Cate Blanchett Quotes

You have to accept the way things are before you can move on.

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

I do a good job of staying positive and just moving on.

I always assess what's my fault, but I don't dwell on mistakes, I never have; it's not part of my make up. I know what I am and know what I can do. You just move on.

I think if something's wrong with me, I just kind of work through it. That's my mentality.

You keep learning how to let go and to live the life that you actually have, as opposed to the life you thought you were going to have.

Maturity is the art of living in peace with that which cannot be changed, the courage to change that which should be changed, no matter what it takes, and the wisdom to know the difference.

I do think once I get into expectations, I've just trained myself. I've just trained myself to just move on to the next.

Don't close the book when bad things happen in your life! Just turn the page and start a new chapter!

All that I did," she said, "everything I tried to do. All for nothing." Nothing is done entirely for nothing, said the fox of dreams. Nothing is wasted. You are older, and you have made decisions, and you are not the fox you were yesterday. Take what you have learned, and move on.

Life moves on and so should we

You mature as far as your understanding of what it's going to take, and you increase your stamina. You don't let frustration overtake you when you're looking for change.

I wish I were strong enough to ignore what others say, but experience tells me I often can't. Allowing myself to feel upset, even really upset, and then move on - that's something I can do.

Things change when you learn to loosen your grip. I think one way and the future is desperate. I think another way everything is in sight. Trees bend so branches don't have to break. We mend the wounds of our last mistake... I live one way holding onto the fence post. I live another way sliding off into space. Each life is loosely assembled... Birds swim, fish do fly. Proud man begins to cry. Birds swim, fish do fly. Things change, so why can't I?

Whatever results you get, learn and grow from it and move on to the next one.

Critics called me 'egregious' - I had to look that one up - and 'creepy', but now I don't read them, I weigh them.

When things go wrong or don't turn out the way you pictured them in your head, you just have to go with the best intentions defense. I have a lot of good intentions.

That was just my own personal program: I didn't want to get too high over the good moments because I didn't want to be saddened and depressed when things didn't go as I had planned.

Part of growing up is just taking what you learn from that and moving on and not taking it to heart.

You can only whine for so long. Then you need to get your life back.

I have been stubborn and getting into trouble since I was 2, but I learned how to redirect that into good causes.

In my life, I have made the occasional catastrophic choice, and it's just a case of moving on and learning from it.

I'm going to have setbacks and failures; I'm not going to see change right away all of the time or most of the time. But everybody I've ever respected has failed at one thing or another. I've definitely fallen on my face. But I've also had a comparatively easy life.

I think life's a bit of what you make it and a little smidgen of you being the jellyfish, and the tide's just gently helping you along.

I still don't have all the answers. I'm more interested in what I can do next than what I did last.