Jeffrey R. Immelt Quotes

I'm hard on myself, like, 'Oh, why did you say that?' But it helps me grow.

I want to keep growing and keep getting better every day.

Things that I consider bad qualities, I always try and figure out where they are coming from. I don't consider ambition to be a bad one. It's served me very well in my life. Very well.

I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.

To me, you can always get better.

I know straight away if I can do better. It doesn't take people to criticise me for me to realise it.

Something good happens or something bad, I think, 'What can I do better? What didn't I do this year?'

I've been studying myself because I always want to improve.

I don't feel like congratulating myself, because I know there's still a lot of room for improvement.

I'm the first one to always criticize myself, and I'm trying to find ways to get better.

It's more important to know your weaknesses than your strengths.

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

Maybe sometimes I have been wrong with some movies. Anyway, I try to do my best.

I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.

I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.

Sure, I'm ashamed of a lot of the things I did, but at the same time, I wouldn't be the person I am today if I hadn't gone through those experiences.

Life is about growing and improving and getting better.

I can always see what I've done wrong. I'm always learning. I'm the perennial student.

I don't think I've ever been moulded but I think I am always learning.

Of all the things I could know, my own faults and weaknesses are pretty much the most important.

I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes - 'Oh, man, that's messed up. Okay, I need to work on that; I need to work on this.'

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 know my flaws before other people point them out to me.

I make a lot of mistakes, too, and I'm constantly re-evaluating how I'm doing things and trying to be better every day, whether it's as a mom or taking care of myself.

I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.