Maajid Nawaz Quotes

Everything that I've done has made me who I am today. You know, it's cliche, but it's true.

Everything shapes you to be the person you are today. Sometimes hard lessons pay off dividends.

Your emotional life is not written in cement during childhood. You write each chapter as you go along.

You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

I not only developed as a player in Germany but also as a person.

I find my past in my present, and from these forecast my future.

Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life.

I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music.

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the moment for our evolution, and gives us the best advantage for the development of ourselves.

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Why am I the way I am? Well, I used to be different.

We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.

The background - your own history - is way more important than what you can achieve as a professional.

It has been an interesting road, but I wouldn't trade any of it for the world, because I feel like all of those instances in my life I felt molded me and strengthened me and made me who I am.

But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come through the medium of schools or teachers.

Life has brought me work to do on myself these past two years.

You are the best lessons you learn from life. I have grown up learning from my life.

I used to be very revenge-motivated, but that's just because I'm a Scorpio. Now I'm more so, like, practice honesty just because it makes you feel better.

So many things come with your maturation process. I changed throughout my time with WWE from a kid in his 20s into a man.

I feel like I've been able to grow personally because of playing SpongeBob.

Every twist and turn in life is an opportunity to learn something new about yourself, your interests, your talents, and how to set and then achieve goals.

There's a lot to the story. And there are a lot of things I've learned about myself and about love, and I'm really grateful for the lessons, and I hope I can share that through art. I look for projects that allow me to do that, whether it's music or acting.

I think it's very important to grow as a person from the experiences you encounter in life.