Kathleen Turner Quotes

Difficulties are not interruptions to our journey; they are part of it, as if they're part of the weave of the cloth of our lives. They weave in and become an essential part of the whole. Because the more challenges we face, the more capable we realize we are and the less there is to fear.

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.

A lot of us are ruled by fear during our lives - afraid we'll get burgled, afraid a dog will bite us, afraid we'll get fat, afraid someone will leave us. Once you lose fear, life becomes sweeter, and that happens as you get older. I'm sure by the time I'm 80, I'll be able to do absolutely anything!

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it.

When I was younger, I was kind of fearless. I think it takes more courage to do things when you know more. I was completely naive, and I was like, 'Why can't I do anything I want to do?'

The hardest things in my life have made me who I am.

I've had more life experiences than most people that are older than me.

it is only courage on the path itself that makes the path appear

Courage in the path is what makes the path manifest itself.

The small perplexities of small minds eddy and boil about you. Confident from the experience that has led you out of these same dangers, you attack each problem as it appears, unafraid.

Love is not everything ... It is only when we are young that we think it is.

One learns better than to hand one's choices to fear. With age, with every wound and scar, one learns.

Don't be afraid; people are so afraid; don't be afraid to live in the raw wind, naked, alone...Learn at least this: What you are capable of. Let nothing stand in your way.

It took me a long time to get to where I'm at, in my career and as a man. I was going through my trials and tribulations in life, and it gave me the strength to tackle things that have come my way.

The great contributors in life are those who, though afraid of the knock at the door, still answer it.

You find it hard to deal with certain things and as you get older it becomes easier.

Life is about going through things and learning along the way.

I think I learned I'm braver than I think I am.

I live my life - I walk the right path - but I can't be like, 'Oh, I'm scared of this or that.'

When life hits you hard, it can throw you off course. But how you handle that adversity can teach you so much about yourself and change your perspective on what you actually want from life.

Life throws you curveballs and there are things that happen - you don't understand why they happened at the time. But then you step back and understand you're a better fighter and competitor because of the things that happened.

I've gotten tougher.

I had to have experience, you know what I mean? Because I've been doing this since I was 14... I couldn't write about anything at 14. I had to live some life. I definitely lived some life.

I had to go through so much trial and error to get all the whack-ness out of my system as a kid. I think everybody has to do that. You have to go through a period of failing in order to get better at it - whatever you're doing.