Quotes about Personal Growth

I still have moments when I close myself in, but I wouldn't be on the path that I am with the career that I've had if I didn't have a deep understanding of the sense of my inner freedom.

It's just amazing to see that when you get over your own inner demons or jealousies you have, it's amazing to see what can come of it.

Having inner beauty is something you develop on your own, and I like to think I have that.

I've had no money, I've had a lot of money, I've lost a lot of money. I've been back and forth with everything. That's why other people's input doesn't really matter to me, because nobody's put me where I'm at.

I think about legacy, of course. I don't want to make my life nothing. I want to know that I died and made a massive difference. I want to know that my life purpose was bigger than myself, and I want to pay forward because the amount of people that have helped me... the list of people that have contributed to where I am now is insane.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, right? I always figure that as you experience life and things, you usually learn and pick up on things that you can do better. That's how I look at my career over time.

Get away from the place that makes you feel comfortable with your depression. The reality is it's never as bad as the insanity you've created in your head.

I've become a much more serious young insect.

I've just grown as a person, accepting my flaws as well. Before I was very insecure and I used to just hide, and now I just accept that I'm an imperfect human.

I am not an insecure person. For me, insecurity comes when something I do does not come across the way I thought it would. It would come if I had nothing more to say as an actor. I have a long way to go!

Something deep inside me lives by challenges.

You're the only one that's in control of your emotions; you're the only one that's inside of you at all times. So control you however you want to. If you're not happy, that's your fault.

I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.

I got some good insights.

I never insisted that I was a good student.

In fact, Mario Parisi and my father are probably the two most inspirational figures when it comes to my growth as a company leader.

My kids inspire me to be the person I am today - without them I wouldn't be who I am today.

If, through my own personal journey, I can inspire someone else to self-love, that would be the biggest accomplishment.

I've had such a crazy life journey and in the process of finding my voice, I'm hopeful I can inspire others along the way as well.

I try to read writers who are better than me because it inspires me to be better.

People can change, learn, and grow, and it's better to face your demons instead of perpetually running away from them.

I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.

We grow each day or don't grow. Go the other way. We're a different person all the time. The human being is something happening differently every day. That's the challenge of doing a play: using your instrument to learn and to pull out these things.

I feel a lot closer to music and my relationship with my instrument than I did as a teenager. I have an adult perspective now about getting to do something I love for a living.