Lupita Nyong'o Quotes

Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don't wish to have as their reality.

I'm never going to stop believing in myself.

I think every day you wake up, and you do the best you can do that day.

Hope does not fall from the sky. We create hope ourselves.

We all have so much more power to make our dreams a reality - and love life along the way - than we think we do!

My mantra is, 'Dare to be...' I leave it open-ended, because depending on the mood, the weather, the day, you might need a different power word. Having a power word can help steer you in the right direction, especially when things aren't going your way.

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

My confidence can come back very quickly.

You focus on the things that you can control, and that's what I'm doing.

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.

You can do anything you want to do, if you know what to do.

I'm stronger than I think I am. Mentally, physically.

The first step is you have to say that you can.

Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is.

Knock the 't' off the 'can't'

Believe in yourself and believe in magic.

You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

I feel like I'm making a difference. I feel like putting out a message for young girls to follow your dreams and just work at what you want to do and be yourself.

Now I have the bravery to do fine things.

You do not have to be superhuman to do what you believe in.

I like motivational books, because I like the go-getting American spirit - your destiny is in your own hands, life is what you make it, don't accept your limitations, jump before you're pushed, leap before you look.

You just have to keep believing in yourself.

I'm a big believer in overcoming and achieving and doing things and not feeling sorry for yourself.