black brothers, I had to hate the police.

I'm always going to be a student. I'm always learning. I'm always trying to grow. I'm always trying to understand. I never want to feel like I've arrived.

If I'm wrong about God then I wasted my life. If you're wrong about God then you wasted your eternity.

Life is like a dice, so watch the ones you're rolling with.

I've always been the type of person - you know, I kind of am extreme. So you know, I'm not like, 'Oh, let me get one tattoo.' It's, like, my old whole arm has to be covered.

Life is like an elevator, a lot of ups and downs. People pushing your buttons and getting jerked around.

Even in our best shape we are a brittle piece of mortality. Your life is a breath, don't waste it.

Lack of prayer says you've brought into the lie that life is manageable and you've got everything under control

Nobody would deny that if someone was a billionaire in 1962, his billions are going to affect all of his descendants. The reverse is also true. The lack of education, material, and finances for a slave are going to affect the descendants of that individual as well.

A girl invited me to come out to a Bible study, and I said, 'Why not? I don't have anything to lose.' I went, and to my surprise, I saw people that loved God, but they were not square or rigid. They were just people like me.

My stepdad didn't have a father growing up, so he didn't know how to have a father-son style conversation. Plus, we had a tense relationship in which he never really offered me advice.

Success isn't what you've done compared to others. Success is what you've done compared to what you were made to do.

I think success is being exactly who God called us to be and fighting to your death to live that out.

My mom was big on education, big on reading, so she was always pushing books on me: 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X,' like, 'Read these books.' And it was like, man, I'm learning stuff that I just can't get anywhere else.