Quotes from Darryl McDaniels

Men are taught to offer help, but too often we don't know how to receive it, not even from the most natural places.

The unnecessary burden of living a life of trying to please others, which is essentially impossible, nearly killed me.

If you draw, if you dance, if you like poetry, if you like spoken word, whatever, if you like polka dots—use who you are, who you really are, as a positive. That's your superpower.

I've learned that my value isn't in how many records I've sold or how many concert arenas I've filled or how many awards I've won. We can't define ourselves simply by how much money we've made or how well we've done on the job or in school. I realize now that my value is in my ideas, my willingness to share in order to help others, my ever-growing desire to stand firm on an issue and not back down.

Loving yourself means realizing you're greater than the title on your business card or the grades on a school progress report. Whatever you think your purpose is in life now, know that it isn't necessarily your destiny, and destiny isn't purpose.