Quotes about Personal Growth

Everybody develops at different rates.

How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions?

When I did 'Kaaka Muttai,' I was a very raw actor. Director Manikandan brought out the best in me.

I was a natural talent, a raw talent. Then I came to Manchester City, and I learned philosophies.

You know one of the things about going from modeling to acting is it's so much more fulfilling. With modeling, you get your picture taken, which is great, good for you, you know? But in acting, you're able to reach in and show a little bit more of yourself.

It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself.

True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriends - and he accepts it.

It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

I reached a point where I didn't think I was that great. I'm not being humble. I was looking at things and thinking: 'You're not really good in that'. I think I was becoming boring as well as bored. It was nobody's fault except mine - probably - and it might not even be my fault.

I've done the glamour doll, song-and-dance routine, the works. I've reached a stage in my career where I'm ready to experiment.

This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues.

I learned about not just being with someone because I don't want to be alone: being willing to be alone, and then find something that feels right and just reaching for companionship for companionship's sake. Not letting drama lead my life.

I didn't think reaching the NBA was a possibility when I coached Derby in 1990. I was right out of college when I went there and was more concerned about playing a bit and getting that out of my system.

You decide how to show up, and you'd better come correct: the way you look, what you say, how you act and react. No excuses! Get in front of the mirror and own what you see. You may have to drag your fabulousness out of hiding, but it's there.

Parents have a very natural reaction if their kid makes such a choice because it takes a lot of hard work, both on the kid's part as well as on the part of the parents.

I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old.

I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my own as a reader.

My life is at least as intricate as my readers' lives. People say that 'The Artist's Way' changed their lives, but when they talk about 'Floor Sample,' they tell me, 'I was with you all the way.'

The connection that readers have to 'Rookie' has only meant more and more to me as I get older.

Becoming a parent changed my life drastically and left me little time for leisure reading.

Accolades and lists may tell us about accomplishments, but life is meant to be experienced, not just accomplished. It's like the difference between reading books for the sake of reading and reading books just to get a good grade.

I need to continue reading books, and I like to learn about different people in the world, different people with success in and outside of football.

You stay teachable most by reading books. By reading what other people went through.

I'm far more ready to go with the flow now because I am more accepting of myself.