94 Motivational Drake Quotes About Success, Love & Life

Known for his addicting beats and chart-topping albums — Drake is a name that needs no introduction. The 35-year-old singer represents the musical style of an entire generation and has billions of Spotify and Apple Music streams worldwide.

Not only is he regularly credited for making hip-hop and R&B popular, but the singer has also seen a huge amount of success in business ventures. His rise to fame and journey to multi-millionaire status has given us tons of motivational quotes from Drake about life, love, and success.

Here is a collection of some of the best Drake quotes and sayings:

Motivational Drake Quotes

1.) “Haters will broadcast your failures, but whisper your success.” — Drake

2.) “Count your blessings, not problems.” — Drake

3.) “Life can always change, you have to adjust.” — Drake

4.) “Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart.” — Drake

5.) “Haters are just confused admirers.” — Drake

6.) “Know life is just a game in which the cards are facing down. I’m in the world where things are taken, never given how long they choose to love you will never be your decision.” — Drake

7.) “People will wish you all the success in the world and then hate you when you get it.” — Drake

8.) “I always want the truth, but it’s dangerous.” — Drake

9.) “Smile and let everyone know that today, you’re a lot stronger than you were yesterday.” — Drake

10.) “It’s never too late to realize what you want in your life and it’s never wrong to fight for it.” — Drake

11.) “Everybody has an addiction, mine happens to be success.”Drake

12.) “Everybody has an addiction, mine happens to be success.” — Drake

13.) “Make the most out of tonight, and worry about it all tomorrow.” — Drake

14.) “Always felt like my vision been bigger than the bigger picture.” — Drake

15.) “Strength isn’t always shown in what you can hold on to, sometimes it’s shown in what you can let go of.” — Drake

16.) “When it comes to knowing what to say, to charm, I always had it.” — Drake

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17.) “They ain’t make me what I am, they just found me like this.” — Drake 

18.) “Everyone who doubted me is asking for forgiveness… if you ain’t been a part of it, at least you got to witness.” — Drake

19.) “We coulda worked it out but I guess things change… It’s funny how someone else’s success brings pain.” — Drake

20.) “If I ever loved I’ll always love you that’s how I was raised.” — Drake

21.) “Careful what you wish for, you just might get it all.”Drake

22.) “I swear this life is like the sweetest thing I’ve ever known.”  — Drake

23.) “I need someone that’ll help me think of someone besides myself.” — Drake

24.) “I realise I waited too long, but please don’t…” …move on, you don’t need no one else.” — Drake

25.) “You love me and I love you… your head hurts and mine does too. And it’s just words and they cut deep but it’s our world, it’s just us two.” — Drake

26.) “The greatest advice that Wayne ever gave me, is actually a constant reminder, and he said ‘Just be yourself. Just please be yourself. Don’t go and get tattoos. You don’t have to dress any different.’” — Drake

27.) “Sweat pants, hair tied, chilling with no make up on.. that’s when you’re the prettiest, I hope that you don’t take it wrong.” — Drake

28.) “I like it when money makes a difference but don’t make you different.”Drake

29.) “You’re still the one that I adore, ain’t much out there to have feelings for.” — Drake

30.) “The moment I stop having fun with it, I’ll be done with it.” — Drake 

31.) “If you think I’mma quit before I die dream on.” — Drake

32.) “Tables turn, bridges burn, you live and learn.” — Drake

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Drake Quotes on Love

33.) “I know they say the first love is the sweetest, but that first cut is the deepest.” — Drake

34.) “Wish you would learn to love people and use things, and not the other way around.” — Drake

35.) “All so convinced that you’re following your heart, cause your mind don’t control what it does sometimes.” — Drake

36.) “Boys will break your heart. Real men will pick up the pieces.”Drake

37.) “I don’t have relationships. I don’t have a family. I work. And at this point in my life I’m happy with that. In 10 years, who knows, we might be having a different conversation.” — Drake

38.) “Patience is key for getting over a breakup. That, and trailing off your interaction after the breakup.” — Drake

39.) “You can always tell how much you love someone by how much they can hurt you.” — Drake

40.) “The girl that I want to save is like a danger to my health. Try being with somebody that want to be somebody else.” — Drake

41.) “Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.” — Drake

42.) “I learned working with the negatives could make for better pictures.” — Drake

43.) “All in all I learned a lesson from it though, you never see it coming you just get to see it go.” — Drake

45.) “Pain makes you stronger. Fear makes you braver. Heartbreak makes you wiser.”Drake

46.) “Just as I predicted, here we go again. They always say the hottest love has the coldest end.” — Drake

47.) “I used to think you took my breath away, then I realized I was suffocated by your bullshit.” — Drake

48.) “Live for today, plan for tomorrow, party tonight.” — Drake

49.) “A girl should have two things: a smile, and a guy who inspires it.” — Drake

