Quotes from Just as I Am book

Turning a blind eye to our history has not saved us from its consequences.

- from Just as I Am book by Cicely Tyson

I am not one to feel as if I have arrived, for even at age ninety-six, I am still arriving.

- from Just as I Am book by Cicely Tyson

Children lie out of fear they will be punished in some way. But adults, as I see it, have no right to lie. If you do something wrong, just fess up and say, "I did it and I'm sorry" - or you did it, and you're not sorry. Sooner or later, the truth will come out, and the deceit, for me, can be as damaging as the offense.

- from Just as I Am book by Cicely Tyson

I am a firm believer in divine guidance. Above all, I am God's child, cradled in his unfailing arms, guided by his infinite wisdom. Everything that is happening in my life is unfolding exactly as God has intended. There are no coincidences. Rather, there is a loving Savior who holds my future as securely as he does my life, and at every juncture, he is whispering his will, showing me the way.

- from Just as I Am book by Cicely Tyson

I know instantly whether I should take a role. If my skin tingles as I read the script, then it is absolutely something I must do. But if my stomach churns, I do not touch the project, because if I did, I'd end up on a psychiatrist's couch. Either my spirit can take the story or it cannot, and my senses have never misled me.

- from Just as I Am book by Cicely Tyson

I suppose to be truly successful at any pursuit, you have to fall in love with it, surrender to its gravitational pull, allow it to carry you off to that world of giddy sleeplessness.

- from Just as I Am book by Cicely Tyson

I am as inquisitive about life now as I was as a child. My story will never be finished, nor should it be. For as long as God grants me breath, I will be living - and writing - my next chapter.

- from Just as I Am book by Cicely Tyson