Derren Brown Quotes

I'm hard on myself, like, 'Oh, why did you say that?' But it helps me grow.

I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.

I have a pretty clear picture of the whole weight of my life, and there are things that I've done that are good, and I'm proud of them. There are things that I'm really not proud of, and that they, you have to look at me with a perspective, and I try really hard to do that, to keep from thinking I'm cool and ever so smart.

I don't feel like a very nostalgic person. I think about the past much more clinically. When I look back and wonder, 'Why was I doing that? Was it a waste of time?' I don't beat myself up. Instead, I say, 'I'm so glad I did that, because now I really know what matters to me.'

I'm my biggest critic of myself when I make mistakes.

But I had a strong reaction to my first three albums and I struggle with them now, as an adult. It's very much the same as looking at your teenage photos in high school.

I always see what I did wrong, what I could do better.

Something good happens or something bad, I think, 'What can I do better? What didn't I do this year?'

Embarrassment is where growth happens.

I learned from my past.

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

We're always going to remind ourselves of our mistakes and how we do things differently, trying to be a better person or whatever.

I've made a lot of career mistakes. A lot. Actually, a lot of personal ones, too.

He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

And maybe I'm a little smarter now than I was before for all the stupid things I've done.

I have made plenty of mistakes. The key to life is to learn from them. I have been a little too introspective, but I think that stemmed from insecurity or shyness. I took a long time to grow up.

I make a lot of mistakes, too, and I'm constantly re-evaluating how I'm doing things and trying to be better every day, whether it's as a mom or taking care of myself.

I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.

I'd be lying if I didn't say there were days when I went back and said, 'I wish I'd done this. I should have done that. I handled this the wrong way.' But it's always in the motivation of getting better. I've never once looked in the mirror and said, 'Oh boy, can't do this one.'

I mean, I've been stupid in the past, and I've learned from that.

When I look back at the way that I was in that documentary I cringe.

My failures have made me look at myself in a way I've never wanted to before.

If one doesn’t examine one’s mistakes and look back, how else does one have vision?

Where I Was Wrong

I think you're always trying to figure yourself out and mistakes that you've made.