Quotes about Personal Growth

My parent's divorce and hard times at school, all those things combined to mold me, to make me grow up quicker. And it gave me the drive to pursue my dreams that I wouldn't necessarily have had otherwise.

I started to draw desert islands. They were just rough, shapes in the middle of the page. Then I began drawing shapes within those shapes and I was amazed how quickly the islands got better. It took off from there.

You can grow apart from people very quickly.

I did a film when I was about 30; it's a coming of age story called 'Gas Food Lodging,' and I'm so proud of that little independent film. I play this young English geologist, and he's such a simple, loving kind of guy. Doesn't talk too much. He's just a quiet guy, and he gets the girl.

I just like to stay a little quiet and just do my own thing. If I win a little more, I think I'll get a little bit more attention.

I used to be a bit quieter and I think living in America has made me a little more open about talking to other people.

One quintessential moment in time is when you're 22, when you graduate college. And then another quintessential time is as a middle-age man. That's the convergence.

I'd gotten away from my Buddhism. And I quit meditating.

It occurred to me that actors are selfish, and they think that the world revolves around them. For one year, I quit, and I went to an ashram in Bihar and went to Himalayas backpacking.

So I quit my job and went to the New England Culinary Institute for the full two years and worked in the restaurant industry after that until finally I thought I had a grasp on what I needed to do what I do.

I'm not here to tell you to take risks and quit your job and travel the world. No, don't do that if it doesn't make you feel comfortable and excited.

Comedy is quite hard and it takes like a decade to figure out what kind of comedian you are, so don't quit.

I quit hanging around people who made me feel bad.

It's one thing for other people to see potential in you, and it's quite another for you to understand that and see it in yourself.

When we made that album with Gary Moore, I was still kind of searching for the right direction for myself. Although the music is quite good the direction was like a box of fireworks that caught light all at the same time.

Well, I haven't been a delivery boy for quite a long time.

I'm playing George quite a bit differently this season, and I'm glad you picked up on the fact that she kind of made peace with her situation at the end of last season.

I've had quite a lot to conquer in myself apart from writing. Not that I've been a pure angel when I come to the end of it.

I feel like I've grown up on screen quite a lot.

Absolutely, 'Rabbit Hole' gave me a nice first introduction into film acting.

I've won five races as a pro and become European champion in time-trial. I'm growing stronger as a person and as an athlete. I really didn't believe I could do this in my first year as a pro.

What matters to me is that I get the most out of myself and my racing.

I'm racing against me. As long as I come across the finish, I'll be okay.

You can't really learn, not in car racing. You have to make your own mistakes.