Quotes about Personal Growth

We can't focus too much on the opponent, we have to focus on ourselves.

Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today.

I try not to think about anyone's expectations but rather focus on always doing my personal best. Modeling was never a thought in my mind growing up, but my mom felt it was important for me to be open to business opportunities and expand my horizons.

I think you grow through your experiences; you get better as you grow and I'm not nearly where I think I'm going to be eventually where I inspire to be and hopefully the opportunities will continue to come.

The opportunities I've had to play really complex characters - which haven't been a lot, but some - you never get over them.

I grew up in this weird, educationally elite but economically impoverished environment. Total 'Oprah' story.

We're in a period of revolutionary change. I'm optimistic. One's self changes, and then the world changes. It's going to begin internally, not externally.

In terms of my childhood, it was normal. You go through school, do well in school, and then I went to university. The performance arts aspect was never really an option because it was never in my family. Nobody was there to teach me anything about that. It wasn't until maybe my second year of university that I got inspired to dance.

My first experience out of my country was Ecuador. That was a very good option for me. To know how you can develop your coaching style or your personality being away and being alone, that is not easy.

I couldn't connect with people so I developed other senses. I had no other option.

I know that if I'm going to take myself to where I want to go as an athlete and a person, I have to look at all my training options.

Focus on making you the best you you can be as an actor and follow your own path. You can't compare an apple to an orange. It will cause a lot of self-esteem issues.

I have my own orchard, and I also work with the Bloomington Community Orchard, which has been one of the best experiences of my life.

Sometimes, growth isn't always equal to success. You may fall forward and continue to make some mistakes, but it's all about growth and really finding the lessons that needs to be learned in order to get to the next level.

When you meet your kids, you realize that they deserve great parents. And then you have your marching orders, and you have to try and become the person that they deserve.

I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life.

My journey was a very organic journey.

You can't build an adaptable organization without adaptable people - and individuals change only when they have to, or when they want to.

The Girl Scouts is an organization that constantly gives you new goals to achieve and that's what life is all about.

Just because you are CEO, don't think you have landed. You must continually increase your learning, the way you think, and the way you approach the organization. I've never forgotten that.

I don't teach kids to be No. 1. Organizations and people that tell you you have to be No. 1; that's not it. You don't have to be No. 1. What I teach is to be as good as you can be. Use what you have and be as good as you can be. That's all you can do, anyway.

I've grown so much as an individual, I've come across so many great people, great organizations, heard so many great stories, inspiring stories.

I didn't want to turn into Martha Stewart. I wanted to turn into a more organized, more gracious me. And that truly has happened.

I enjoy the hero genre more than anything else. I enjoy origin stories. I enjoy doing stories about people who learn what they are capable of.