Shirley MacLaine Quotes

I have definitely had a big impactful change since 2010, and it's rough to look in the mirror, but it's such an important thing to do that.

I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.

You need someone who is going to help you make that better version of yourself.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

I believe it's strikingly important to remember that when you know better, you can do better. With higher levels of awareness, you can make smarter choices. And the more clarity you get as to who you want to become, the quicker you can start making the choices need to get you there.

Obviously you try to learn from the past and your mistakes and how you can become a better player as well as a better person.

The goal in my life is to grow and become better than before.

I think personal growth has much to do with acting ability.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

Mature striving is linked to long-range goals. Thus, the process of becoming is largely a matter of organizing transitory impulses into a pattern of striving and interest in which the element of self-awareness plays a large part.

In the end, it's a mental maturity to let your best come out.

Improvement begins with I.

I had a notepad and I wrote down 30 things to make myself better just off the top of my head, and the next day I started to do that.

All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific.

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.

I really don't feel like I'm in any kind of contest. Except, maybe, with myself. Just want to learn and create and grow. Get better all the time with these filmmaking tools. I don't expect perfection from myself. Just progress.

I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

Don't go through life, grow through life.

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

Everyday I strive to, at least, recognise my short-comings and the things I have to do to be the best person that I can possibly be.

Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself.

As a teenager, rather than setting myself on a course to pursue fame (quite common growing up in L.A., the entertainment capital of the world), happiness, fulfillment, and spiritual enlightenment (also quite common), I skipped right on to trying to be successful. 'Let's just get on with it,' I felt. 'Onward' became my motto.

I try to get people thinking, to consider their pasts and presents, ultimately encouraging them and giving them the tools to embrace the work of reshaping their lives.