Quotes about Personal Growth

I've gone through some dark times, and at those times, my tattoos have helped and guided me through.

Community service has taught me all kinds of skills and increased my confidence. You go out there and think on your feet, work with others and create something from nothing. That's what life's all about.

To me, 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' is definitely a landmark. It has taught me so much.

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

Some of the things I'm most proud of, it isn't because I think it's my best work; it's because of something that it's taught me.

Do you know how many times my career has been close to rock bottom? Each time, I was like, 'Girl, figure it out. Reinvent yourself.' Just the other day, I was having lunch with my mom, and she said, 'You've taught me so much. You are so resilient.'

Bigg Boss' taught me to be a better person. But my mother will still vouch that I am the same devil.

With marriage and fatherhood, I've finally found two fixed points in my life. They've taught me patience. They've also taught me that I don't need to feel guilty about being happy. My emotional seasons are less extreme.

I was always taught, even as a kid, playing against grown men, you get better.

Marlo taught me things I thought I knew.

I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law.

I used to be the sort of person who'd listen to a taxi driver going on about the-country-going-to-the-dogs-blah-blah, and let him rant on. But now I don't. I find myself letting rip.

Confidence is something I hope to instill in my son, Taylor, who is studying classical civilisation at Exeter University and is a brilliant hockey player. His mum and I have parted, but I have nothing but admiration for her.

An office boy in London was the lowest of the low. The office boy was the tea boy. He would be the dog's body: It means someone who would do anything at all. I was quite prepared for that and enjoyed it.

Our lives teach us who we are.

Everything I know and everything I got, I had to teach myself.

I always feel that my films ought to teach me something about life.

I learned by listening to other people sing and doing impressions of them. And there are things no one can ever teach you, like phrasing. By listening to Sinatra, for instance - you felt that everything he sang had happened in his life.

Realize that from the start, every activity that comprises the journey has value and the ability to teach you something.

I'd like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five years, but I think perhaps the teacher was just glad to get rid of me.

When I was in prep school, an English teacher said to me, 'Hemingway, I expect more from you!' And I said, 'Why, sir?'

Life changed at 40 for me, as predicted by my acting teacher when I was leaving college. I became more hirable and more interesting... I'm not sure why.

My father is a jazz musician, so I grew up hearing jazz. My parents loved it, but I didn't like it. It went on for too long. Yes, I had certain teachers that really inspired me, like Danny Barker, and John Longo. And I had no idea that I would have any impact on jazz.

Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.