Cat Stevens Quotes

In the second half of life, people have less power to infatuate you. But they also have much less power to control you or hurt you.

Now here I am almost 52 years old, it's really easy. I'm way more at peace. But when you're a competitor, and you're as intent on becoming the best in the world as I was, it comes with consequences.

As you get older you learn some balance and mediation in your life - that's where I am right now. I feel pretty comfortable about things.

Life is not quantifiable in terms of age, but I suppose in my fifties I am more grounded and more at ease in my own skin than when I was younger. I have a confidence that I didn't have before from the experiences I've had.

Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.

I do not have the angst and the anxiety of my youth. I've gotten to a place where I'm very comfortable with who I am.

I would say I'm quite happy in my life the majority of the time. Earlier in my life I was more questioning, overly trying to figure things out. I like this way much better.

I have no regrets, because I've done everything I could to the best of my ability.

Learning lessons is a little like reaching maturity. You're not suddenly more happy, wealthy, or powerful, but you understand the world around you better, and you're at peace with yourself. Learning life's lessons is not about making your life perfect, but about seeing life as it was meant to be.

I don't regret anything I've gone through.

Some people say, I'd give anything to be 30 again. Well, I really wouldn't. I didn't enjoy being 30.

I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.

At this point in my life I'm not bent on proving anything, really.

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

I had to let my ego go a long time ago.

That's one of the things about getting older isn't it? You suddenly realise that you are what you set out to be. And there are no role models any more.

I love being middle-aged in general. I'm more at peace with myself now. I still have tormented times, but they are few and far between. You don't feel you have to be the centre of your world when you get older. Becoming a mother had been a turning point which stopped me from being the centre of my world.

I'm a lot more grounded now, a lot more settled in my skin.

I don't regret any decisions I've made in my life.

I'm not desperate anymore or feeling weird about myself because I'm not working in this business. I'm older and wiser, and there's a lot more to life.

Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made.

When you mature, you also get more secure about yourself. You see things differently.

When I was younger, I was testing myself and questioning everything, but now it's less about that and more about these are the years of my life with my family.

I used to be one of those guys with a lot of angst, you know? I just don't anymore. I'm not angst-ridden anymore. I've faced reality of what I am and what I have to do in life.

As far as 'Trainspotting' changing my life, I think I've said before I probably squandered a few opportunities. But I'm fine with that because everything's fine.