Brie Larson Quotes

It's more important to know your weaknesses than your strengths.

I learned more about myself by being an RN than anything else I've ever done.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

I've done thousands of interviews in my life, and it's a format that I quite enjoy, because I think of questions in interviews as an opportunity to sort of gauge my growth in a way. It gives me an idea of how I'm navigating this world that I'm in.

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

If you're not learning as a human, growing as a human, you can't grow as an actor. You're just churning things you've already thought.

Anybody can act. Correction. Anybody can act if they know their own weaknesses.

Through process and preparation and going through all of the interviews, I've learned a lot about myself and my skills.

Well, of course, every actor's limited, and I am the first one to admit it, in all honesty, when I think that I've hit the wall a bit. I'm not ashamed at all, I think it's a process that you have to go through. That's how you learn.

Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.

I struggle to watch myself in any scene, to be honest. What's done is done. I wish I was able to watch myself, as it would really help me develop as an actor. But I'm not brave enough. It's a difficult thing to do - looking at yourself as this utterly different person on a screen.

I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure.

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 started second-guessing myself and was always questioning myself. I have really learned a lot.

If you don't second-guess yourself, then you are not trying to get better.

How any person decides to emphasize strengths and mitigate weaknesses is something people have to figure out for themselves. I'm wary of the self-help literature that suggests there are certain rules. I'm very happy for people to look at my story and say it's possible to achieve many things.

I believe that the biggest problem that humanity faces is an ego sensitivity to finding out whether one is right or wrong and identifying what one's strengths and weaknesses are.

I vividly remember a conversation I had many years ago in 1974, which marked a turning point in my leadership journey. I was sitting at a Holiday Inn with my friend, Kurt Campmeyer, when he asked me if I had a personal growth plan. I didn't. In fact, I didn't even know you were supposed to have one.

I'm usually very critical of myself.

As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can't be taught.

My weaknesses... I wish I could come up with something. I'd probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they're the same thing.

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

You have to grow! You grow as a person, and then you will grow in business.

I don't think I'm old enough or experienced enough to give anyone any guidance. All I would like say is that as long as you're having fun, I think you're doing the right thing.

I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably comes more from my doubts and my desires.