all minds discuss other people good minds discuss events great minds discuss ideas
put god first put god first in everything you do everything that you think you see in me
everything that i've accomplished everything that you think i have and i have a few things
everything that i have is by the grace of god understand that it's a gift
don't be afraid to fail there's an old iq test was nine dots and you had to draw five
lines with a pencil within these nine dots without lifting the pencil the only way
to do it was to go outside the box so don't be afraid to go outside the box
don't be afraid to think outside the box don't be afraid to fail big to dream big
but remember dreams without goals are just dreams and they ultimately fuel disappointment
so have dreams but have goals life goals yearly goals monthly goals daily goals
i try to give myself a goal every day simple goals but have goals
and understand that to achieve these goals you must apply discipline and consistency in order
to achieve your goals you must apply discipline which you've already done and consistency
every day not just on tuesday and miss a few days you have to work at it every day you have to plan
every day you've heard the saying we don't plan to fail we fail to plan hard work works
working really hard is what successful people do remember that just because you're doing a lot more
doesn't mean you're getting a lot more done don't confuse movement
with progress i found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks
nothing nelson mandela said there is no passion to be found playing small
and settling for a life that's less than the one you're capable of living
reggie jackson struck out 2600 times in his career the most in the history of baseball but you don't
hear about the strikeouts people remember the home runs call forward thomas edison conducted 1 000
failed experiments did you know that i didn't know that because the one thousand and first
was the light bulb every failed experiment is one step closer to success you've got to take risks
you will fail at some point in your life accept it you will lose you will embarrass yourself
you will suck at something there's no doubt about it if you don't fail you're not even trying
i'll say it again if you don't fail you're not even trying my wife told me this great expression
to get something you never had you have to do something
you never did remember this fall forward the most selfish thing you can do in this world
is help someone else why is it selfish because the gratification the goodness that comes to
you the good feeling the good feeling that i get from helping others nothing's better than that
well one or two things but nothing's better than that not not jewelry not big house i have not the
cars but the it's the joy that's where the joy is in helping others that's where the success is
say thank you in advance for what's already yours it's how i live my life that's why i why i am one
of the reasons why i am today say thank you in advance for what is already yours true desire
in the heart for anything good is god's proof to you sent beforehand
to indicate that it's yours already true desire in the heart that itch that you have whatever it is
you want to do that thing that you want to do to help others and to to grow and to make money that
desire that it's that's god's proof to you sent beforehand already to indicate that it's yours
and anything you want good you can have so claim it
work hard to get it when you get it reach back pull someone else up each one teach
one les brown's a motivational speaker he made an analogy about this he says imagine you're on your
deathbed and standing around your deathbed are the ghosts representing your unfulfilled potential
the ghost of the ideas you never acted on the ghost of the talents you didn't use and they're
standing around your bed angry disappointed and upset they say we came to you because you could
have brought us to life they say and now we have to go to the grave together so i ask you today
how many ghosts are going to be around your bed when your time comes and let me tell you
the world needs your talents man does it ever the middle east needs your help japan needs your help
alabama needs your help tennessee needs your help louisiana needs your help philadelphia
needs your help the world needs a lot and we need it from you we really do we need it from you young
people i mean i'm not speaking to the rest of us up here but i know i'm getting a little grayer
we need it from you the young people because remember this so you got to get out there
you got to give it everything you got whether it's your time your your your talent your prayers
or your treasures so the question is what are you going to do with what you have i'm
not talking about how much you have some of you are business majors some of you are theologians
nurses sociologists some of you have money some of you have patience some of you have kindness some
of you have loved some of you have the gift of long-suffering whatever it is whatever your gift
is what are you going to do with what you have i was helping my mother in her beauty shop my mother
owned a beauty shop up in mount vernon and there's there was this older woman who was considered one
of the elders in the town and i didn't know her personally but i i was looking in the mirror and
every time i looked through the mirror i could see her behind me and she was staring at me she
just kept looking at every time i looked at her she kept giving me these strange looks
so she finally took the dryer off her head and said some she said something i'll never forget
first of all she said somebody give me a piece of paper give me a piece of paper
she said young boy i have a prophecy a spiritual prophecy
she said you are going to travel the world and speak to millions of people now mind you i'm 20
years old i'm flunked out of school in fact like a wise ass i'm thinking to myself maybe she's got
something in that crystal ball about me getting back into school next fall and in the years
that follow just as that woman prophesies i have traveled the world and i have spoken to millions
of people through my movies don't just aspire to make a living aspire to make a difference
you