Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it and you’ll start believing in it.

Meaning of the quote

This quote by American athlete Jesse Owens is telling you to look for the good things around you. They are everywhere, you just have to notice them. Once you find the good, share it with others. When you do this, you'll start to believe that there is a lot of good in the world.

About Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens was an American track and field athlete who achieved incredible success at the 1936 Olympics, winning four gold medals and crushing Hitler’s myth of Aryan supremacy. He set multiple world records and is considered one of the greatest athletes in history.

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One chance is all you need.

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The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself – the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us – that’s where it’s at.

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I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up.

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Although I wasn’t invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn’t invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either.

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We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

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Life doesn’t give you all the practice races you need.

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Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it and you’ll start believing in it.

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The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.

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Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

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Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

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