I WILL NOT QUIT

Weekly Motivation by Ben Lionel Scott

Ben Lionel Scott

Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 684 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Become a Member for ad-free listening, video versions and exclusive content: https://benlionelscott.com/subscribe — Life throws challenges at us unexpectedly, making us feel buried in pain and uncertainty. Many give up on their dreams, but some persevere, knowing that enduring hardship leads to success. Failure isn't falling down; it's staying down. You decide to rise and improve. Every setback can be a catalyst for growth. Embrace life's ups and downs, and remember, success is about stamina, declaring you won't be broken, and staying unbreakable. Spoken by Les Brown, Ed Mylett, Inky Johnson. You can see more of Les Brown at instagram.com/thelesbrown, Ed Mylett at instagram.com/edmylett, Ed Mylett at instagram.com/edmylett. The music is Soothsayer by Zack Hemsey, Sinking Into Flames by Really Slow Motion. You can see more of Zack Hemsey at facebook.com/zackhemseymusic, Really Slow Motion at facebook.com/ReallySlowMotion.

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0:00.0	Oftentimes in our lives, when we're going through life and things will be going real well,
0:07.0	we'll get hit in the face. Life will knock you right between the eyes. It'll come out of nowhere.
0:15.5	It'll be stuff you can't anticipate. You'll find yourself feeling stressed out. You'll find yourself feeling like everything is falling apart around you and within you.
0:25.6	And you'll feel like you're being buried alive, buried in pain and tears, and the uncertainty of your future.
0:32.6	That experience will break so many people.
0:35.6	Most people who go through that experience will back away from their dreams and goals.
0:41.3	They stop trying.
0:43.3	They stop stretching.
0:44.3	And they start shrinking into living a life below what was given to them by the universe.
0:50.3	But there's a small number of people who know in their heart of hearts that no matter how much fire I have to endure, no matter how much heat I have to put myself through, no matter the number of beatings I have to take, it will all be worth it.
1:05.0	Because I know for a fact that if I can endure this process, if I can claw my way through this, if I can keep pushing
1:14.6	onward and upward through all this shit, I will be left standing at the top of that
1:20.6	fucking mountain of success as a warrior stronger than ever before because of that battle.
1:26.6	Failure is not falling down.
1:28.8	Failure is staying down because it's not in falling that makes us failures.
1:32.8	It's in not getting up that makes us failures.
1:35.5	And you get to decide if you get up or you don't get up.
1:39.8	Every horrible situation can either be the greatest moment for change
1:43.1	or the worst moment that ruins everything.
1:46.2	And the question is, will you let this failure make you or break you? You get to decide your
1:51.9	hardship doesn't. And you've got to decide that you're going to be so relentless that you'll
1:57.2	constantly look for ways to get through it. You'll constantly keep moving.
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