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It takes a real man to live for God-a lot more man than to live for the devil, you know? If you really want to live right these days, you gotta be tough.

Johnny Cash

Life is – the way God has given it to me was just a platter – a golden platter of life laid out there for me. It’s been beautiful.
JOHNNY CASH

Beautiful God Life Myself
Prisoners are the greatest audience that an entertainer can perform to.
JOHNNY CASH

Audience Entertainment Greatness Performance Prison
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.
JOHNNY CASH

Build Failure Inspirational Motivational Step Stone Yourself
The beast in me Is caged by frail and fragile bars.
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Beast Fragile Myself Prison
When I’m gone I’ll be remembered as the workin’ man who put his point across with a right hand full of knuckles.
JOHNNY CASH

Death Hands Man Myself Remember Right Work
My arms are too short to box with God.
JOHNNY CASH

Fight God Hands Myself
I found out that there weren’t too many limitations, if I did it my way.
JOHNNY CASH

Creativity Limitation Myself
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 CASH

Build Energy Failure Forget Mistake Past Space Step Time Try Yourself
I knew that when I left there at the age of 18, I wouldn’t be back. And it was common knowledge among all the people there that when you graduate from high school here, you go to college or go get a job or something and do it on your own.
JOHNNY CASH

Age Graduation Job Knowledge People Time Yourself
The things that have always been important: to be a good man, to try to live my life the way God would have me, to turn it over to Him that His will might be worked in my life, to do my work without looking back, to give it all I’ve got, and to take pride in my work as an honest performer.
JOHNNY CASH

God Goodness Honesty Important Live Man Myself Performance Pride Try Way Work
When I was a baby, my mama told me son, always be a good boy, don’t ever play with guns. But I shot a man in Reno.
JOHNNY CASH

Children Goodness Man Mom Myself Shoot Son
The more I learn, the more excited I get.
JOHNNY CASH

Excitement Learning Myself
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.
JOHNNY CASH

Appearance Black God Home Hypocrisy Ideas Mindset Myself People Rebel Status
If you have political convictions. Keep ’em to yourself
JOHNNY CASH

Opinion Politics Yourself
The fire and excitement may be gone now that we don’t go out there and sing them anymore, but the ring of fire still burns around you and I, keeping our love hotter than a pepper sprout.
JOHNNY CASH

Burn Excitement Fire Love Ourselves Ring Yourself
For you I know I’d even try to turn the tide.
JOHNNY CASH

Burn Myself Ocean Try Yourself

It takes a real man to live for God-a lot more man than to live for the devil, you know? If you really want to live right these days, you gotta be tough.

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It takes a real man to live for God-a lot more man than to live for the devil, you know? If you really want to live right these days, you gotta be tough.

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