Latest Joy Bryant Quotes from Interviews

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• Failure isn't really an option because, as my grandmother used to say, "Nothing beats a failure but a try."

  Joy Bryant

  Grandmother, Trying, Used

  "Actress + Oxfam Ambassador Joy Bryant". ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. November 17, 2015.

• Following your own vision is one of the only things that will sustain you.

  Joy Bryant

  Vision, Following

• You have to move to your own beat.

  Joy Bryant

  Moving, Beats

• Donate time, food, or money to organizations that fight the good fight. We can act individually for the collective good. We can all do something.

  Joy Bryant

  Fighting, Organization, Fight The Good Fight

  "Actress + Oxfam Ambassador Joy Bryant". ORIGIN Magazine Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. November 17, 2015.

• I never wanted to be the person who said, "I woulda, coulda, shoulda." Life is way too short, and you may not last that long.

  Joy Bryant

  Long, May, Way

  "Actress + Oxfam Ambassador Joy Bryant". ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. November 17, 2015.

• I grew up in the South Bronx, raised by my grandmother, who scrapped and scraped to make sure I had a roof over my head and food in my stomach. I was painfully aware of what it was like to live with limited resources and a certain level of uncertainty.

  Joy Bryant

  Grandmother, Limited Resources, Levels

  "Actress + Oxfam Ambassador Joy Bryant". ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. November 17, 2015.

• You have to move to your own beat. There will be times when no one believes in you or understands what you're doing and why you are doing it. The most important thing is for you to believe in you. Following your own vision is one of the only things that will sustain you.

  Joy Bryant

  Believe, Moving, Vision

  "Actress + Oxfam Ambassador Joy Bryant". ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. November 17, 2015.

• For instance, people who have to walk miles for water - and we just turn on the faucet and let it run. Or people right here in our country [USA] who are food insecure, and yet we as a nation throw out an inconceivable amount of food.

  Joy Bryant

  Running, Country, Insecure

• I never wanted to be the person who said, "I woulda, coulda, shoulda." Life is way too short, and you may not last that long. I dropped out of Yale after two years to pursue one of the most uncertain careers - modeling. That seemed like a crazy decision, especially coming from where I came from and given what Yale is. Most people I knew told me so. But I was following what my heart was telling me I needed to do. I took the risk. It could easily have not worked out, but it did. Phew!

  Joy Bryant

  Crazy, Heart, Two

  "Interview: Actress + Oxfam Ambassador Joy Bryant". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• Mindfulness of the resources we have and respect for where we live, eat, and sleep is a good starting point. Being conscious of your consumption, what goes in and out, will help cut down on wastefulness.

  Joy Bryant

  Sleep, Cutting, Mindfulness

  "Interview: Actress + Oxfam Ambassador Joy Bryant". ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• Acknowledgement: Understanding and compassion for others and their suffering is the next step. Put yourself in the shoes of people who don't have the luxury of being wasteful.

  Joy Bryant

  Compassion, Shoes, Luxury

  "Interview: Actress + Oxfam Ambassador Joy Bryant". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• It's been encouraging to hear the pope talking about climate change and take it away from being a political issue to being one of survival.

  Joy Bryant

  Talking, Issues, Political

  "Interview: Actress + Oxfam Ambassador Joy Bryant". ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• When you empower women and help them thrive, you help their communities thrive. Women shoulder the burden disproportionately.

  Joy Bryant

  Empowering, Community, Helping

  "Interview: Actress + Oxfam Ambassador Joy Bryant". ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• Being involved with Oxfam has really opened my eyes to the world at large and the suffering of others. But my background and my life experience are what have allowed me to understand how interconnected we all are. I believe one person suffering reverberates throughout the world.

  Joy Bryant

  Believe, Eye, Suffering Of Others

  "Interview: Actress + Oxfam Ambassador Joy Bryant". ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• What inspired me most was the resilience of the Cambodian people. The country is still living with the trauma of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. People lost everything - family, friends. The rich culture of Cambodia was nearly extinguished. They are a nation of survivors. And while poverty and infant mortality affect a disproportionate amount of the people there, those I met were hopeful for the future and doing the best they can with
  what they had.

  Joy Bryant

  Country, People, Hopeful

  "Interview: Actress + Oxfam Ambassador Joy Bryant". ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• We live in a country [USA] where the belief is that anyone can succeed, but for so many here, and for the majority of the world, that's not the case. In many parts of the world, women and poor people are at a huge disadvantage - certain rights and protections don't exist, and they don't have the chance of upward mobility.

  Joy Bryant

  Country, Rights, Usa

• My grandmother instilled in me two important lessons: I was just as good as anyone else, and education was my salvation. Fortunately, I was able to get scholarships to excellent schools, but I was one of the lucky ones. All of this is what draws me to anti-poverty organizations like Oxfam.

  Joy Bryant

  School, Grandmother, Organization

• I think when you're in love with someone, it reveals a lot about yourself. You either rise to your highest highs or you stoop to your lowest lows.

  Joy Bryant

  Thinking, Lows, About Yourself