Quotes about Personal Growth

My first five or six years in L.A., I was just trying to get two cents together to stay here. Playing Jason Stackhouse on 'True Blood' put me in a position, financially, to make decisions based on creativity, to choose roles based on whether I connected with them. I love the Jason Stackhouse character... But I also love stepping out of his shoes.

Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.

It's inevitable that you find out about your true self. There was so much I realized I had to work on, to try to improve.

After all the stuff that I've been through, I'm trying to rebuild my brand and be true to who I am, and be authentic, and make the truest, realest content that I can.

I look back, and I have no regrets, truly. Everything led me to the place where I am now.

I never thought music could also bring you personal growth, but it truly has.

I think Miley is so real and every stage you see her in is truly the stage of her life that she's in.

I had to take down Donald Trump.

Somehow, trumpet is the reference point for me - it was actually my first instrument.

Trust me; I have not exactly been the best husband material.

Don't worry, everyone - I'm not going to be just this silly little idiot who thinks he's 'it,' who has been to the Olympics, won a gold medal and come back thinking he's 'it.' That isn't me, trust me.

I have in the past overly trusted people and was, in turn, let down by some. Since then, I have learned the difference between putting faith into people and blindly trusting them.

Having more freedom to bring the ball up and have the ball in my hands, just trusting me with the ball, that was one of the big things. My rookie year, I didn't have that. Just having that trust in me, just working and them seeing that I'm getting better at it, that I'm capable, that was kind of like a changing point for me.

If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.

The truth is, gymnastics is a beautiful sport that has allowed me to grow and learn invaluable life lessons: sacrifice, dedication, discipline. Eventually, it led me to my voice.

Sometimes we need to take big risks if we want to find out who we are, and what we were put on this planet for.

It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy too.

I don't think I will do a Mafia character again. I want to get away from the violence a little bit, because it is starting to bother me personally.

The secret to making your holiday inspiring is actually quite simple. Be inspiring yourself. As with any change, you must be the change you want to see in others.

When I do something, it is all about self-discovery. I want to learn and discover my own limits.

Success is the continuing achievement of becoming the person God wants you to be and accomplishing the goals God has helped you set.

Everything goes so fast that you wake up suddenly after 5 years and you just feel like you want to talk about different [things] than everybody in the group, you want to talk about your own things.

What do I have to do to earn and deserve the key relationships that are going to get me where I want to go?

There's nothing wrong with making mistakes, just don't make the same ones. We don't want to duplicate them.