Quotes about Personal Growth

One Saturday in 1984, I walked into my first AA meeting. I went regularly for six years and only stopped when I came to realize my underlying problem was not genuine alcoholism, but depression.

When I finally decided that my only hope was to go to college, I took an acting class, and once I walked onstage, I just knew I was home.

I had a second-degree-blue-belt test, and I broke two boards with my right foot, and the next day I walked into school, and no one ever picked on me again. I suddenly believed in myself and respected myself. I had some inkling of my power, so the bullying stopped instantly.

I've paved this road myself, and no one else has walked it the same exact way that I have. There are people that helped kick the door in, but it's really satisfying to be in a place where you know who you are and you've figured yourself out.

I'm not just Jimmy Walker the golfer. I have a lot of friends. I've got two little boys; I've got a great family. It's all stuff that's helped me become better.

I have done a lot of work internally to find out who I am, what voice Eamonn Walker has and how he wants to put it out there.

Some of us are turtles; we crawl and struggle along, and we haven't maybe figured it out by the time we're 30. But the turtles have to keep on walking.

A movie that makes me cry every time is 'Billy Elliot.' That scene where he's dancing in the hall, and his dad walks in. And the first time his dad can see how amazing he is dancing, but he's so conflicted with kind of his own feelings towards it. Oh, it's so emotional.

Ally McBeal walks down the streets crying, looking for the right man. I don't do that.

I have realised I have been cheating myself and it is me who pays for it. So I am going to give myself the best opportunity to give my all. It's me who walks in my shoes.

One of my strengths is I learn, and I like to learn from all sorts of people in all walks of life.

I am, by nature, pretty reserved. It was after I became an actor that I started interacting more with people from different walks of life!

I have changed a lot as a person coming into showbiz and meeting a cross section of people from all walks of life; it was an amazing experience. But that's the privilege I had of being early into showbiz.

There's really a lot of lessons that I've learned from being Miss Universe. I don't even know where to begin. Just being able to travel a lot and meet people from different walks of life. I don't think I've experienced anything like it or would experience anything like it.

The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. Life is a learning process and you have to try to learn what's best for you. Let me tell you, life is not fun when you're banging your head against a brick wall all the time.

My experience at DePauw was about as beneficial as any experience I've had.

I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.

I will benefit from being a part of this industry, but I also want the industry to benefit from me.

For me, my writing benefits from my experience.

You've got to be your own best friend.

I've got very long limbs and for the best part of my life, they've been very uncoordinated.

I tend to write songs critiquing myself. The best way for me to deal with stuff is to write a song about it... That's not to say all my songs are like that.

Having a child with someone, you're always going to be respectful of that. But the song 'I Bet' was honestly inspired by my life experiences - I can't just say it's from one experience.

I bet you that we all learn from our mistakes. I've learned from my mistakes in the past, too.