Pratique du Shadowing: Steve Harvey’s POWERFUL Advice: Believe in Your Journey | Steve Harvey Motivational Talks - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
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Don't get interested in my field.
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No really, get interested in your gift.
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It doesn't matter what somebody else does.
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To find your way in life is not an external search, it's an internal search.
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Because God equipped you the moment he gave birth to you.
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God equipped you at birth with what you needed.
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He gave all of you a gift gift all of you
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every last one of you you're gifted God never created a
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soul without giving them a gift all of you sitting in
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here were given a gift at birth he put it inside
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you you ain't got to look under the ocean it ain't
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on a mountain it ain't nothing no rocks he put it
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in you at birth he gave you a gift it is the thing
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that you do the absolute best with the least amount of
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effort that's your God-given gift that's the thing you should pursue
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the Scripture says your gift will make room for you and put you in the presence of important men.
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That's what your gift will do for you.
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Everything else you're doing has nothing to do with what God created you for.
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And if you're unhappy with your life, if you haven't figured your life out, if you're thinking there's more to your life than it is,
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it's because the only reason you have that question is because you're not living in your gift.
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Once you discover your gift, there lies your greatest chance for success.
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That's what God gave you, equipped you with.
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You just gotta quit looking at gifts as running, jumping, singing, and dancing.
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Babysitting is a gift.
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If you're a smart student, smart is a gift.
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If people come to your house in your kitchen to get their hair done instead of going to a salon, you do hair, that's your gift.
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If they can't have a bake sale without your pies and cakes, you bake pies and cakes better than everybody, then that's your gift.
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You bake pies and cakes.
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That's your gift.
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You don't have to think about it.
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That's what you do.
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Quit trying to do what somebody else is doing because that ain't your life.
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You don't even want to come the way I would.
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If you knew the path I took to get here, you would not.
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If I knew the path I was gonna have to take to get here, I would have changed my destiny a long time ago.
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Cause there's no way I would have wanted to have gone
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through what I went through to get to where I am today.
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That's why God don't reveal it to you.
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See, God never reveals the path to you.
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He shows you what it could look like, but he don't show you the route.
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Cause if he showed you the route, you'll turn around.
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Everybody would quit.
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If you knew what you had to go through to get to where he had for you to go, you would all quit.
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I would quit too.
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It's no way I would have had a stuttering problem.
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It's no way I would have lived in a car for three years.
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It's no way if I'd have knew that when I quit my job to do comedy, what was gonna happen to me, I would have never quit my job.
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But he don't show you that.
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He just let you have the dream.
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And if you're bold enough to chase the dream, he'll get you through the journey.
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You just can't quit in the middle of the journey Cause he know you chasing dreams.
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God didn't make your dream come true business.
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That's real talk.
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I kid you not.
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You looking at somebody living his dream cause God made it happen for him.
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That's real.
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I'm 20 years old.
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October 8th, 1985, Hilarity's Comedy Club.
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Walked in the comedy club, first time in my life.
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Won amateur night, $50.
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Drove 40 minutes home, cried all the way home.
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This girl I wrote with, she said, why you crying? crying and it ain't been $50?
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She said, you don't even understand.
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I'm born.
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She said, what you mean you born?
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I said, I know what I'm gonna do the rest of my life.
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She said, you ain't winning but $50.
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No, I've been praying my whole life, God, what is it?
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My life gotta be more than this.
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I won that comedy competition.
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I went to work October 9th, the next morning, and quit my job.
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I'm gonna tell you something.
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That decision cost me everything I had.
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I lost everything.
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I lost my family.
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I lost friends.
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I lost everything.
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I became homeless.
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I lived in a car for three years.
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But I just saw this.
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I saw this.
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I saw this vision.
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I just pursued it.
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I said, wow, that's it.
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You have to take chances in life.
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If you don't take chances in life, you'll never have the life God has for you.
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Life is about risk.
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If you play it safe in life, you ain't going to have much of a life.
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If you play it safe, you won't have much of a life.
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Life is risk.
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It takes courage to pursue your dream.
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I just did it.
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It cost me everything but eventually God is very good, man, when he sees you take a leap of faith.
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He supplies you everything you need.
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Now, it's going to cost you something, but most people are not willing to pay what it costs to go after your dream
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because you're going to have to hurt a little bit.
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And most people don't like being uncomfortable.
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If you don't want to be uncomfortable, please do not pursue success because success is a very uncomfortable feeling.
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and I just learned to be, I learned to be comfortable being uncomfortable.
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If you can get that in your head, this too shall pass.
