Viola Davis Quotes

When people tell you you're on the brink of death, you've got to dig pretty deep to get it together.

To those out there who are suffering from cancer, facing adversity, I want you to know that your will to live can make all the difference in the world.

When I had no place to live and I had no place to sleep - and I did sleep in the Metro - I held steadfast to the fact that I had a dream, a reason why I'm doing this... that it was bigger than this moment.

Be a warhorse for work and enjoy even the struggle against defeat.

Never give up: There are certain times that you think, 'OK, you have beaten me down to my knees. And now the challenge is, I am on my knees and you keep on beating me down. And the question is, are you going to keep beating me all the way to the ground or will I find a way to struggle my way back on to my feet.'

As the son of Holocaust survivors, this is life - you're put in a corner, and you have to get out. I believe that you can always get out.

Yes, you live with your feet in the mud and there's no time to be thinking about how you got in or how you're going to get out.

Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!

We've got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.

If you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner

Over the past six years I've had many difficulties. But I never lost my passion.

There is no sense in the struggle, but there is no choice but to struggle.

We have to choices in this world; we either try to survive or to give up.

When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fighters. You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars. When you haven't eaten for two days you'll understand.

I've certainly had periods when I felt like life was winning and I was losing, so I think everybody can relate to that quandary - the temptation to give in, to give up, and then what It takes to keep going.

I surprise myself that I'm not dead in the gutter somewhere, surprised that I haven't given up.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

Through these adversities, Israel has endured with continued strength, conviction, and faith.

In my early days in school, I had no shoes, no school bags. There were days I had only one meal... I walked miles and crossed rivers to school every day. Didn't have power, didn't have generators, studied with lanterns, but I never despaired.

It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?

I experienced firsthand what it means to be poor, what it means to go hungry, and that, I think, may be the reason, the root cause of why I'm able to work so hard, even these days.

You are not dead until you are in that grave, so don't close the book. Don't give up.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

With this disease it is so easy to throw in the towel, and that is the worst thing we can do.

Survival was my only hope, success my only revenge.