Lara Flynn Boyle Quotes

It's cool to have parents and family who will always tell me the truth no matter what. They'll tell me if I'm doing something stupid!

People tend to scare you pointing out your shortfalls. If you voluntarily admit your faults, then people won't have anything to point out.

My mom had very low expectations for me, and she really had a point. I was a big problem at seventeen. If I had a kid like me, I would have those same expectations.

Everything I am is because of my mom.

You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing, you're always right.' No, they tell me when I'm wrong, and that's why I've been able to stay who I am and stay humble.

I think my mother is my biggest influence. There are so many things I hate about her but at the same time I'm thankful for her. All I know is that when I'm a parent I want to be just like my mom. I can talk to my mom more than any of my friends could talk to their parents.

My closest friends are the ones who tell me that I'm being dumb or that I'm being wrong.

I will make it a point to voice my opinions. But if I am at fault, I will also apologise.

The greatest thing about siblings is you constantly have someone putting you in check; there's no room to get delusional about yourself.

It is difficult, but you need to be honest with yourself as an athlete, and have a team telling you the right things, being honest with you.

It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it.

My mother gave me an understanding that as good as you think you are, you're not so great. There's always room for improvement. The reality is when people don't have someone to give them a sense of guidance, and say, "Hey, man, that's not happening," it's really hard.

My mom was never afraid to say, 'I'm sorry. I screwed up.' I feel like that's an important lesson.

One of life's joys was to have friends who gave you reality checks...who would call you on your crap before it rose so high you drowned in it.

It takes strong ears indeed to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship. For it is a healthy love that will risk wounding or offending in order to profer a benefit.

I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.

We're all hypocrites. We all say one thing and do another. But why don't we try to do what we say more than what we don't?

The boldest stroke and best act of friendship is not to disclose our own failings to a friend, but to show him his own.

The thing you resist is the thing you need to hear the most.

The praise that comes of love does not make us vain, but humble rather. Knowing what we are, the pride that shines in our mother's eyes as she looks at us is about the most pathetic thing a man has to face, but he would be a devil altogether if it did not burn some of the sin out of him.

I've been guilty of most of the stuff that's been said about me to some degree. And if I ain't done it, I probably will.

There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors.

True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.

Whenever anything is spoken against you that is not true, do not pass by or despise it because it is false; but forthwith examine yourself, and consider what you have said or done that may administer a just occasion of reproof.

I call myself out on my mistakes, but in telling the truth, sometimes it stings a little.