100 Quotes by Taraji P. Henson

I like to be scared. I don't like feeling like "Oh, this is going to be a walk in the park". If I ever get to that place, I'll just stop acting.

I feel like I'm already a winner. I've made so many dreams come true. I'm here. Whether you walk away with a statue [ Emmy]or not, you shouldn't make it about it that necessarily. Everyone who's here in this house tonight is a winner.

You could be laughing one day about the same issues that you're crying about the next day, so that's life.

Humans have a light side and a dark side, and it’s up to us to choose which way we’re going to live our lives. Even if you start out on the dark side, it doesn’t mean you have to continue your journey that way. You always have time to turn it around.

At the end of the day, I stand by who I am. I’m a good person.

Love is the greatest gift that God has given us. It’s free.

Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it’s there if you look deep.

I don’t harp on the negative because if you do, then there’s no progression. There’s no forward movement. You got to always look on the bright side of things, and we are in control. Like, you have control over the choices you make.

If I were to meet the most incredible man, and he just so happened to not make as much money as I do, I wouldn’t hold it against him.