Condola Rashad Quotes

To me, I think I'm just going to keep focused and forward on what I'm doing, work-wise, rather than searching for any kind of meaning in it.

What is the quality of your intent?

Don't be one foot in and one foot out, especially coming up in New York. It's so easy to lose sight of what you want to do and who you want to be.

You have to know why you get up every morning.

There are no wishy-washy astronauts. You don't get up there by being uncaring and blase. And whatever gave you the sense of tenacity and purpose to get that far in life is absolutely reaffirmed and deepened by the experience itself.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

What keeps me going is goals.

I actually work at my craft, and I actually want to be the best in my category, and I want to be a true actress. And a lot of people just want fame, and there's a huge difference.

I have to live in the truth that this is who I am. That's what I need to focus on.

If we fix a goal and work towards it, then we are never just passing time.

To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.

I am full of fire and passion. I am not ready yet for great concentration and passion.

I think that anytime you get clear about what your mission is or what your focus wants to be, things start to come together in your life.

When I think about it, the happiest and most successful people I know don't just love what they do, they're obsessed with solving something that matters to them. They remind me of a dog chasing a tennis ball: Their eyes go a little crazy, the leash snaps and they go bounding off, plowing through whatever gets in the way.

Commit yourself to a mighty purpose.

If I had one singular galvanizing ambition in life, I would try to reverse engineer toward it, but I don't.

I take every role seriously. Personally, I never look at any role as Michael White. I've done that my entire life.

Never think you can separate who you are from what you're doing.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

I've gotten this advice at different times, and it distills down to one word: purpose. Why are you here? When you start to get distracted by thoughts such as 'Do I fit in? Does this person like me?' - remember why you're there and what you want to accomplish.

Work has been the central column for most of my life; it has always been my identity.

I will be what I will be - and I am now what I am. Here is where I will devote my energy.

I admire people who operate from a place of love and who have gone through the rigorous process of finding and articulating their purpose, whatever it may be.

The people who work with me know how focused I am, and so I would advise people who are not concerned with me to rather focus on themselves instead of focusing on my focus.