Quotes about Personal Growth

I honestly felt no envy or resentment, only astonishment at how much of a world there was out there and how much of it others already knew. The agenda for self-cultivation that had been set for my classmates by their teachers and parents was something I'd have to develop for myself.

When I stopped going to school, I got the strongest dose of perspective. When you're a kid, your friends, your school, your teachers, your family - that's your whole world, your whole existence. And then when I stopped going, I lost all my friends but the few that were really close to me.

Every film teaches you something; every experience on every film set with every co-star teaches you something. You learn something new. I think the challenge is to keep working harder and doing better.

Adversity teaches a man a lot about himself.

It's not always about getting better on the basketball court. This game teaches you how to become a better person as well. It pushes you into the team concept.

Nothing teaches you like getting leveled. And I got leveled in my early 30s. Nothing went exactly the way I thought it would.

Every film, regardless of being a success or a failure or anything in between, teaches you something. You might not sometimes realise what it taught you, but down the line, there would be a lesson in it.

A good roommate teaches you to be the best.

A biopic teaches you a lot.

I don't really think of past experiences as 'mistakes' - I think everything brings us where we need to go and teaches us what we need to learn. I'm grateful for all my wobbles because I wouldn't be here without them.

Life teaches you it's not where you come from, it's where you get to, and work is exactly the same.

In school, no one teaches you to look for things that are right for you.

I learned so much because I moved out of my mom's when I was 18. It teaches you to be responsible, to be independent.

Every character, every story that you do, it teaches you a lot.

As you get older, you have to force yourself to have new dreams. For instance, I've been flying for 37 years, but now teaching others to fly is interesting for me. Sometimes you have to find new angles on life to keep you interested, like sharing successes and inspiring and helping others.

When I'm teaching, I tell my students: It's all process. Don't even think of product.

Looking back, I understand that I was teaching myself to write.

I'm writing; I'm teaching myself writing.

Through teaching myself how to be happy and get through things, I hope I can also do that for other people.

I am here just to learn, to improve, to help my team improve.

I was a team captain, I was the guy for the first couple years. And then all of the sudden I was just the backup. It wasn't easy. I think it would be easy to bow my head and feel sorry for myself, but I knew as a captain I had to be a great teammate.

People might call me a liar for this, but I want a fast teammate, I think for two reasons: it's always going to get more out of yourself, and it's always going to be a more true evaluation of where you stand.

I am eager to continue to put in the work to improve and be the best teammate I can.

I want to be a great teammate, and I want to be the same leader on the field that I know I can be off the field.