True Blue Quotes

“It’s also productive to stop for a while and think. You do your best thinking when you’re sitting still. Our top two goals in life are happiness and survival. If you are experiencing that now, then any other goal is just going to get you to this same place. So there is no rush. You are already at where you are trying to go tomorrow.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“I have many books that I haven’t read yet. Some books will only make sense when you’re ready. Some books will only be effective when you’re ready. Some books will only make sense when you’re intellectually equipped. The beauty of it is that books are timeless; ready when you are.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“I’m willing to risk sleep for my goals.
I’m willing to risk money for my investments.
I’m willing to risk my pride for walking in my truth.
I’m willing to risk my freedom for my family.
I’m willing to risk my heart for love.
I’m not willing to risk anything for my peace, happiness, and spirituality.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“It’s also productive to stop for a while and think. You do your best thinking when you’re sitting still. Our top two goals in life are happiness and survival. If you are experiencing that now, then any other goal is just going to get you to this same place. So there is no rush. You are already at where you are trying to go tomorrow.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“We will pay a million dollars to save a love one's life, but let a dollar tear us apart.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“Crisis for us is an opportunity in another language. We have so much to be blessed for. We can’t sit and dwell over the inevitable. Life is unfortunate, just like love is; But that’s the price that we pay for enjoying the fruits of it. We learn to live in it.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“Our views on politics aren’t firm; they are solely based on circumstance. In the midst of death, the patient no longer cares about their disagreement with the doctor.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“To exercise your opinion on someone that doesn’t care about your opinion is definitely only exercise.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“Problems only exist in perspective.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“Pain is promised to us all. It’s just your turn.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“I’m willing to join a million wars; but the War of Men versus Women is a war that I’ll never join.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“Nobody can tell you how to die.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“Being aware about life is knowing that every day is a disaster for some and a blessing for others. So if we begin to practice suffering with others then we will be suffering every day.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“I can compromise a lot of things, but trust is not one of them.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“No matter how great a pain is, it is only temporary.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“Some of our pains came from inheritance, unfortunate circumstances, and ignorance; But we can all agree that a lot of our pains are the ones that we walked
towards. The roads that we chose to take.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“When evolving; Your evolution can be someone's pain
because they don't see themselves in your future.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“It takes one crippled man just to make a hundred people appreciate walking. We like to measure our blessings. The sacrificial lamb.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“We never doubt mediocrity, but we always doubt greatness.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“Making other people's dreams come true will make your dreams come true. We are all connected.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“If we knew tomorrow would be so tough, we would
probably quit today. That's the importance of not knowing. It's harder to quit when you have time invested.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“People see the sun rise every day and still doubt God, so who am I? People get the blessing of life every day and still doubt God, so who are you? ... not to be doubted.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“Happiness is not a thing that you attach to a goal and
postpone for tomorrow. You have to learn how to find happiness in today.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“I heard the myth that rich people don’t sleep; but smart people do. Get money advice from a rich person, but get health advice from a doctor. Why gain time just to lose time?”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“Money and power magnifies our temptations. It allows us to do the things that we already wanted to do mentally. It allows us to be who we already wanted to be. In position, people will show you who they really are. Sometimes a financial burden is saving you from yourself. We seem to only have emotion for the things that have affected us. Some leaders had to be put through a struggle in order to genuinely lead. Some are placed in the mud before they find their purpose. A real leader, leads in the mud too. They can’t help but lead wherever they
are.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“The day that you walk in a room with your hat turned backwards and someone else turns theirs too, you become a role model. Whether you like it or not.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“You don’t have to do something wrong to break someone’s heart. You can break someone’s heart by only existing. Existing without them.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“Things were invented because of what was needed and didn’t exist. Lack of, has always been the root of creativity since the beginning of time.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“If you are scared to lose the things that you love, then you might as well not have the blessing of obtaining them. Everything in our lives has an expiration date.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue

“Mental pleasure is more important than physical pleasure because happiness and peace is the ultimate pleasure. No amount of physical pleasure is worth being with someone that disrupts your peace.”
― Dushawn Banks, True Blue