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Kevin Dorival
Goodreads Author
Born
in Pompano Beach, The United States
Website
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Genre
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Jake Bible, Life, Kathy Love, Foundation for Inner Peace, and Good Foo
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Member Since
August 2012
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/courage2believe
From Troubled Soul To Author and Motivational Speaker The Journey
Kevin Dorival seems to be everywhere, ever since he published The Courage to Believe, an inspirational, self-help book that chronicles his journey from an individual who lived—in his words—”the thug life”, to the marketing professional, author, and motivational speaker he has grown into today.
Dorival was born in Florida in the 1980s to Haitian parents. His mother, a single-parent, mindful of the b Read more of this blog post »
Dorival was born in Florida in the 1980s to Haitian parents. His mother, a single-parent, mindful of the b Read more of this blog post »
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“As immigrant artists for whom so much has been sacrificed, so many dreams have been deferred, we already doubt so much. Who do we think we are? We think we are people who risked not existing at all. People who might have had a mother and father killed, either by a government or nature, even before we were born. Some of us think we are accidents of literacy. I do.”
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“I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.”
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“Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.”
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“If you haven't confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. ”
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“The rich are only defeated when running for their lives.”
― The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
― The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
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