Quotes about Personal Growth

If there are flaws they are in ourselves, and our task therefore must be one not of redesign but of renewal and reaffirmation, especially of the standards in which all of us believe.

I think all my films have a different journey. Therefore, I take it as it comes.

They say that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger and I've learnt a great deal, but you can never predict the future, so the best thing is just to do whatever you're asked to do to the best of your ability.

Scientology helps you lose your insanities. One of the keys is, they say, 'You're in charge of your life, buster. You're responsible for any condition you're in.' If I look at it that way, it helps.

They say when you break your leg, you get a little taller and a little faster, and I got both, I think.

They say everything you go through in your childhood builds character and inner strength.

They say that people teach what they need to learn. By adopting the role of happiness teacher, if only for myself, I was trying to find the method to conquer my particular faults and limitations.

I think, people look at me, and they say, 'You were very aggressive,' I say, 'Yeah,' you know, and I've made a better life for myself, for my son, so I should reflect that with my music now. I shouldn't still be rhyming like that; that would be me lying.

You know when people leave a job, and they say they didn't know what they came away with after two years? That's how I felt when I first left Google.

People and what they say don't bother me like they used to. When I was younger, I really couldn't take it because I couldn't understand where the criticism was coming from.

Academically, I was thick. School wasn't bad, but I was.

Revelations come when you're in the thick of it, pitting yourself up against something larger than yourself.

I've worked with some actors who have such thick skins and think they are so extraordinary. I'll think, 'Have you stopped learning?' They stop listening to directors or other actors and do the same thing again and again.

Am I ever gonna grow thick skin? No.

I've developed a thicker skin than I've had.

I think this industry can be tough on everyone. You have to surround yourself with supportive people and know when to put your foot down and do what's best for you and your family. The first few years in the music industry can be a steep learning curve, and I've definitely developed a thicker skin!

My skin got thicker. I don't listen to stuff from outside or even if I hear or if I read something, I just let it go very easily.

Everyone has areas they're not comfortable with, and mine are my bum, thighs, and legs.

My thighs were huge; they were like rock! Growing up, I was really athletic, and I had a very athletic body.

Being tall when I was youngerl I was always a bit awkward. As a teenager, I was very, very thin, so I was very gangly and limby, and would sweep things off the table without realising how big my wingspan was - just out of control. A lot of women write to me and say, 'I'm six foot and exactly the same happens' - that's been lovely therapy.

I'm changing every day as far as this rap thing. I'm learning new things. I'm getting bigger by the day.

You either learn from your experiences or go back and do the same thing, and I learned from my experiences.

The hallmark of successful people is that they are always stretching themselves to learn new things.

As you get older, you have more responsibilities; you have more commitments, more events, kids, you're married now. You still have all the things that you've had, plus you just keep adding.