Tom Hardy Quotes

If I had one singular galvanizing ambition in life, I would try to reverse engineer toward it, but I don't.

Even when you're not acting, don't lose sight of your goals or who you are.

I'm not into religion, but I have a good grasp on my spirituality. I just believe that I'm not the greatest power on this earth. I didnt create myself, because I would have done a hell of a better job.

I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well.

Every character is asking: 'What's my place? Why am I here? I don't want the answer to be 'Just because.' You find your own purpose. Each finds the reason to be here and how to contribute.

The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose.

Your vision of where or who you want to be is your greatest asset.

Transcendence constitutes selfhood.

I don't know if I work in order to do something, or in order to know why I can't do what I want to do.

I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

To come to be you must have a vision of Being, a Dream, a Purpose, a Principle. You will become what your vision is.

We need God, not in order to understand the why, but in order to feel and sustain the ultimate wherefore, to give a meaning to the universe.

When you get to be a 45-year-old man, you start to realize: 'I know who I am, and I know who I'm not. I know my shortcomings, I know my strengths; maybe some of my shortcomings are my strengths.' You start to face yourself as you truly are.

If we didn't have understanding of our journey, we wouldn't be able to go on. We'd be stuck, like, 'Why me?'

If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever.

I've always thought of acting as a tool to change society. I watch a lot of actors and I see panic in their eyes because they don't know why they act and I know why I act. Whether I'm a good or a bad actor, I know why I do it.

Yeah, well my name is Bai Ling. That means white spirit, and I really feel like sometimes I'm not existing.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

My driving force is spirituality.

I could have been better. That's my goal now, to be better.

Believe in something larger than yourself.

I've gotten this advice at different times, and it distills down to one word: purpose. Why are you here? When you start to get distracted by thoughts such as 'Do I fit in? Does this person like me?' - remember why you're there and what you want to accomplish.

It took a long time, and a lot of years, for me to get comfortable with myself, like the way I am now.

It was important for me to understand who I am and where I came from. To get a hold on why I do certain things.

You want to make an impact and show what you're about.