This Is How We Do It Quotes

“Until you stop wishing things were different, accept the way they are, and take up the sole responsibility of doing something about it, nothing will change.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“And you take any consequences on the chin. You shoulder them because you know nothing can make you buckle. What people don’t realize is that discomfort is temporary.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“The trouble is so many people run around avoiding things their entire lives. It’s just too uncomfortable for them to look in the mirror at the roughest and darkest parts of themselves. Or they’re terrified of spending five seconds looking bad and saying, “You know what, I fucked up. This is on me. I didn’t do this or think about that, and so this happened. But here’s what I’m going to do to help, and here’s what I’m going to do next time.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“Think about people who changed the world, like Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, Mother Teresa. Now search their name along with the word scandal, and see what comes up. Now imagine: If you had the whole world shouting those things at you, whether or not you did them, could you still keep your mental strong, decide to press forward, and succeed on an even bigger scale? Because here’s a secret: Most people hate change. Most people don’t like something new. So if you want to make an impact, you will have to deal with negativity and people exposing the worst things about you. And somehow, you have to take the appropriate steps to surthrive and move forward on your mission. Yeah, I made that word up. Not sure if I like it yet. But I’m risking negativity. Remember these three words: Mindset. Is. Everything.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“The gravity of this world will pull you toward a negative mindset 99 percent of the time. The constant static of negativity is deafening. But it’s completely fucking useless. It’s just noise. It nurtures self-doubt, judgment, and comparison. But positivity is creative. It’s generative. It’s beautiful. It’s inspiring. Positivity uplifts and encourages. Positivity creates options and possibility. Positivity is movement. Positivity makes room for hope. Positivity is freedom.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“These are challenging times. Only the strong survive. And by the strong, I mean people with a strong enough mindset to make it through this particular place that we’re in as a society. Because we’re taking steps backward. We really are going backward.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“Napoleon Hill had a beautiful spin on the moments when things don’t work out the way you planned and unexpected hardship falls on you. Instead of coming from a negative place and looking at those moments as a “failure,” he called them “temporary defeats.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“We are living in the most shit-talking time in human history.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“Only the strong survive. And by the strong, I mean people with a strong enough mindset to make it through this particular place that we’re in as a society. Because we’re taking steps backward. We really are going backward.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“That’s not a fart—my stomach growled. So if y’all are listening to this on audio and heard that, I didn’t fart right now and I hate that this came at the end of such a positive rant.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“Sometimes we’re bitching and complaining about shit we can’t fucking change. Make the best of those moments. Complete those moments. And after completing them, move on rather than sitting there and letting it fuck up your day. That’s my suggestion. Be like water: allow, adapt, and keep moving.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“Repetition breeds competence.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“Even if it looks like it does for other people, it almost always took years of work for someone to reach that moment or put themselves in a position for something to happen. It takes time for trees to bear fruit. It takes time for plans to come together. It takes time to learn and pivot after each attempt. Your ability to succeed and accomplish your goals is directly dependent on your ability to deal with adversity and time.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“So I’m keeping my eyes on my prize. I’m not looking around me worried about what other people think of it or whether their prize is better. The other thing that takes my eyes off the prize is wasting my time staring at the obstacles in my way. All that does is slow you down and have you thinking about the problems rather than focusing on the prize on the other side. Where you look is where you’re going to go.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“To be determined is to be committed to your best self, your dreams, and the expression of life, enough that you will not throw in the towel. You will not give up. If you choose a life of work, impact, and success, it will be an unending gauntlet of tests and trials.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

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― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“I want you to look in the mirror right now and say, “I’m proud of myself.” Really feel a deep respect and admiration for your grind, your will, your effort, your blood, sweat, and tears. Because all those things are you. And this is where we are starting: loving who you are today.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“Because here’s a secret: Most people hate change. Most people don’t like something new. So if you want to make an impact, you will have to deal with negativity and people exposing the worst things about you. And somehow, you have to take the appropriate steps to surthrive and move forward on your mission. Yeah, I made that word up. Not sure if I like it yet. But I’m risking negativity. Remember these three words: Mindset. Is. Everything.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“Instead of coming from a negative place and looking at those moments as a “failure,” he called them “temporary defeats.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“Energy flows where attention goes, and some of that attention is just emboldening the negative forces in the world. There are many reasons for this, but one is because people who can’t get positive attention often opt for negative attention, rather than getting no attention at all.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“people who can’t get positive attention often opt for negative attention, rather than getting no attention at all.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“You have to take responsibility for your bullshit. Your shit is your shit. Own up to it. It isn’t going to change or go anywhere until you do. It will keep affecting your life and holding you back until you decide to recognize it, admit to it, and correct it.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“These are challenging times. Only the strong survive.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“Be spongy, people: you don’t know everything. The smartest person in the room never says they’re the smartest person in the room. The smartest person in the room lets everybody talk, and they listen so they can get even smarter. The smartest person in the room is the spongiest.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. —Maya Angelou”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“What-is-ness is accepting everything for what it is. When shit inevitably happens: it is what it is. You are at peace with the nature of this new reality. What? Are you going to tell me you built a secret time machine to travel back in the past and unfuck this situation? I didn’t think so. So why spend a second of time complaining about it, fighting it, or resisting it?”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“The smartest person in the room never says they’re the smartest person in the room.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“What path are you on now? Who chose that path? Where is it ultimately leading if you don’t change anything? Whose approval are you seeking? How far will you go off your path to get it? What decisions are you making out of fear? What decisions are you making out of joy? If you are marching to the beat of a drum, who or what is beating out the tempo? The only path that leads to the ultimate you—because beyond goals, that’s really what we’re talking about—is the path you choose yourself. Nobody is in charge of you but you.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“When people stop moving in life, they stop getting these internal hits of feel-good chemicals. They have to start relying on other ways to artificially stimulate them, like video games, alcohol, smoking weed, social media, or watching porn. We get addicted to these things in a desperate attempt to compensate for the fact that we’re not really living our lives.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

“We live in an outrage culture.”
― Kevin Hart, This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk