“I give myself homework when I have an audition. I give myself goals, and that's how I check how I'm doing. It can be something simple like 'listen,' or 'find your feet.' And then afterward it's an assessment, so in a way it's not about booking the job or not. It's about what I learned as an actor about that character.”
"You can't rely on how you look to sustain you, what sustains us, what is fundamentally beautiful is compassion; for yourself and your those around you."
- Lupita Nyong'o
Compassion
""You can't rely on how you look to sustain you, what sustains us, what is fundamentally beautiful is compassion; for yourself and your those around you.""
- Lupita Nyong'o
Compassion
"I work really hard to try to see the beauty in everything and everyone. It’s hard sometimes, and I don’t think I succeed all the time, but I try to approach things with love rather than judgment."
- Lupita Nyong'o
Compassion
"You can’t eat beauty, it doesn’t sustain you. What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and those around you. That kind of beauty enflames the heart and enchants the soul."
- Lupita Nyong'o
Compassion
"Dreams are the foundation of America."
- Lupita Nyong'o
Motivation
"True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline."
- Mortimer J. Adler
Self-improvement
"You will never always be motivated. You have to learn to be disciplined."
- Anon
Self-improvement
"Do not think about other things, there is only one thing you can do. So master that one thing. Do not forget. What you must imagine is always that you, yourself, are the strongest. You do not need outside enemies. For you, the one you have to fight is none other than your own image."
- Archer
Self-improvement
"You need to accept the fact that you’re not the best and have all the will to strive to be better than anyone you face."
- Roronoa Zoro
Self-improvement
"Take a page from the dragonfly's book – be vibrant and let your true colors shine"
Self-improvement