Shonda Rhimes Quotes

Do your work. Do it well. Then let go.

You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.

Change don’t come unless you ask for it.

Dreams are lovely. But they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It’s hard work that makes things happen.

There is nothing more dangerous than a worldview.

You never know the biggest day of your life is your biggest day. Not until it’s happening.

I am not lucky. You know what I am? I am smart, I am talented, I take advantage of the opportunities that come my way and I work really, really hard. Don’t call me lucky. Call me a badass.

The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.

Scared is normal. Brave is abnormal.

Be amazing. Be a revolution in your own life.

If you’re lucky enough to do well, it’s your responsibility to send the elevator back down.

The answer is always no if you don’t ask.

Don’t worry about anything. Just do your job. Do it better than anyone else.

It’s impossible to have it all, all at once. Who – man or woman – has it all, all at once? Over my lifespan, I have had success. I have had the great husband, the great marriage, I have had the income. But I didn’t have success where I balance everything at one time.

I can waste my time trying to please everyone, or I can spend my time being me and pleasing my audience.

Shonda Rhimes Quotes part 2

Everyone’s got some greatness in them. You do. The girl over there does. That guy on the left has some. But in order to really mine it, you have to own it. You have to grab hold of it. You have to believe it.

I don’t know what the future holds, but I do know that I’m going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate.

If you can’t find a solution, then change the problem.

What if we challenged ourselves to do better?

Success doesn’t end with getting things, success is made up of work that we love.

I don’t have pet peeves; I have whole kennels of irritation.

You have to fight for what’s rightfully yours.

We’re all the same; the only difference is what we do next.

Don’t just stand there. Run!

You can have a life or live life.

What you’re doing is going to make television as a whole better.

It’s impossible to kill an idea.

Every now and then, risk it all.

We have the ability to make change. And it’s our responsibility.

Don’t be scared to take on the big ideas.

The only thing you’re entitled to is the opportunity.

You are my equal. You are my partner.

Success doesn’t come overnight. You have to get up and keep moving forward.

Stop spending so much time trying to get people to like you. Just be you and enjoy the people who spend time with you for who you actually are.

The world is full of monsters with friendly faces.

I always say the best way to get a new job is to be really happy where you are.

Do not let your fear be the boss of you.

You matter as much as the things that matter to you.

Start by starting.

People say ‘yes’ to people they like.

Don’t beat yourself up if you don’t know what you’re doing. You’ll figure it out.

What does it mean to be normal? We’re all a little weird.

The more I risk being me, the more I get to know me.

I did work earlier in my career that was about race because it was important to me.

Sometimes, you have to just start writing.

I don’t want to be viewed as a ‘woman writer.’ I’m a writer.

It’s so easy to waste our lives. Most people do.

When you have a voice, you use it.

The idea that someone doesn’t want to be like you, or to be like someone else, just because of their skin color or sexual orientation or gender, is such a foreign concept to kids.

If you don’t like my characters, you don’t like my show. Get out of my sandbox.