Quotes about Personal Growth

Those who seek a better life must first become a better person.

In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life.

I'm still learning, but I can see there are decisions in life that are going to be very challenging and it's always better to get through them, always.

The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I'm discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and more about what I want to do. And that's a good place to be.

I've pretty much behaved like a knucklehead my entire life.

I found myself in my first art school under the direction of Robert Henri... My life began at this point.

The discipline that is needed in our lives is the discipline that comes from within.

I think just letting go is a really good thing to do in many areas of your life, songwriting included.

College was the greatest four years of my life.

Life is a journey, it can take you anywhere you choose to go

I tell you this: The purpose of life is not to please God. The purpose of life is to know, and to recreate, Who You Are.

To change, you must face the dragon of your appetites with another dragon: the life-energy of the soul.

I find myself, at this time in my life, no less challenged, no less plagued, no less intrigued by what I still don't know.

I feel like I didn't know who I was when I was 15. I don't feel like you're who you are for life, not even when you're 20.

Determination can change your mind. Determination can change your heart. Determination can change your life altogether.

I used and abused drugs and alcohol. When I stopped doing that it became a lot clearer that life goes from inside to giving as opposed to taking and destroying.

I thought film was more important than life itself for many years. But I was naive to the world until my first child was born in 1985.

If you want to change your life in the fastest way possible, trade your expectations of others for appreciation.

Life happens not to me but for me

I've learned so much through life. Starting off in Asia, the cultures, the people you meet, the poverty you see. It's been a great education for me, and I've loved every minute of it.

No matter how much you screw up your life, you can fix it.

Every performer can get better. It's not about staying with what God gave you and doing nothing with it for the rest of your life.

Life is a journey. Part of that journey is not just using your talents, but trying to decide what is your gift and then directing your talents to support your gift so you can soar to new heights.

When I look back, it was a strange period in my life, looking at my childhood and then my teenage years and forming Slayer when I was still 17, not out of high school.