Cicely Tyson Quotes

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.

It's one of those things that I use everything that I go through... to be better. I use it all to just fuel the fire, to grow and learn from.

It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.

As human beings we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser.

I don't think I've ever been moulded but I think I am always learning.

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

I feel like I've lived a life of making mistakes and learning from them and doing my best to only make each mistake once.

It takes obstacles to learn, grow, be better.

I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.

Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.

Real education consists in drawing the best out of yourself.

Sometimes it's the toughest moments that you learn the most about yourself, and the more you know yourself, the less you are willing to give away.

To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

In the end, it's a mental maturity to let your best come out.

I believe that men are here to grow themselves into best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want to do.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

I've learned in my life that it's important to be able to step outside your comfort zone and be challenged with something you're not familiar or accustomed to. That challenge will allow you to see what you can do.

You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.

I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.

I believe that any type of education can be great, but an education about ourselves can create something wonderful. I am a comedian, but people have called me a motivational speaker. I don't really consider myself that at all.

We're put here on Earth to learn our own lessons. No one can tell you what your lessons are; it is part of your personal journey to discover them. On these journeys we may be given a lot, or just a little bit, of the things we must grapple with, but never more than we can handle.

I always say the minute I stop making mistakes is the minute I stop learning and I've definitely learned a lot.

One thing I've come to learn about myself is that I have to keep going.

I admire when people take the harder path, not because they are masochistic and want to beat themselves up, but because you actually kind of learn more and I think you grow more.

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