Viola Davis Quotes

It's a good thing I learned some humility and perspective as I got older.

I suspect I was not the first 21-year-old who thought he knew more than he did. And one of the virtues of age, one of the virtues of getting married and becoming a father, is it often leads one to take a more measured approach to life.

You grow, you mature, you live, and you learn. You get a little wiser, and you learn better ways to handle things.

With age and experience, I started to know myself better.

You mature, you learn things.

With time, you do get mature.

I have learned a lot over the years. I have learned how best to use my attributes. That comes with a bit of knowledge and a bit of wisdom.

I enjoy growing older and wiser and learning from my mistakes every single day.

One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life.

One should mature over 20 years.

I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music.

I'm never so sure as I was in my mid-20s.

I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.

Oh my gosh, I'd give so much advice to a younger version of myself. I would say it really does get better as you get older. The things that mean so much, the things that seem like, you know, it's going to cause the end of the world, are all things that I've already forgotten.

I remember when I was 33 or 34, it was devastating because I realized I wasn't a kid anymore. The great thing about 40 was that I really felt like I had life experience and knew what I was doing now.

In your 20s you can be pretty, but you don't accomplish real beauty until you find wisdom and depth.

I have matured a lot.

I was a very self-righteous 15-25 year old. Anyway, I wake up every morning and thank God I'm not a kid anymore.

When you're 22 or 23, you think the world revolves around you, and I felt that way for a long time. But I just turned 30, and I love it! You realize, 'Whoa, baby, you ain't all that.' And you're not! You're just a woman out there doing something she loves.

I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.

It took me a long time to grow up.

I've become a lot wiser over the years.

I've learnt from my life experience.

I feel - as I'm edging to my thirties, I feel like a stronger person and a more confident person.

I think I've just matured over the years.