“It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.”
"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
"You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character."
Failure
"I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work."
- Thomas Edison
Failure
"We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success."
- Arianna Huffington
Failure
"Trying is the first step toward failure."
- Homer Simpson
Failure
"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."
- Truman Capote
Failure