Dawn Steel Quotes

You learn from things that you experience in life. I'd never want to say that I regret anything or that anything was a mistake. Honestly, that isn't how I have chosen to live my life.

I cherished every moment with the national team - the good ones and the bad ones - because you learn from your mistakes.

Everybody's in a situation; everybody has a story. It's about finding out why.

We have all made mistakes in this life. How we learn from our mistakes is the measure of who we are.

I've experienced a lot for someone my age that a lot of people will be able to relate to.

I'm not sure I'd go back and do anything over in my life. I've definitely had my fair share of failures and moments where I wasted my time or that of other people, but if I did those moments over, I'd have missed out on so many lessons.

Every situation has changed me as a person.

As I have encountered difficult moments in my own life, I have been privileged to learn from the great men I have come to know as a writer.

I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. Lived it and I'm still here to talk about it and help someone else if I can.

I've had a life that has taken many interesting paths. I've learned a lot from mentors who were instrumental in shaping me, and I want to share what I've learned.

I have a lot of amazing women, you know, women in my life who have been an example for me of what not to do.

You can't start changing things in your past. Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them. I certainly wouldn't be who I am.

For me, I try to see difficulties as a way of expanding and growing as a person inhabiting this planet.

Everything I did and continue to do happens for a reason, and honestly, I don't regret much in my life.

Here in L.A., you kind of get stuck in your own little dilemmas and your own little life, and hearing a story like Pocahontas' reminds you there's a bigger world out there, and there are so many more important things in life.

Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.

Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life.

To me, you go through things like that and you learn from it. You add it on to your life, to try to make your life better. Instead of dogging people, learn something from it. And keep stepping.

The good and bad things are what form us as people... change makes us grow.

You shouldn't have regrets. I'd say instead that I've learned a lot of lessons. Yes, I could have handled some things better. But they've also made me who I am today.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

You learn a lot more when you're going through a rough period compared to the good times when everything goes your way.

Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and try not to make them again. That's pretty much my principle.

I try to live in the present. I learn from my mistakes in an effort not to repeat them, but I remain totally focused on today and tomorrow. Many of my mistakes turned out to be incredible opportunities for growth, both professionally and personally, and therefore, in hindsight, they were deeply valuable.

We have fought and cried. But I think, over time, one falls, learns, grows, and moves on. Shah Rukh and I have had our share of highs and lows.