Donovan Quotes

Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment.

I've grown so much, not just as an actor, but as a human being.

I was such an idiot until the age of 28.

I would say I grew without a doubt. My whole energy in life - as an artist and as a person - has definitely got me smarter and wiser.

I think it's very important to grow as a person from the experiences you encounter in life.

I've grown and I've matured, and I kind of like that.

If we do not like what we see in the world, we must face what we don't like in ourselves. As we change, the world will change with us.

The best change you can make is to hold up a mirror so that people can look into it and change themselves. That's the only way a person can be changed." By looking into yourself," Zia said. "Even if you have to look into a mirror that's outside yourself to do it." "And you know," Maida added. "That mirror can be a story you hear, or just someone else's eyes. Anything that reflects back so you can see yourself in it.

I believe that men are here to grow themselves into best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want to do.

Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.

The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character.

The romantic idealism of my youth has been replaced with realism and hard work at what I love.

You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.

I am a very honest person, and I can only say there are moments in my life where I really did think I was being me in the sense of my morals and beliefs and the way I acted. But when I look back at certain things that I wore and my hair and make-up, I was like, 'Whoa! That wasn't me!' But I didn't know it back then.

Don't go through life, grow through life.

Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

You learn a lot about yourself doing physical work.

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

I think I've changed a lot as a person.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

I haven't always acted or reacted in a way that made me proud, but I didn't make that same mistake twice, and I think that's what I love about adversity is that it always reminds me of what's really valuable in life.

I always imagined that magically, at some point, I would settle into this very easy and refined sophistication, but it turns out that who you are at eleven is pretty much who you are at 27, so I don't know how much I've learned over the years.

I think a lot of people want people who actually have qualities they don't find attractive as a way of being able to change them. It's fascinating, because people think if they can change the other person, they can change themselves. It's a complex phenomenon. It's a fantasy that's actually about being able to come to terms with ourselves.

I'm not changing to the point where suddenly I wear floor-length skirts and start playing the violin; I'm just growing up a little bit, I guess.