Shaun King Quotes

Now I have the bravery to do fine things.

We've all said, 'No, no, I couldn't do that... ' But actually, you could if you just went, 'You know what? I will... and I shall.' Once you realise that, it's quite wonderful.

The theme that runs through my movies is the fact that we create barriers for ourselves....because we say, Well, I can't do that. But in the end, you can't do it unless you can imagine yourself succeeding at it.

If you don't try, if you don't do something for yourself, you won't get anywhere.

The first step is you have to say that you can.

You can do anything you want to do.

I feel liberated, empowered, inspired and motivated. Fear holds you back from achieving what you want in life.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

I used all that doubt as fuel for my own music, fuel for my drive to succeed.

It's a good thing to imagine yourself doing something you think you can't. I do that every day because, basically, if I had it my way, I'd just stay home and think about what I'm having for supper.

That's my mission: I really want to get in the heads and hearts of kids and persuade them that they can believe things they haven't seen, they can do things that maybe others haven't done before them, that they are more than their worst acts.

We do the impossible when we tell ourselves we can.

'Postcards' was just a way of slapping myself in the face and saying, 'You can do anything! Just go for it!'

I truly believe there is this confidence gap, at least for me. You have to 'manipulate' yourself to get over it, and I do think it has something to do with being a female. If you live in fear or doubt and have that confidence gap, you are simply not going to achieve your full potential and what you know you can achieve.

I live for inspiring people to do things they think they can't. My goal is to completely eliminate the word 'can't' from the equation.

A lot of times, we are trapped by our own false sense of security. You can do whatever it is you put your mind to. Your goal is to find your purpose.

I learned you don't put limitations on yourself.

The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.

Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.

Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.

Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today.

Oftentimes, people stay where they are in life simply because of fear. But do you know that fear isn't reality? It's only a thought in your mind.