WATCH: ESSENCE Powerful Words Of Affirmation At 67th Grammy Awards

Be encouraged by these celebrities at the red carpet sharing their words of affirmation.

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00:00For those who may be going through loss right now, what's one message of hope that you would share?

00:05To hang on to God.

00:08Anything you want, you can make it happen.

00:10I want to arrive where I'm supposed to be at.

00:12I always pray with my band that our destiny and our destination meet up. That's one.

00:16It really is possible if you just stay persistent and work hard.

00:19If we just put our boots to the ground and we use some grit and we smile a bit and use our heart, then we're going to make it.

00:24Keep doing what you're doing and be yourself.

00:26Truly, truly be yourself and double down on it.

00:29Stay hopeful. Trust in Jesus.

00:31The possibilities of tomorrow are still great, and we're not defined by our worst times, but how we rise up from those.

00:38We have come a long way. We have a long way still to go, but we have.

00:41And I think that when we understand that, then it at least gives me strength.

00:45It gives me the motivation to keep pushing for change for that next generation below us.

00:51The good happens for me. The bad happens to me to let me know that there's something greater on the other side.

00:59And that all of it is, you know, it's teachable moments.