Faith will get you to a point. Luck will get you to a point. But to achieve the kind of success you dream about, you need to WORK. There are no shortcuts, you can’t cheat life, just get to work and don’t stop until you reach your highest potential. - Denzel Washington
Give other peoples opinions their right significance. Take advice if it is constructive, and learn from it. But do not build your life based around the opinions of others. Trust yourself and trust your choices. - Denzel Washington
Goals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency. - Denzel Washington
I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter. - Denzel Washington
I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for long periods of time. I got my first professional job while I was a senior in college. I signed with the William Morris Agency before I graduated. - Denzel Washington
I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially. - Denzel Washington
I still have my unemployment books and I remember when I worked for the sanitation department and the post office. - Denzel Washington
I think a role model is a mentor – someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them. - Denzel Washington
I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it. - Denzel Washington
I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question. - Denzel Washington
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. - Denzel Washington
I’d be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I’d been given. I’d be more frightened by procrastination and laziness. - Denzel Washington
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 - Denzel Washington
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