Josie Totah Quotes

I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

There was times when I was bullied about dancing and stuff. But you couldn't hit me hard enough to stop me from doing it.

If people ridicule you, look them in the eye and say, 'Yeah, I may have failed, but at least I tried,' and get on with it.

I learned that you should never be afraid to speak your mind especially when you know it's right.

I doubt myself a lot but go forward at full throttle anyway.

I'm not afraid to take a step and if I fall, I fall. I pick myself up and move on. If we can all learn one thing in life, it's don't be afraid to take on something that you believe you're capable of achieving.

There are too many false things in the world, and I don't want to be a part of them. If you say what you think, you're called cocky or conceited. But if you have an objective in life, you shouldn't be afraid to stand up and say it. In the second grade, they asked us what we wanted to be. I said I wanted to be a ball player and they laughed. In the eighth grade, they asked the same question, and I said a ball player and they laughed a little more. By the eleventh grade, no one was laughing.

I'ma do my thing until the day the reaper come for me. You can keep on grillin', I'ma smile back.

I think that hope is the act of continuing in the face of the truth.

You can't let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail, but guess what: You get up and try again. Feel that pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving.

Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I'll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.

Just keep on going and keep believing in your own original vision, no matter what odds you have to overcome. And especially don't be stopped by your own fears.

Being a leader for me is about having the courage to speak the truth, and live the truth, despite attempts to silence our thoughts, feelings, and past experiences.

Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in.

If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.

I've been booed on stages. I'm a little bit tougher than to walk off a stage because someone says something ugly.

I've been very much intrigued by and impressed with women. But I've never been intimidated. Even if I make a fool of myself, it's better to have tried.

Just go out there and do it. It's not the easiest path.

I know people who are twice as creative as I am, twice as smart, but they didn't do anything because they feared going into a room and opening their mouths. My parents told me to truly accomplish things in my life, there would be times I would have to stand alone. It may be scary, but that's what it requires.

I'm strong and opinionated. Those qualities brought me a lot of problems since I was a little girl in school, saying 'I don't agree' and fighting with the children. It's part of my curiosity for life.

When you tell your truth, you are coming from a real place, so you are automatically a leader.