Phylicia Rashad Quotes & Sayings

“Loving oneself isn't hard, when you understand who and what 'yourself' is. It has nothing to do with the shape of your face, the size of your eyes, the length of your hair or the quality of your clothes. It's so beyond all of those things and it's what gives life to everything about you. Your own self is such a treasure.”

“Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing. Whether it's sitting down making a quilt, in a kitchen preparing a meal, in a club reading the same book, or around the table playing cards, or planning a birthday party, when women come together with a collective intention, magic happens.”

“As artists, we do the work that we do. Receiving an award or not receiving an award in no way diminishes one's talent or value.”

“There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on moving.”

“Everything you do, every thought you have, every word you say creates a memory that you will hold in your body. It's imprinted on you and affects you in subtle ways - ways you are not always aware of. With that in mind, be very conscious and selective.”

“What's in front of you is a whole world of experiences beyond your imagination. Put yourself, and your growth and development, first.”

“Success for me means being able to work. I don't look at so much at what I've done as much as I look to what I will do.”

“If I had known being insane was so much fun, I'd have gone crazy long ago.”

“Let me just say that to imagine racism does not exist is imagination. And to imagine that it does not create its own set of problems is true imagination. So let's not imagine that racism is gone, extinguished, because it's not. We are seeing this in the top levels of the political arena, and we are seeing it very, very plainly.”

“The stubbornness I had as a child has been transmitted into perseverance. I can let go but I don't give up. I don't beat myself up about negative things.”