Denzel Washington

You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it.

My mother said to me, 'You know, sweetheart, you're not the best looking guy in the world, you're not the smartest guy in the world, you're not the funniest guy in the world. But you're a good guy.'

If you don't have a dream, you don't have a prayer.

Ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship.

I say to myself, 'What would I do if I were not afraid?' And then I do it.

The only thing that's going to get you through is your faith.

Don't aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.

Without commitment, you'll never start. But more importantly, without consistency, you'll never finish.

The chances you take, the people you meet, the people you love, the faith that you have. That's what's going to define you.

Show me a young man who is not a liberal and I'll show you a man without a heart. Show me an old man who is not a conservative and I'll show you a man without a brain.

You got to be able to smile through the bullshit. You got to be able to smile through the pain.

I'm not a politician. I'm an actor. I'm a storyteller.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

It's not about what you have, it's about what you do with what you have.

Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

I've been blessed. I've been given a lot. I'm not complaining.

Sometimes the things you want the most are the things that will kill you.

You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed.

I'm a firm believer that you don't get to where you are by yourself.

The world is yours, but you gotta earn it.