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Every moment of, everything you've ever gone through, God got you through it.
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You didn't even realize it.
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He just got you through it.
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You can't name one thing he didn't pull you through.
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Well, I lost my mother.
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I'm still grieving over that.
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I lost my mama 21 years ago.
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I still grieve over it, but I'm here.
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You know, I got through it.
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You gonna get through it.
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But you gotta take chance in life, man.
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Can't play it safe, y'all.
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You gotta jump, you gotta go for it.
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God has an incredible life for you.
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He really does.
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But you ain't gonna get there if you give up.
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You can't get to what God got for you if you stop.
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You can't get to what God got for you if you're afraid.
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Now I know taking chances is kinda fretful.
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But the best things in life is on the other side of fear.
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But one of the things
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that I've always done to help overcome my fears is I make my dreams bigger than all my fears.
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I have dreams that's so big that not getting there is just unacceptable.
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It doesn't make any sense for you not to have the life that you dream of.
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It does not make any sense.
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God really does want to use you as an example of what he can do.
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You just got to volunteer.
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But you got to be willing to go through something to get to it.
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Success ain't free.
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They ain't passing out money, man.
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Anybody sending none to your house, that ain't how this works.
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You got to go get it.
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But in order to go get it, you got to want something.
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You got to have vision boards.
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You got to have stuff you dream about.
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You got to have this stuff written down.
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That being successful is not an accident.
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Hey, man, stop thinking, man, that your life is over because you're a certain age.
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Who are you to determine?
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You know what I can't stand when I hear Christians say, well, I guess it was the Lord's will.
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If it was the Lord's will, I would have had some money by now.
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No, no, no, you can't dump that on God.
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God's will is that you prosper.
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That's his will.
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Now the fact that you done made some adverse decisions to stop your prosperity train from happening, don't dump that on him.
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God comes to give you life and give you life more abundantly.
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That's what he say.
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Well, then the question is, where you abundant at?
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You're going down to church, you're memorizing all these scriptures.
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Why don't you apply some of them?
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He come to give you life and give you life more abundantly.
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God got a great life for you, man, but you got to want something.
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You got to want it, you got to write it down.
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Most people don't have what they want in life because it ain't written down nowhere.
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But you go to church, you done heard that scripture, but I guess you thought they wasn't talking to you.
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Habakkuk 2 and 2 says, you must write the vision and make it plain so that he who reads it will run to it.
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And even though it tarry, that means take a long time.
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Wait for it, for surely it will come at an appointed time.
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That's the scripture.
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That's a scripture.
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This ain't no philosophy.
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This a fact.
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What you waiting on?
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Write it down.
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Put some faith on it.
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And then get ready to go to work.
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You can believe in God all you want, but if you don't work, man, it ain't going to happen.
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Because he told you that, though.
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He said faith without works is dead.
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I'm just asking you, man, to try something new.
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If you've tried everything, it ain't worked for you.
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I'm just asking you, just try writing it down.
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Just try writing it down.
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Go home and read Habakkuk 2 and 2 and see if you don't get the feeling he's talking to you.
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After you write it down, I want you to put some faith on it.
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When you put some faith on it, I want you to work for it.
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I want you to believe in your heart that you will have it.
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Now you might not want this life.
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You might not want what it take to get here But
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if you want this life you got to put in your work
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You got to put it in you got to stay prayerful.
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You got to never give up You got to talk God every day now if
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that ain't what you want to do then good luck You
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keep doing what you've been doing you're gonna keep getting what you've been going getting I would try something else
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if I was y'all
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All I ever asked God for Was to let me eat Let me sit at the table with the big boys.
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Take me from this homelessness that I'm in and fill my coffers with spoils.
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You know how much I have today?
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I have more than I ever thought I'd ever have.
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I got more.
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God didn't gave me more than I asked for because he got this thing he has called grace.
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Grace is, I wish I could buy it.
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You know, I wish I could buy grace, man.
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I was playing golf with an old guy that owns the Mayo Clinics.
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The Mayo Clinics.
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You know how much money you got to have to own all of them?
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I'm playing golf with this guy and he taught me something.
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He said, Steve, listen to this.
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You seem like a spiritual guy.
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I want to share something with you.
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He said, justice is when you get what you deserve.
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Mercy is when you don't get what you deserve.
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He said, but grace is different from both of them.
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Grace is when you get what you don't deserve.
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Do you understand that?
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God has this thing that he passes out called grace.
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You ever heard old people say, all I want is a little more grace? Because guess what?
