More Quotes by Viola Davis
When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.
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.
All you really need to do is shift people just a tiny bit for change to happen. It doesn't have to be huge and humongous.
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.
Sometimes you see how humanity can rise above any kind of cultural ills and hate that a person's capacity to love and communicate and forgive can be bigger than anything else.
I don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.
I’m a black woman who is from Central Falls, Rhode Island. I’m dark skinned. I’m quirky. I’m shy. I’m strong. I’m guarded. I’m weak at times. I’m sensual. I’m not overtly sexual. I am so many things in so many ways and I will never see myself on screen. And the reason I will never see myself up on screen is because that does not translate with being black.
Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you're not worthy.
I was like, 'What is this?' Until I found out it was stress related. That's how I internalized it. I don't do that anymore. My favorite saying in the world is, 'The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.' I am telling you, I have spent so much of my life not feeling comfortable in my skin. I am just so not there anymore.
I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, "Do you know how fabulous you are?"
