I tell people, if you're thinking about suicide, all that stuff I've attempted and thought about it. If you think about it, life gets better. The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.
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Keep your dreams ALIVE. No matter how hard it gets, no matter how many people talk about you; they're going to throw dirt on you but that's alright, when they put you in that box (after your dead), they're going to put dirt on you some more, so that's okay - GO, don't be afraid, have NO FEAR.
Interpretation
Stay determined to pursue your dreams despite challenges and negativity from others.
This quote emphasizes the importance of perseverance and resilience in the face of adversity. It suggests that no matter the difficulties or criticism one might encounter while chasing their dreams, it is essential to keep going without fear, as external opinions and challenges are insignificant compared to the journey and fulfillment of living authentically and fully.
In practice
In a motivational speech to encourage students to pursue their passions.
I tell people, if you're thinking about suicide, all that stuff I've attempted and thought about it. If you think about it, life gets better. The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.
I think there's something that happens at 40 where you settle into your own skin and you stop caring what people think - you realize life is a gift from God and you want to live it to the fullest.
My mother was truly my saving grace, because she would take me to church with her. I would see my mother smiling in the choir, and I wanted to know this God that made her so happy. If I had not had that faith in my life, I don't know where I would be right now.
I remember being a kid and praying in the hell of my house to have somebody love me and somebody that I could love.
You close the door on me and tell me I can't, I'm gonna find a way to get in.
If you look at 'The Have and the Have Nots,' I didn't want to write a show where everyone is great and wonderful and perfect. I wanted to write it so that you're not really sure who the haves are. You look at Hanna, and you see that she doesn't have much, but she has great faith.
But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes the world is wonderful and the pessimist believes it's beset by challenges; the difference is the pessimist believes we will be defeated by them; the optimist thinks the challenges can be overcome.
If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.
Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.
Do everything you're told. Be a good cheerleader. And never, never say, 'It's not so bad.' Say 'You are almost there!' And say it a lot.
The day is always his, who works in it with serenity and great aims.
A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating.
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