Nadine Velazquez Quotes

As you get older, as you become more sensitive, feel more, it becomes harder to make jokes. You censor yourself.

I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid.

I like to think I'm a very mature person.

If you have a temper, now is the time to learn to control it. The more you do so while you are young, the more easily it will happen.

To know your limitations is the hallmark of a wise person.

I don't start fights, but sometimes I don't walk away from them. It hasn't happened in a long time, but it's happened, and I regret those times. I should have been more in control of myself, stronger, more adult.

I used to be a bit of a show-off at school, but I've calmed down now and learnt to censor myself.

I can't let myself act immature, in a way.

I'm a mature person.

You have to control your anger - you can't be a baby when you lose.

I know I've had an attitude that can explode, but I'm trying my best to not step out of bounds.

Not saying I was a bad kid, but I had a lot to learn. You've just got to not be impulsive.

I have a mean streak and I am capable of cruelty. This does not mean that I am necessarily mean and cruel; instead, it means that I have to be vigilant about my capacity for cruelty and the mean bone in my body.

Maturity: knowing where you're crazy, trying to warn others of the fact and striving to keep yourself under control.

Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.

I have learned to watch myself and give myself constructive criticism. Although I have to cover my face and peek sometimes!

You can never control other people. You can only control yourself. I have definitely learned that.

I think that's good that I have to watch how I act and what I say. I think that's a part of growing up.

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down.

I had to learn, really, how to rein in my energies and discipline myself. And I found it very very useful. I rebelled against it at first, but it's a good thing to have.

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

One learns in life to keep silent and draw one's own confusions.

The trick is to learn to contain one's ego, not conceal it.

Everyone has limits. You just have to learn what your own limits are and deal with them accordingly.