It Will All Work Out Quotes

“these monsters cannot eat when you’re living right.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“But we have so many misconceptions about what happiness is. One of the most common misconceptions is that happiness equals pleasure. Doing and having the things that make you feel nice and comfortable in the moment. The trouble with that is a lot of what makes you feel nice in the moment doesn’t add up to much in the bigger picture. And without self-control, you can quickly get lost in monsterlike behavior that you didn’t expect to get lost in.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“The question at all times is: How are you helping to make sure this movie is amazing? The best it can be. Are you making your fellow actors and actresses better? Is that your intention?”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“If you’re always trying to avoid discomfort and temporary pain, then you’re also probably avoiding the path that will lead to your greatest happiness.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“Instead of putting my anxiety on my family and the people I work with, if I take responsibility and let go of it, then I’ll be freed up to give everyone trust. And when I give trust instead of anxiety, it makes both our worlds more harmonious.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“As you grow up, they grow up with you. They get born in a moment, and start off crawling. They’re kinda cute then. Other people like to pet them. People might think of them affectionately as the little quirks of your personality. Then they learn to walk. Then they start running. Then they go to the gym and start doing squats and bench presses and pull-ups. They get faster and stronger and swole. Until, one day, they hit a tipping point, and the monsters become more powerful than you.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“your need to control didn’t make things any safer. It only made them smaller. It will ultimately shrink everything, from your joy to your relationships to your life span.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“Just because people aren’t like you doesn’t mean they’re not capable. Because there’s only one you. There are not going to be more versions of you. You can’t judge others by comparing them to yourself. You have to let people show you what they’re capable of. Because when you’re so worried about people doing it wrong, you never give them a chance to do it right. This monster doesn’t allow you to empower others because it’s too busy trying to control them.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“If somebody else starts pushing and arguing for their way, even though you might disagree, you get quiet or let yourself get pushed over, so they can have it their way. That’s because a piece of you is afraid of facing some intensity and having somebody get mad at you. So you end up controlling what everyone thinks of you by not being authentic.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“One of the most common misconceptions is that happiness equals pleasure.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“It’s only when we trust each other, rely on each other, and give each other our best instead of saving it for ourselves that we can experience the full banquet of life.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“The more you chase comfort, the more unhappy you become. Because happiness isn't about being comfortable; it's about growing and improving. And by nature, growing is not comfortable.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“The same thing happens when you quit avoiding what freaks you out. When you try something new, and start stepping into your fears a little bit, suddenly the playing field of life becomes ten times bigger. You’re exposed to so many more opportunities. By taking a chance on losing, you also get the opportunity to win. And most of the time, you probably will. After all, success is in getting it done, not in what other people think. That’s something that, once the monster leaves, you learn you can’t control.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“When everybody’s trying to feed themselves, and get theirs, they end up starving. They don’t get anywhere. They miss the point. It’s only when we trust each other, rely on each other, and give each other our best instead of saving it for ourselves that we can experience the full banquet of life. We might even experience heaven on earth.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“It’s only when we trust each other, rely on each other, and give each other our best instead of saving it for ourselves that we can experience the full banquet of life. We might even experience heaven on earth.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“Control. I just wanted control. When I had it, I felt like I could breathe. Like everything was going to be okay. And when I didn’t have it, I was filled with anxiety, feeling like every little thing could go wrong.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“doing it wrong, you never give them a chance to do it right. This”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“Self-awareness plus self-control equals the best possible life you could ever hope for.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“Note that when we are very young and can’t flee physically, we flee in our minds, and that’s called the “freeze response.” So if your monster controls more on the inside, and makes you run away or shut down, that can happen when you had a parent who could explode and get real mad without warning. Or maybe they were dominant, inflexible, or narcissistic, and they always got heated or wanted to get their way and be right. This parent was out of control with control. And when you’re real small, fighting back in these situations usually isn’t a smart idea. That might just make the problem worse. So, to avoid getting blowback and the consequences that come with it, the best control strategy was to start walking on eggshells. You kept them and any situation from getting out of hand by shutting up and going with the flow.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“What I also realized, which is the second thing you need to know, is that I wasn’t the only one who had them. You better believe you’ve got yours too. I hate to be the one to break this to you. But if I don’t, nobody else will. I’m standing here with a burden of responsibility on my shoulders. And I can promise you that you’ve got monsters in your life. There just might be some you feed more than others. Some that control you more than others. And some that are sneaky, hiding in the background, whispering dumb bullshit in your ear that you listen to.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder. —Saint Augustine of Hippo, Confessions”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“when you use avoidance as protection, you’re strapping huge limitations on yourself and what’s possible in your life. You may never get what you want because you’re a pushover. There’s so much you never take a chance on, because it involves even the smallest amount of risk. Your dreams might sit on the shelf, collecting dust. You miss out on so many amazing things you could have done and people you could have met. You miss out on the exhilarating adventure that is life, because you were busy clinging to safety and certainty.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“Any form of control, at the end of the day, is really just protection. And you get protective because you’re afraid of something bad happening. And the reason you’re afraid of something bad happening again is because you don’t trust yourself or others to handle a situation.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“The more you chase comfort, the more unhappy you become. Because happiness isn’t about being comfortable; it’s about growing and improving. And by nature, growing is not comfortable.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“when you have to sit with the consequences of your actions, and you really don’t want to live with them, you almost have no choice but to gain a new perspective and become a different person.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“if you don’t have your shit together, it’s that very lack of togetherness that becomes your sentence to pain and suffering.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

“But no matter what form your Control Monster ends up taking, they all serve the exact same purpose: to manage anxiety, and make sure you’re safe and successful.”
― Kevin Hart, It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go