More Quotes by Viola Davis
You have two stark choices when you find yourself in a really desperate situation. You can either fold and cave-in to it or you can become really passionate about getting out of it. When you're really passionate, you're going to grab hold of every rope you see, and wrap them around your arms and legs to claw your way out. And that's the way I've felt in my life.
Self-deprecation is not an answer to keeping one's balance. I think that it's very damaging.
When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
They say the two most important days in a person's life were the day you were born and the day you discover why you were born.
I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent
I would love to be remembered as a person who used her life to inspire others in any way, shape or form.
Let me tell you something: The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.
The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.
Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that's inside of you.
When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.
