John McCain Quotes

My mother, she's like, She can work on herself.

The solution is to change from the negative to the positive and one way to do that is to remember that failure is an event - it is not a person. Another way is to understand that your child might make a mistake, but the child is not a mistake

A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat, but not too much, above his last achievement.

If you take a diamond that's raw and you put one face to it, it has that one face, and then you've gotta find another face. At the end, you're going to have this diamond that's everything you've done. I feel that's the way you should look at it because that puts you in a constant state of progress.

Criticism is properly the rod of divination: a hazel switch for the discovery of buried treasure, not a birch twig for the castigation of offenders.

It's never too late, for with a purpose, a worthy goal and a motivation to reach those upper layers on the pyramid, a person can travel further in a few years than he might otherwise travel in a lifetime.

Growing up means :propelling yourself forward into whatever lies ahead, one turn of the wheel at a time.

A grindstone that had not grit in it, how long would it take to sharpen an ax? And affairs that had not grit in them, how long would they take to make a man?

If you are pleased with what you are, you have stopped already. If you say, "It is enough," you are lost. Keep on walking, moving forward, trying for the goal.

I can change, I can grow.

Developing Christlike attributes in our lives is not an easy task, especially when we move away from generalities and abstractions and begin to deal with real life. The test comes in practicing what we proclaim. The reality check comes when Christlike attributes need to become visible in our lives—as husband or wife, as father or mother, as son or daughter, in our friendships, in our employment, in our business, and in our recreation. We can recognize our growth, as can those around us, as we gradually increase our capacity to 'act in all holiness before [Him]' (D&C 43:9).

The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.

I don't feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.

It's better that you're criticized than complimented as a person.

No matter how good you get, there's always something further out there.

Sometimes what we deem a failure at the time it happens actually serves to foster a change within us that creates an even greater success down the road.

Growing up I had amazing parents who really let me be creative and free. I was the youngest of three by six years, the child who was the outsider and observer. When I went off to Boston to act, I was very young - 10. And my parents didn't fear that. They had the respect to let me make my choices.

In order to grow, you must accept new responsibilities, no matter how uncertain you may feel or how unprepared you are to deal with them.

I need more time to develop as a player and as a person.

If we hope to go anywhere or develop ourselves in any way, we can only step from where we are standing. If we don't really know where we are standing... We may only go in circles.

Whatever you've accomplished, there's always more to experience.

Our only purpose in life is growth.

Negative feedback can make us bitter or better.

The principle is competing against yourself.

Growth is what we all need and what we all strive for because we want to get better and better and better each day.