Cicely Tyson Quotes, Thoughts and images

The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat.

Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch - what make you go beyond the norm.

I am not a quitter. I will fight until I drop. It is just a matter of having some faith in the fact that as long as you are able to draw breath in the universe, you have a chance.

If each person in this world will simply take a small piece of this huge thing, this amazing quilt, and work it regardless of the color of the yarn, we will have harmony on this planet.

Whatever good I have accomplished as an actress I believe came in direct proportion to my efforts to portray black women who have made positive contributions to my heritage.

I saw that I could not afford the luxury of just being an actress. So I made a choice to use my career as a platform to address the issues of the race I was born into.

All I have to do is find someone who has something to say that will enrich my life and they can't get rid of me.

You never know what motivates you.

I will lead my people out of bondage, Lord.

We have to support our own films. If we don't, how can we expect others to support them?

Children should have a balanced start in life: a mother and a father. I think that's the only reason to get married.

Ali... we should have gone to see that movie. Malcolm X was another one