More Quotes by Viola Davis
Self-deprecation is not an answer to keeping one's balance. I think that it's very damaging.
We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.
I don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.
I think that you always want to gravitate towards people who absolutely are great at what they do and go for authenticity.
At the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes. But when you hit a wall in your personal life, and you screw up, people don't give you a chance to navigate your way through it and tap into what's extraordinary about you.
I think sometimes you have to see a physical manifestation of your dream. Otherwise you have to hope, pray and try to conjure something in your mind to feel like it's possible.
You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny.
Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you're not worthy.
I don't have any time to stay up all night worrying about what someone who doesn't love me has to say about me.
I would love to be remembered as a person who used her life to inspire others in any way, shape or form.