50.) “Judge me, and you’ll have no time left to love me.” — Drake

51.) “Mind in one place, heart in another.” — Drake

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Drake Quotes on Life

52.) “The good ones go, if you wait too long.” — Drake

53.) “My mother made me truly appreciate women.” — Drake

54.) “Everybody dies but not everybody lives.” — Drake

55.) “People like to build their own story about my life. I don’t know if it makes them feel better, or if it makes it okay for them not to like me. But the last thing I grew up as was rich.” — Drake

56.) “I’m trying to do better than good enough.” — Drake

57.) “Sometimes I wake up and I wonder if this is the right stuff for me to be doing, but then I take a long flight and end up in a place like London and I realize I don’t give a … about what anybody has to say about me.” — Drake

58.) “I think I’m addicted to success. I’ve already sacrificed so much of my time that I have to push it as far as I possibly can because I’ve ten up a lot of years.” — Drake

59.) “I’m always going to work like I have something to prove.” — Drake

60.) “When life comes at you from all angles and sides, it really boils down to how you plan to survive.” — Drake

61.) “I live for the nights that I can’t remember, with the people that I won’t forget.” — Drake

62.) “Trying to meet new women, it’s always a little more difficult as opposed to calling somebody I knew that’s single and trying to rebuild that connection.” — Drake

63.) “Live without pretending, Love without depending, Listen without defending, Speak without offending.” — Drake

64.) “It was my father who told me that there is no rapper who is singing and rapping. He told me that in order to be successful you’re going to have to do something different than what everyone else is doing.” — Drake

65.) “It’s funny when you coming in first but you hope that you’re last, you just hope that it lasts.” — Drake

66.) “The game ain’t always fair and that’s the thing though. You can play your heart out, everybody don’t get a ring though.” — Drake

67.) “Cause myself just told myself, “You the motherfuckin’ man, you don’t need no help.” — Drake

68.) “Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.”Drake

69.) “I wasn’t hiding my kid from the world, I was hiding the world from my kid. From empty souls who just wake up and look to debate. Until you staring at your seed, you can never relate.” — Drake

70.) “When all is said and done, more is always said than done.” — Drake

71.) “Life is too short, I got to get it before they blow the whistle.” — Drake 

72.) “I don’t want to be number 2. I think that would be a weird thing to say. I want to make this city proud. That’s the main reason for me.” — Drake

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73.) “When you look ahead and darkness is all you see, faith and determination will pull you through.” — Drake

74.) “A goal is just a dream with a deadline.” — Drake

75.) “I was born to make mistakes, not to fake perfection.” — Drake

76.) “No matter how dirty your past is, your future is spotless.” — Drake

77.) “Never pay attention to the rumors and what they assume.” — Drake

78.) “Always smile more than you cry, give more than you take, love more than you hate.”Drake

79.) “Nobody understood what it was like to be black and Jewish… being different from everyone else just made me a lot stronger.” — Drake

80.) “I sit and eat with some of the hardest working people in the business. And I observe and I try to apply it to my own craft.” — Drake

81.) “The ideal girl is driven, working on something other than modeling or being a singer.” — Drake

82.) “Before you give up, think of the reason you held on so long.” — Drake

83.) “I push myself in a lot of aspects.” — Drake

84.) “When writing the story of your life, don’t let anyone else hold the pen.” — Drake

85.) “They say take the good with the bad, I’ll take it without.” — Drake

86.) “My life is mine to remember.” — Drake

87.) “I’m dying to be a great dad one day, whenever that day comes.” — Drake

88.) “Accept yourself. You don’t have to prove shit to no one except yourself.” — Drake

89.) “I’m not confrontational, but if someone challenges, I’m not going to back down.” — Drake

90.) “You said I love you, and I said it too. The only difference is I didn’t lie to you.” — Drake

91.) “You know life is what we make it, and a chance is like a picture, it’d be nice if you just take it.” — Drake

92.) “Insecurity is an ugly thing. It makes you hate people you don’t even know”Drake

93.) “To be human is to be broken and broken is its own kind of beautiful.” — Drake

94.) “Aubrey Drake Graham is a man that is constantly learning about himself, and is sharing his learning process with the world.” — Drake

Final Thoughts

Drake is already on his way to becoming one of the greatest rappers of all time. His quotes on people, business, life, and relationships serve as valuable lessons for anyone trying to achieve greatness.

Drake has also seen his share of bad relationships and friendships turned sour. His experience in these scenarios can also help us navigate through social circles, and provide us ways to strengthen ties with our loved ones.

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Asad Elahi

Asad Elahi is a personal finance expert and author with over 5 years of experience in the industry. He has written extensively on topics such as saving, investing, and building wealth, focusing on helping individuals achieve financial independence. His work has been featured in major publications such as Forbes and The Wall Street Journal, and he is a regular contributor to financial websites and blogs.