Viola Davis Quotes

I feel the fear, but I walk fast toward it.

Have the courage of your desire.

So roar be fearless, and go chase those dreams.

Stay far from timid only make moves when you're heart's in it, and live the phrase the sky's the limit.

Just keep on going and keep believing in your own original vision, no matter what odds you have to overcome. And especially don't be stopped by your own fears.

I try to be as fearless as possible. I don't always succeed, but I like to think I try.

In order to overcome fear, your dream must become bigger than fear.

Who would condescend to strike down the mere things that he does not fear? Who would debase himself to be merely brave, like any common prizefighter? Who would stoop to be fearless--like a tree? Fight the thing that you fear. You remember the old tale of the English clergyman who gave the last rites to the brigand of Sicily, and how on his death-bed the great robber said, 'I can give you no money, but I can give you advice for a lifetime: your thumb on the blade, and strike upwards.' So I say to you, strike upwards, if you strike at the stars.

Forget yourself! Think courage.

It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line.

The will to do, the soul to dare..

Being fearless doesn't mean living a life devoid of fear, but living a life in which our fears don't hold us back

Fearlessness is extending ourselves beyond our limited view.

Nothing but courage can guide life.

Courage charms us, because it indicates that a man loves an idea better than all things in the world, that he is thinking neither of his bed, nor his dinner, nor his money, but will venture all to put in act the invisible thought of his mind.

Fearlessness isn't a place your reach. It's a commitment you make.

Once you accept the fact that there's nothing to fear, you drill into the primal oil well. I believe when we do things without fear, we can do anything. As long as you don't worry about the consequences.

The warrior of light plunges unhesitatingly into the river of passions always flowing through his life.

We must substitute courage for caution.

Set yourself the bolder course. Keep your heart an open shrine.

There is no magic method of beginning... Take hold of your nerves, and jump.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.

You must play boldly to win.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.