STICK WITH GOD | Denzel Washington Inspirational & Motivational Speech
I’m up here to say thank you to God for giving me this ability
for blessing me
For shaping me for chastising me
for teaching me for punishing me
for allowing me to be a vessel
and touch
people around the world, so
Keep working keep striving never give up fall down seven times. Get up eight
Without commitment
You’ll never start but more importantly without consistency
You’ll never finish
True desire in the heart
For anything good
Is God’s proof to you
Sent beforehand
To indicate that it’s yours
already that itch that you have to be whatever it is
you want to be that itch that desire for good is God’s proof to you sent already
To indicate that it’s yours. You already have it
Claim it
Understand this understand this also you have these dreams
dreams without goals
Remain dreams just dreams and ultimately fuel disappointment
dreams without goals
yearly goals
Life goals daily goals monthly goals hourly goals minute by minute goals dreams without goals are just dreams
And they ultimately fuel
disappointment
goals on the road to achievement
cannot be achieved without discipline
and consistency
You understand between goals
and achievement our discipline
and consistency
I pray that you all put your shoes way under the bed at night so that you got to get on your knees in the morning
thank God for grace
and mercy and understanding we all fall short of the glory
We all got plenty just if you just start thinking of all the things you got to say thank you for
that’s a day, so you have all been given these gifts
and we all have that unique gift
To go out and touch people to affect people
Understand that gift protect that gift
Appreciate that gift utilize that gift don’t abuse that gift
treasure it
You have it all you already have it and finally I’ll say this
You’ll never see a u-haul
behind a hearse
I’ll say it again. You’ll never see a u-haul behind a hearse
I’ve been blessed to make hundreds of millions of dollars in my life. I can’t take it with me and neither
can you so it’s not how much you have
It’s what you do
With what you have and we all have different gifts some money some love some patience some
the ability to touch people
But we all have it use it share it that’s what counts
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
I’m sure people have told you to make sure you have something to fall back on
But I never understood that concept
Having something to fall back on
If I’m going to fall, I don’t want to fall back on anything
Except my faith. I want to fall forward. This is what I mean
Reggie Jackson struck out 26 hundred times in his career the most in the history of baseball
But you don’t hear about the strikeouts people remember the home runs
Fall forward
Thomas Edison conducted 1,000 failed experiments. Did you know that I didn’t know that
Because the 1,000 and first was the light bulb
Fall forward
Every failed experiment is one step closer to success
you’ve got to take risks and I’m sure you’ve probably heard that before, but I want to talk to you about why that’s so important
First
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
Embrace it because it’s inevitable
And I should know
But here’s the thing
I didn’t quit
I didn’t fall back
I Prayed
I prayed and I prayed
But I continued to fail and fail and fail
But it didn’t matter because you know what there’s an old saying
You hang around the barbershop long enough sooner or later you’re gonna get a haircut
So you will catch a break and I did catch a break
Here’s my second point about failure 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
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 ghosts of the ideas you never acted on the ghosts 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
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. What are you going to do with what you have because the chances you take
The people you meet the people you love the faith that you have
That’s what’s going to define you
Never be discouraged
Never hold back
Give everything you’ve got
And when you fall throughout life remember this
Fall forward
Number one
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
I’ve been protected I’ve been directed I’ve been corrected
I’ve kept God in my life and has kept me humble
I didn’t always stick with him, but he always stuck with me
So stick with him in everything you do
If you think you want to do what you think I’ve done then do what I’ve done
and stick with God. Number two
Fail big
That’s right fail big
You only live once
So do what you feel passionate about take chances
Don’t be afraid to
Think outside the box. Don’t be afraid to fail big to dream big
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 don’t confuse
Movement
with progress
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
Don’t just aspire to make a living
Aspire to make a difference
