Quotes about Personal Growth

From 15 to 18, everybody is a different person. Every six months, I have a whole new outlook on life.

For six years, I was really on my own and did not have a coach.

As I grew older, I worked less as an actor and as a model, and I went back to what I had tried to do when I was young but wasn't really available. I'm so glad now to be in my sixties and to be able to go back to school.

I grew up with a single pair of shoes until I grew into the next size. My parents believed in the American dream and the power of education but didn't have the money to send me to college. I realized early on that I needed to go against the flow and be better than everyone else to support my family.

I'm never going to be the best skater, but I feel like I'm getting better.

I was a really good ice hockey player when I was a kid. Now in the aftermath I think I wasn't maybe big enough, and I couldn't have put on enough muscle to actually be able to play with the better guys, but I was a really good skater.

In your 20s, you're just a sketch of what you think you're trying to be.

I remember where I was when I wrote that story, 'Mermaid in a Jar.' I was at a boyfriend's, and he was the only boy I ever dated who was rich, and his parents had a ski chalet, and I just didn't know how to break up with him, so I decided I would be celibate.

I didn't even ski halfpipe until I was 14 because the resort where I lived didn't have one. So it wasn't always my favorite event, but I grew into it.

I love doing characters that challenge me. I'd love to do something that requires me to change physically or learn a skill.

Listening is a master skill for personal and professional greatness.

In modeling you rarely get the opportunity to learn a new skill for a project and I love a challenge.

I went to university - I never would have gone to university through football. I've got a degree. I've got a master's. I've met some amazing people, I've lived my dream. I've picked up so many skill sets that I never would have.

Once you get older, you can always develop the skill to shoot.

I wanted to play characters that were going to make me better and really challenge me to raise my skill level up or that were just interesting to me personally. I want to be the best actor I can be, and I want to be the most creative actor I can be. I want to take on roles that will move the chain to where I finally want to go.

Nothing happens overnight for anyone. To become a skilled, accomplished artiste, you need time to work on yourself first.

I like learning new skills and the feeling of going back to school.

I like a challenge. I like learning new skills because I didn't learn much at school.

This knowledge that you might have to really reorganize and redefine yourself and build new skills is really important.

My mum is my biggest critic. She said I was good for the first film, but I can still be better, and I need to polish my acting skills.

I think every woman should have the skills and confidence to be able to earn a living. A working woman is happy because she has goals beyond herself and her needs.

I have always been a bit of an introvert. In fact, my dad used to force me to meet people so that my interpersonal skills improve. As an individual, I was happiest when left alone.

No, I didn't quite know to what extent the football might be, but it was quite a bonus for me to try to learn new skills and to keep fit at the same time.

As I get older, I realize all I've done is sing and act and hone those skills.