Quotes about Personal Growth

To be brutally honest, when you win a title like Miss Universe, your entire life turns topsy-turvy for one year.

A lot of my building blocks - who I am kind of as an artist - all came from being in L.A.

To see my brother, see my friends, I think it builds character for me, just being accountable for myself.

Achievement builds character.

I think a few bullets have been dodged in my 'Bachelor' journey.

I was a bully while growing up.

There was some bullying going on in my industry, which I felt particularly when I was growing up and as I got older.

If I take back any of the bumps, bruises or scrapes I've been through. I wouldn't be the same person.

I was a bit of a hot head when I was younger so I used to burn a lot of bridges.

I was a product of the relationships with my family, the environment I grew up in; all those things I kind of put on the back burner when I got into music, and my life all changed dramatically.

After the Pussycat Dolls, I was burnt out. So when I left them in 2010, I did take a second to say, 'Right, I've done this for seven years. Who the hell am I as an individual? Do I still want to do this?'

Boarding school in Tring was a bit of a bubble that burst when I went to Hackney to go to drama school.

Undergrad, for me, in college was really about, you know, how do I become a professional. But business school, for me, was how do I become the person that I'm meant to be.

In life, we all struggle and strive to make progress. When will you know you've reached success? A billion dollars is a good sign, but there's a better one - humility.

It is important to move on from the laurels of the past. I can't let success go to my head.

Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man.

Success is to improve, grow up, build one team with personality, and then I want to win.

For me, success is being happy. I used to think it was lots of houses, lots of record sales, lots of stories to tell. But some massive life changes, getting a divorce and my dad dying, led to a huge period of reflection.

Extreme success is not like other kinds of success; what has worked for someone else probably won't work for you.

I think with my journey so far, it never felt like an overwhelming, overnight success story. I think that's good for me because I really got to take my time.

I ended up doing three very complicated off-Broadway plays that, in certain ways, were not successes in that they were received in a complicated way. But for me they were successes because they forced me to act without singing, which I'd never done before.

I have become the person I am today, as a result of both the successes and the scars in my life.

When you're a famous, successful person at 16 years old, the rules change for you. Everybody is doing things for you to make life easier so you can go out and play. And I think you miss out on lot of growing up and a lot of reality checks.

I could have probably been just as successful by not going to college, but it was the most intellectually stimulating environment that I was ever in.