Denzel Washington Quotes

Put God first in everything you do ... Everything that I have is by the grace of God, understand that. It's a gift ... I didn't always stick with Him, but He stuck with me.

Goals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency.

Be careful what you ask for because when you pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud as well.

Don't aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.

Why do we close our eyes when we pray, cry, kiss, or dream? Because the most beautiful things in life are not seen but felt by the heart.

The chances you take… the people you meet… the people you love...the faith that you have - that’s what’s going to define your life.

Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.

To protect the sheep, you gotta catch the wolf. And it takes a wolf to catch a wolf, you understand?

A man once told me that you step out of your door in the morning, and you are already in trouble. The only question is are you on top of that trouble or not?

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.

Got to be who you are in this world, no matter what.

I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter.

If you don't fail, you're not even trying.

Money doesn't buy happiness. Some people say it's a heck of a down payment, though.

The secret to a happy marriage? Do whatever your wife tells you. 'Yes, dear.' And breathe.

Success? I don't know what that word means. I'm happy. But success, that goes back to what in somebody's eyes success means. For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me.

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

I believe in God. I don't fear man, I fear God.

My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace.

You can’t break me because you didn’t make me.

You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it.

True desire in the heart for anything good is God's proof to you sent beforehand to indicate that it's yours already.

Do what you gotta do so you can do what you wanna do.

Dreams without goals, are just dreams and they ultimately fuel disappointment.

Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.

Writing is a weapon and it’s more powerful than a fist could ever be.

For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me.

I've worked in a factory. I was a garbage man. I worked in a post office. It's not that long ago. I like to think that I'm just a regular guy.

Cursed be the ground for our sake. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for us. For out of the ground we were taken, for the dust we are and to the dust we shall return.

The Bible says "faith without works is nothing" so destiny is great, fate is great, faith is great - but you still have to work at it. I don't just sit at home and wait for it all to unfold.

My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.

Thank God in advance for what's already yours.

There's a book called "The Sociopath Next Door." I thought most sociopaths were violent. In fact, they aren't. But almost all sociopaths want to win, no matter what.

I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.

I read the Bible every day.

So you never know who you touch. You never know how or when you'll have an impact, or how important your example can be to someone else" (20).

Put God first in everything you do.

A sociopath will do anything to win. Anything.

Acting is like music and you improvise. It's like jazz, there's no rhyme or reason to it. It's not a plan. You practice to music and you just play it.

I actually don't hang out with any celebrities. My closest friends are old friends. And my real close friends, none of them are actors.

Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

If you want to be a warrior, you have to train.

If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.

Talent comes from God. If you have been given some, then value it, cultivate it, work and develop it.

I walk by faith, not by sight.

As an actor in the theater you're taught that you never play a bad guy. You have to love who you are. You can't say, "Oh, I'm a bad guy." How do you play that?

Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.

The poorest people are the sweetest people.

I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.