Let me tell you something you already know... the world isn't all sunshine and rainbows. Its a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently... if you let it. Nobody is going to hit as hard as life, but it isn't about how hard you are hit... its about how hard you can GET hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward.That's how winning is done.
Pain is temporary. It may last for a minute, for an hour, for a day, or even a year... but eventually, it will subside... and something else will take its place. If I quit, however,... it will last forever.
The margin for error is so small... I mean... one half a step too late or too early - you don't make it, one half a second too slow or too fast - you don't quite catch it, the inches we need are EVERYWHERE around us... they're in every break of the game, every minute, every second.
You have a dream... you have to protect it.
If you want something... go get it. Period.
Don't be afraid to fail. You can't always win, but don't be afraid to make decisions.
You have to believe that something different can happen. He who says he can, and he who says he can't, are both usually right.
Most of you say you want to be successful... but you don't want it bad enough, you just kind of want it. You don't want it more than you want to party. You don't want it as much as you want to be cool. Most of you don't want success as much as you want to sleep.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is your light, not your darkness, that most frightens you.
You have to dig deep down and ask yourself... "who do I want to be?" Figuring out for yourselves - what makes you happy... No matter how crazy it may sound to other people.
Make a choice. Just decide... what its going to be, who you're going to be, how you're going to do it. Just Decide.
Get up. Don't ever give up.
You can stay here, get the crap kicked out of you.... or .... you can fight your way back into the light... you can climb out of hell... one inch at a time.
To be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what you are... for what you will become.
Most of you won't be successful... because when you are studying... and you get tired... you quit. "I don't do well in math." YOU'RE RIGHT!!! YOU HAVE NEVER STUDIED! "I'm not good at writing."... because you have never written before! Talent comes naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.
If you are not making someone else's life better... then you're wasting your time.
Don't cry to give up, cry to keep going. Don't cry to quit! You're already in pain... you're already hurt... GET A REWARD FOR IT!
So if you know what you're worth... go and get what you're worth... but you have to take the hits. And don't point the finger and say that you aren't where you want to be because of him... because of her... or anybody. Cowards do that, and that isn't you! YOU'RE BETTER THAN THAT!
Every day is a new day. Every moment is a new moment. So, now you have to go out there and show them that you're a different creature.
Show them how great you are!
It is written, "The kingdom of God is within man." Not one man, nor a group of men... but in ALL MEN! Its in you! The people have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness. You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful... to make this life a wonderful adventure.
Now... what are you going to do?!?!?!
Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.
(Citation: Nike, Luke 17 (The Bible), Marianne Williamson)
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