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He passes it out, and he gives you things you don't deserve.
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I do not deserve this life I have.
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I'm just telling you flat out.
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The money I make, where I live, what I drive, how I travel, how I vacation, I don't deserve it.
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I work really hard, but I really don't deserve all this.
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I don't.
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I ain't that good a Christian.
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I'm telling you flat out, I don't deserve it.
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But he gave me grace.
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He let me survive homelessness.
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He bought me from dark, man.
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I've been out, y'all don't know.
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I've been in it, man.
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I'm so grateful that God let me have this life he gave me that I don't even know what to do.
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Do you know when I was homeless, I told God every day, if you let me make it, when I get there, I'm gonna tell everybody it was you.
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Well, guess what?
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I'm telling you. That it was him.
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I have no education.
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I ain't got a degree of any kind.
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What you see today is a boy
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that come out the bottom who believed in him when it wasn't no sign of me getting over,
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who kept doing this thing that his mother taught him.
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She said when it get dark for you and you can't find your way.
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And boy I was lost.
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She said don't forget to pray.
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Don't be ashamed to pray.
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And don't ever be too proud to pray.
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Because prayer, prayer changes things.
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You have got to pray.
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You know what you ought to get?
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You ought to create your relationship with God.
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because if you do that, he gonna put some grace on you and he gonna give you some things you don't deserve.
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Then you won't need no education.
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You won't need to go and complete the program no more.
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You ain't got to go over here and ask nobody where they hide you.
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God takes you to places that you never ever thought you'd go.
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I never saw myself here, but that God I serve, he saw me here and he put me here.
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Now all I'm doing right now is telling you that with God you can make it.
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I don't know why he had you come to this show.
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I don't know why I'm telling it to you like this today.
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But if you ain't ever tried God, listen to me.
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You should try him.
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Because he's very available to you right now.
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He don't love me no more than he love you.
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If God can pick me up, and you have no idea who you really looking at, you don't know what I've done.
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If God can change me, he change anybody in this room.
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God is good, man.
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Give God a chance.
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I appreciate y'all coming.
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Why practice speaking with this video?
Practicing your speaking skills with motivational videos like Steve Harvey’s can provide you with more than just vocabulary; it gives you real context for conversation. Steve shares powerful life lessons and personal anecdotes that not only inspire but also enhance your ability to express complex ideas in English. By emulating his speaking style, you can learn to convey motivation and clarity, qualities that are valuable in both professional and personal interactions.
Using a shadow speech technique, where you repeat after the speaker, can significantly improve your fluency and confidence. This method allows you to absorb natural rhythms and intonations of English speech. Whether you choose to use a shadowing app or simply practice in front of a mirror, the phrases Steve uses can enhance your communicative abilities. Investing time in understanding his message while practicing your pronunciation will help you feel more engaged and connected to the material.
Grammar & Expressions in Context
- Believe in your journey: This phrase emphasizes the importance of personal belief. In English, we often use "believe in" to express trust or confidence in something or someone.
- God equipped you at birth: This structure highlights the passive voice, where the focus is on the action of being equipped rather than who equipped. Understanding the passive voice can greatly enhance your speaking and writing skills.
- Your gift will make room for you: This idiomatic expression means that your natural talents will lead to opportunities. It's a great example of how metaphors can enrich your language.
Learning these expressions in context will help you apply them in your own conversations, making your speech more relevant and impactful.
Common Pronunciation Traps
As you practice with Steve Harvey’s speech, pay attention to certain words and phrases that might be challenging:
- Equipped: This word can be tricky for non-native speakers due to its silent letters. Focus on emphasizing the ‘k’ sound.
- Destiny: Notice the stress on the first syllable. Mimic the way he pronounces it to improve your clarity.
- Journey: The ‘j’ sound can be difficult for some learners, so practicing it slowly at first can help.
Using a shadowing app while listening to this talk can further refine your pronunciation, making it easier to articulate these challenging sounds. Make a habit of listening to and repeating Steve's words to improve not just your pronunciation but also your overall English communication skills.
Qu'est-ce que la technique du Shadowing ?
Le Shadowing est une technique d'apprentissage des langues fondée sur la science, développée à l'origine pour la formation des interprètes professionnels. Le principe est simple mais puissant : vous écoutez de l'anglais natif et le répétez immédiatement à voix haute — comme une ombre suivant le locuteur avec un décalage de 1 à 2 secondes. Les recherches montrent une amélioration significative de la précision de la prononciation, de l'intonation, du rythme, des liaisons, de la compréhension orale et de la fluidité.