Johnnie Dent Jr. Quotes

people are intimidated by people they cannot imitate.
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Do not waste time attempting to make sense out of nonsense.
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Denial exists when three beliefs intersect:1. It cannot happen. 2. It cannot happen to you.3. It cannot happen to you now.
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Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different.
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A strange fact of life is that usually people who are counted out somehow transform into the action figures doing the toughest of times that people can count on.
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A dreamer must be discovered working or working on it or it is reduced to a wish.
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You are the posterity of your family. You are either continuing the progression or regression of your ancestors.
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Old Glory in her majesty has so many promises in her wave that we have no choice but to keeping pledging and waving right back!
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Any place you compromise in principle you will execute in performance.
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Relationship math suggests that It is rare for two people to enter marriage and one person is to blame for everything that goes wrong
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Neither gold nor diamonds mine themselves.
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Financial illiteracy is like being in a rain storm and trying to jump in between the raindrops... eventually it all catches you at the same time.
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it is sad to fill a grave with a person full of potential yet completely emptied of anymore possibility to try it once again.
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Adversity will always show up but it doesn't always have to come up.
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You cannot want more for people than they want for themselves.
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low income does not mean low expectations
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Stay up... 'till you come up... when you come up stay up!
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Success in America comes in over a million flavors... all you have you have to do is try one.
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There is no such thing as S CCESS without U in it!
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It's a date, not a duty
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Everything that is online is not necessarily in line.
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If your faith doesn't remove the mountain... Get to climbing.
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The idea of a vision is revolutionary and ground breaking but achieving it may be back breaking.
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The rewards of tomorrow are safely hidden in the belief of never quitting and not giving up on yourself today
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The most difficult adversary I have ever faced happens to look just like me.
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The real church is comprised of a long list of "formers" who collectively work together for world reform.
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Never be afraid to offer a smile; sure the risk is that a few foolish people may misinterpret your kindness as weakness, but the reward in their error be that at least they cannot blame you because you did show your teeth.
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authoring a book is the sound of your voice around the world
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If you focus on all that you could have been it will never be... but if you focus on who you are and what's ahead you will always become.
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When you don't fit in, be sure to stand out.
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When you are not accepted, dare to be exceptional.
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Crime and punishment can be summed up in two classifications: there are bad people and there are people who get into bad situations. The lines for liberation and rehabilitation should first begin with the people who get into bad situations.
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Be as advertised.
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You are too important to the bigger picture to just fall off the canvas.
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A hater is a person with a complete understanding of your destiny but assigns him or her self as a representative to work tirelessly on your misery.
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There is the truth , the perception of truth, and versions that don't even come close; but it's the perception that creates the most conflict every time.
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The Swimmer's Advantage:1)Your goal is measured first by seeing; The distance is accomplished by the strategy of believing that the same set of repetitious acts will get you there.2)Even when the elements around you are overwhelming, have the confidence to keep your head above the water. 3) Though at times you may not even see it, faith is knowing that the shore is always straight ahead. 4) By consistently reaching out over and over, you are bound to be rewarded by touching something worth more than when you started.
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On the road to nowhere there are many people who lack the vision to get you anywhere.
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Do not just believe in God and neglect the fact that He has an unprecedented belief in you.
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My personal definition of confidence is to keep believing that the stars in the solar system are actually watching and applauding you.
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To many people fall short of their goals because they mistakenly believe that losing is just another comfortable place to sit.
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God is the best makeup Artist I have ever seen however, you may get an honorable mention for sprucing.
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Live through it or grow from it.
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Think out of the box but stay in the yard.
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The nails did not kill Him... It was the needs that did.
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Success is personal ownership of the dream, and responsibility for its desired outcome.
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Whoever is present in your spring would more than likely have respected your winter.
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The power of belief is that is should change lives not create chains.
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Never be afraid to offer a smile; sure the risk is that a few foolish people may misinterpret your kindness as weakness, but the sweet reward is that as you make new friends and encourage others, the foolish will learn the error of their ways because you did at least show them your teeth.
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The Swimmer's Advantage:1)The goal is measured first by seeing; The distance is accomplished by the strategy of believing that the same set of repetitious acts will get them there.2)Even when the elements around you are overwhelming, have the confidence to keep your head the above water. 3) Though at times you may not even see it, faith is knowing that the shore is always straight ahead. 4) By consistently reaching out over and over, you are bound to be rewarded by touching something worth more than when you started.
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By the time others begin to make moves, you should be mastering maneuvers
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God will not allow you to add the words "next time" to now faith.
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The three-part whats to winning: 1. What you have. 2. What you need.3. What you believe.
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Always plan no matter how improbable it seems. . The bill for hindsight is much more expensive than the reciept for foresight.
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Doing things the right way now is the cost of your future.
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Be you. It's life's best offer to others.
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The reward is in the middle of hard work for a reason.
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It is impossible to make time but you can always make a commitment.
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confident: have no fans... only flames.
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When you cannot find a pill for it, try taking a full dosage of responsibility
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