Quotes about Personal Growth

My partner Stacey says I have a cold heart. Growing up, having cried so much, it has made me a stronger person.

I don't think that having a hard time is inherently negative. I think that it can make you a stronger person; it can be tough and painful, but it can make you grow.

Obviously, at PSG, they have the best players in the world. Being with that group has really made me strong. I have watched the ins and outs of everyone, Neymar and Mbappe and all those guys in training, and I really feel that it has moulded me into a stronger person and a fighter, and it made me a lot hungrier than before.

Unfortunately, I did not do many films but all the aspects and phases of my life have made me a better and a stronger person.

I think what I reacted to so strongly when I first saw 'Pinocchio' was that I identified with the character so strongly. The movie takes you on a whole journey, a rollercoaster of emotions, and that sometimes means some very scary places. But in the end, it comes out okay.

I never really grasped how big it was when I initially got 'Alexander'; I thought, 'Ooh, this is exciting,' but after I got home, I looked back and thought, 'That was an incredible experience.' I got to work with some massive names in Hollywood, and I learnt so much, and then it really kind of struck me how life-changing it was.

I think that getting responsibility and structure are huge parts of growing up.

You have to continue to grow and evolve as individuals in order for your marriage to evolve. It takes two pillars to support a structure. If those two pillars become one, you have a structure that teeters.

I do like structure, and I'd love to be better at it.

When I was in my 20s and kind of going through my own coming out process, I feared that I would lose my family. I feared that I would grow old alone. And that was a real part of my struggle.

It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the limits one is born to, and then to learn something of the value of those limits.

Yes, I'm very close to my family. And being that close to your family, I think you also struggle with how to become your own person.

My fiction is almost always inspired by a character's need or desire to rise above him- or herself. No one is perfect and some of us have much adversity in our lives; it is those people who struggle to rise above their nature or background that I find the most interesting and heroic.

I definitely, when I was younger, struggled a little to understand my identity and who I wanted to be.

I've always been the one who struggled financially, so now it's so cool that I can make my own money and do whatever I want with it.

I am innately very shy, and I have struggled with that challenge for years.

The struggles don't define you. It's how you handle them that determines who you are.

I think a lot of people relate to some of my characters' inner struggles.

I would say that we all - in whatever world we're in, whatever your occupation is, we all have a path to walk. We all have struggles.

In terms of my own life and the mistakes I made and the struggles I had, I'm grateful for them. It taught me more than success and opportunity ever did.

I've had some struggles, some times with difficulty and people saying this, people saying that. I've done some things I shouldn't have, but it's about growing up and learning how to be a true professional.

Super Sad Generation' was essentially about the struggles that you go through when you're growing up in the world and trying to figure out what kind of person you want to be.

When I was very young, I didn't talk a lot. If an adult was speaking, I was listening. I think it was the moment I turned 18 when I was like, 'I'm an adult now and have opinions and things to say, so now it's time for people to listen to me.'

I always say the biggest opponent for Manchester United is Manchester United. Every year I play for this club, I will say the same.