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643 Speaker Quotes

I went through pain as a child so my children wouldn't have to.

Child Children Pain Through
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I have one of those old-fashioned mothers who told me every single day, 'Son, you can do or be anything that you want to do or be.' And I believed it. I bought into it 100%.

Anything Believed Bought Day
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I've said that if you're not doing something that you're passionate about, you're compromising yourself every single day.

About Compromising Day Doing
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So many men have holes in their souls the shape of their fathers. You can pass that on to your kid, or you can do something about it, and I'm seeing a lot of men doing something about it.

About Doing Fathers Holes
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I had never gone to college. I was not from a politically connected family. I had no money of my own. Who is going to do business with you?

Business College Connected Family
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I'm encouraged by what I see of men trying to be there for their children.

Children Encouraged I See Men
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Probably the hardest question I get asked is, 'How do I choose between passion and practicality?' I can't answer that. I had to do both. I was passionate about pursuing a career in financial services. But I was also passionate about feeding my child.

Between Both Career Child
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Baby steps count, too, as long as you're moving forward.

Baby Count Forward Long
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When you're doing something you're truly passionate about, there is no plan B.

About Doing Passionate Plan
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I cut grass, I did yard work, I did roofing, I cleaned basements to take care of my family.

Care Cleaned Cut Did
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I hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son.

Commitment Dearer Else Hold
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I didn't grow up in a household where dinner conversation was, 'How did the market do today?'

Conversation Did Dinner Grow
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Everything that I learned in the Navy, I took it with me into the next phase of my life.

Everything Learned Life Me
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No matter what you accomplish, when you're doing something you're truly passionate about... the opportunities are always going to be bigger.

About Accomplish Always Bigger
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My first ambition in life, I made up my mind I was going to become Miles Davis. I studied music, music theory. I played trumpet for nine years. One day, my mother explained, 'You can't be Miles Davis. There's one, and he's got that job.'

Ambition Become Davis Day
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The hardest thing that I had to do every day as a working single parent was child care, to have to leave my child with people that I did not know and hope everything was OK, that was the most painful part of every day.

Care Child Child Care Day
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Many have forged a path to greatness lit only by a vision in their minds.

Forged Greatness Lit Many
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What can we be in life? Few figures in history have answered this question with as much clarity and moral authority as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Answered Authority Clarity Dr
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Fortunately, our digital age has created some wonderful tools for finding employers and showing your strengths. But when it comes to discovering or keeping a job, nothing beats good old-fashioned face time and up-to-date skills.

Age Beats Created Digital
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Remember: If you don't schmooze, you lose. Used wisely, a bit of chitchat helps create a personal connection with your boss and colleagues.

Bit Boss Colleagues Connection
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In order for you to find a job, people need to know you're looking

Find Job Know Looking
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If you're lucky enough to have a permanent position, don't feel entitled. Companies value longtime employees' institutional memory, but to be irreplaceable, you must stay invested. Take the initiative and assume new responsibilities.

Assume Companies Employees Enough
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Most of us have heard the saying, 'Cleanliness is next to godliness.' That's a sentiment I value, but another virtue has inspired me to revise that saying. As far as I'm concerned, what's next to godliness is resourcefulness.

Another As Far As Cleanliness Concerned
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My mom had to be resourceful. She grew up dirt poor in rural Louisiana.

Dirt Grew Had Louisiana
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Your skills may not be anything out of the ordinary, but you can do miraculous things with what you've got. Maybe it's your parenting skills, or your compassion. It may be your curiosity, your imagination or unique style of fashion. Even if it seems to be no big deal, the lesson here is we all have unique abilities and talents.

Ability Anything Big Big Deal
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If you're having a hard time recognizing your gifts, look to someone else you know who's been resourceful. You may be surprised by how your own strengths rise to the surface by watching someone else.

Been Else Gifts Hard
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When someone says, 'You can't,' what it really means is that they can't - so why should you get to?

Get Means Really Says
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As long as you have a plan for how you'll live, don't let jealous people turn their insecurities into yours.

How Insecurities Jealous Live
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We can all learn something from people we admire.

Admire Learn People Something
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Just remember, you're never too old to have a hero.

Hero Just Never Old
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We can all look to our friends, family, and those we admire for inspiration.

Admire Family Friends Inspiration
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Don't wait for the perfect time to start making changes to your life; the time is now.

Changes Life Making Now
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You can blame outside factors or make excuses about why things didn't work out, but that doesn't change anything.

About Anything Blame Change
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Nine times out of 10, extenuating circumstances aside, I believe that people are where they are by some kind of choice on their part. You need to acknowledge that, 'Hey, I'm here because I steered my horse in this direction.'

Acknowledge Aside Because Believe
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People can follow God and still be ignorant. The search for knowledge is your responsibility.

Ignorant God Knowledge Search
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If you don't want the gbos, don't serve the gbas.

Serve You Gbos Gbas
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I told you, werey na time and chance. Say person calm no mean say he no get madness for body.

Person Madness Time Body
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How you package your life is how people will see and take you.

You Package Life People
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Purge yourself of hate. I'm not just a journalist but an African Leader. If that gets you angry, live with that FACT!

Hate African Angry Journalist
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Even in Europe and the US, you encounter dead spots!

Europe US Dead Spots
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Everyone knows what to do until they get a chance to do it.

Chance Everyone Do it
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No matter how long you’ve been married, whenever you want to go down with your wife, avoid going straight to slot in.

No matter Married Wife Straight
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Avoid telling your woman she has gained weight.

Avoid Weight Your woman
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Passion is like energy, you can convert it from anger or hate to love. Anyone that can be mad at you can be in love with you! Convert the energy.

Energy Passion Convert Anger
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If you’ve never bought flowers for your babe, you are failing.
Never Flowers Babe Failing
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I am not a Nigerian Youth Leader. I am not an activist. I am nothing you want me to be. I am at best like you, a Nigerian citizen

Youth Leader Activist Nigerian
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Few people want to help you earn money but most people don’t mind joining you in spending it.

Money Most people Mind Spending
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“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.”

Practice Once Good Makes
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“We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.”

Example Dry Experience Limit
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“The only true way to listen is with your ears and your heart.”

True Listen Ears Heart
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