David Kirkwood Quotes

'Revelations' is one of the most important pieces to the African American arts. It assesses the hope and despair of a people and overcoming the struggle with our faith.

Sometimes you have to go through the wilderness before you get to the Promised Land.

On paper, my history says that my future was not very promising. But through grace, I have the opportunity to prove that where you start is not where you have to end up.

Filipinos don't realize that victory is the child of struggle, that joy blossoms from suffering, and redemption is a product of sacrifice.

I have been drawn to stories that are attempting to turn suffering into beauty.

For people who have been ostracized, who have been all the way at the bottom, there's only one way that we can go - and that's up.

God doesn't put anyone someplace permanently. I am a living testimony to that.

Being that beacon of hope; not just people in Ghana, but any kind of people that have gone through the struggle, I take a lot of light of being that beacon of hope and inspiration for anybody that wants to achieve anything.

I don't know if God is a sports fan or not, but I do know this: He loves a good comeback.

I get a lot from people who are in oppressed situations and say they were gonna give up. A lot of people have reached out and said they were in bad situations and really need me to be successful.

God grows fragrant flowers of hope in the ashes of loss.

Every person, young and old, has had his own personal experience with falling. Falling is what we mortals do. But as long as we are willing to rise up again and continue on the path toward the spiritual goals God has given us, we can learn something from failure and become better and happier as a result. My dear friends, no matter how many times you have slipped or fallen, rise up! Your destiny is a glorious one! Stand tall and walk in the light of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ! You are stronger than you realize. You are more capable than you can imagine. You can do it now!

The Bible teaches that there are no lost causes. No permanent pit-dwellers except those who refuse to leave.

However dark the night, however dim our hopes, the light will always follow darkness.

There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.

If my life were a song the title would be 'The Comeback Kid.'

My tag line for 'Silver Linings' is this: It's about a man who thinks his life is a movie produced by God.

I really struggle with that feeling of helplessness. That's why I really try to get my blogs, and even myself, to point to the positive and look at all the inspiring things that are happening.

There will be days when you feel defeated, exhausted, and plain old beat-up by life's whiplash. People you love will disappoint you - and you will disappoint them. You'll probably struggle with some kind of mortal appetite. Some days it will feel as though the veil between Heaven and Earth is made of reinforced concrete.

My own belief is that people can come back from anything. It doesn't mean that it won't come at a huge cost.

Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the world.

The Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel like rejects. They were rejects and they feel - they can tell you how baseball screwed up.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.

I don't believe the world's a particularly beautiful place, but I do believe in redemption.