50+ Denzel Washington Quotes | Minimalist Quotes

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.
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Eyes Happiness Peace Success
I’m not a film buff. I don’t watch a lot of movies.
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Film Movie Watch
I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.
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Classic Faith never Struggle
Fulfilment comes from serving others, not just hustling to serve yourself.
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Fulfilment Help Hustle Serve Yourself
A dream without a goal, and without action, has no opportunity to come true.
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Action Business Dreams Goals Motivational Opportunity True
Life is a melting pot of knowledge and experience, both your own and that of everyone around you.
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Experience Inspirational Knowledge Life
Trust yourself and trust your choices.
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Choice One Liner Positive Trust Yourself
You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib.
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Business Happen Improvise Moments Opportunity
Never compromise on who you are. You are born with the capacity to achieve greatness if you so desire.
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Achievement Birthday Born Capacity Compromise Desire Greatness
Dreams without goals remain dreams.
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Business Dreams Goals Motivational One Liner
If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don’t just be mad at him or her.
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Enemy Herself Himself Learning Mad
In order to change your life, you must change your thoughts.
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Change Inspirational Life Thought
I’d be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I’d been given. I’d be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.
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Ability Frightened Lazy Procrastination
The poorest people are the sweetest people.
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People Poor Sweet
Learning to say no is a critical element to access greatness in your life.
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Element Greatness Learning Life Motivational
On the path to success, there is always going to be an opportunity to help someone else be successful too. Take that opportunity, and be the kind of person who makes a difference in the lives of others.
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Difference Help Inspirational Kind Live Opportunity Path Person Success
Faith is the confidence, the assurance, the enforcing truth, the knowing.
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Assure Confidence Enforce Faith Truth
My faith helps me understand that circumstances don’t dictate my happiness, my inner peace.
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Circumstance Faith Happiness Help Peace Understand
There is a lot of joy to be found in reflecting upon your experiences as you work towards your dreams.
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Dreams Experience Joy Motivational Reflection
My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don’t need another plaque.
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Award God Mother Need Plaque Reward
Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.
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Close Experiment Failure Life Motivational Risk Step Success Worth
If you don’t fail, you’re not even trying.
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Failure Motivational One Liner Try
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.
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Cup Inspirational Interest People Thinking
I’ve been fortunate. I don’t pick scripts. Scripts pick me.
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Actor Film Fortunate Pick Script
Don’t be afraid to learn from others mistakes, and take bits of useful information or ideas that help you get better at what you do.
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Afraid Help Ideas Information Learning Mistake Motivational
One good thing about acting in film is that it’s good therapy.
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Acting Film Goodness Therapy
Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.
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Freedom Inspirational Want Work

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