You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
JOHNNY CASHI wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It’s still my symbol of rebellion — against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others’ ideas.
More Johnny Cash Quotes
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You have to be what you are. Whatever you are, you gotta be it.
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When God forgave me, I figured I’d better do it too.
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People call me wild. Not really though, I’m not. I guess I’ve never been normal, not what you call Establishment. I’m country.
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All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate. I choose love.
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I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It’s still my symbol of rebellion — against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others’ ideas.
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Creative people have to be fed from the divine source. I have to get fed. I had to get filled up in order to pour out.
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There is a spiritual side to me that goes real deep, but I confess right up front that I’m the biggest sinner of them all.
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How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.
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I have tried drugs and a little of everything else, and there is nothing in the world more soul-satisfying than having the kingdom of God building inside you and growing.
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I don’t give up because I don’t give up. I don’t believe in it.
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Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money.
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I’m not really concerned about boundaries. I just follow my conscience and my heart. Follow your heart. That’s what I do. Compassion is something I have a lot of, because I’ve been through a lot of pain in my life. Anybody who has suffered a lot of pain has a lot of compassion.
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I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? And the more I learn, the more excited I get.
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Happiness is being at peace, being with loved ones, being comfortable but most of all, it’s having those loved ones.
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Death and hell are never full, and neither are men’s eyes.
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