Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

I learned everything the hard way - like, literally, everything. I know that God does that to people that he has lessons for. I just wish that I had learned less extreme lessons.

Character is never built in a classroom; it is built in the circumstances of life.

There's a lesson to be learned out of everything we go through in life.

There is no development of character without resistance, there is no growth of spirituality without overcoming.

The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself. It is said that some people are born great, others achieve it, some have it thrust upon them. In truth, the ways in which your character is built have to do with all three of those. Those around you, those you choose, and those who choose you.

People have to go through things in order to become the person they are today, and that's that.

Every test successfully met is rewarded by some growth in intuitive knowledge, strengthening of character, or initiation into a higher consciousness.

Talent develops in quiet, alone; character is sharpened in the torrent of the world.

Every time I've built character, I've regretted it.

Character formation cannot be taught. It comes from experience and not from explanation.

Talents are nurtured best in solitude, But character on life's tempestuous seas!

I think almost everything in life is life-experience, personality-driven.

That's the way I try to live. I think it's the only way for human beings at this point in our evolution as souls, where everyone in their lifetime is going through stuff.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

I think I have more patience now than I did in the past.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.

Life experience is what defines our character, even if it means getting your heart broken or being lied to. You know, you need the downs to appreciate the ups. Going on the adventure or taking that risk is important.

Everything that I've done has made me who I am today. You know, it's cliche, but it's true.

The good and bad things are what form us as people... change makes us grow.

While I don't necessarily believe the cliche that 'everything happens for a reason,' I do believe that every encounter, every situation, and every challenge I've experienced has shaped me into the woman I am today. And I am proud to say that I have never backed down from life's challenges.

I not only developed as a player in Germany but also as a person.

So many things come with your maturation process. I changed throughout my time with WWE from a kid in his 20s into a man.

Hargrave made me mature. It made me grow up, and I needed that.