Will Perry
Will Perry
embrace whole-life ifs
You can’t embrace your whole life if you’re shut down.
tragedy important stories
We have focused only on the negatives, and not enough on incredible stories of the human spirit and of rebirth and rebuilding. That's equally important as the tragedy.
coffee eight japan
He'd once heard a story about a monastery on the top of some mountain in Japan or somewhere. After a long trek in the cold to get there, the monks would offer to sell you a cup of coffee. You had a choice: There was a two-dollar cup - or a two-hundred- dollar cup. When pressed to explain the difference, the monks were reported to say, 'A hundred and ninety-eight dollars.'
mistake mean men
This would be a tricky operation, no doubt of that, and a mistake would probably be fatal. So many things he had done over the years would have been fatal, had his luck not been strongly good. He had cheated death dozens of times, but that did not mean he could take it as a given. A man needed only one fatal mistake to end the game.
college somewhere-else want
If you don't want to go to college, don't go to Capital Prep. Go somewhere else.
god spiritual people
It doesn't matter if a million people tell you what you can't do, or if ten million tell you no. If you get one yes from God that's all you need.
people focus critics
Rather than focus on your critics, focus on the people who are impacted by your work.
happiness safe rest-of-your-life
Once you're truly happy with yourself alone, that's when you are safe to find the right person to spend the rest of your life with.
simple people matter
I wanted just for people to know that, no matter how simple your life is, if you have millions or you don't have anything, you can be happy where you are.
people thousand
You can get a thousand no's from people, and only one "yes" from God.
moving keys tough
The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.
pain people childhood
I didn't have a catharsis for my childhood pain, most of us don't, and until I learned how to forgive those people and let it go, I was unhappy.
forgiveness powerful journey
It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.
thinking perfect people
I think that people think when you have money that your problems go away and everything's solved, and it's great and wonderful. You're a perfect human being.