Harrison Ford Quotes

Regretting the past does not prevent me from repeating it.

You learn nothing form your successes except to think too much of yourself. It is from failure that all growth comes, provided you can recognize it, admit it, learn from it, rise above it, and then try again.

I think failing is the best way to keep you grounded, curious, and humble. Success is dangerous because often you don't understand why you succeeded. You almost always know why you've failed. You have a lot of time to think about it.

There's a lot of me in it. But the character is more egotistical. I'm also egotistical, but not the way the character is. This guy is successful, he has everything, but his wife has left him. The most important value - love - is missing. What is wrong with this institution called 'marriage'? What is wrong with this institution called 'the pursuit of happiness'?

Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn; and you are too sensible a man not to learn from this failure.

I try not to be overly analytical.

As athletes, we're defined by what we've accomplished. Those are what most people remember and what you get paid for. But I learned more from my failures than from all of my successes put together - failures as an athlete and as a person.

I've made a lot of career mistakes. A lot. Actually, a lot of personal ones, too.

I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful - but I know that I have tried.

Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.

I don't want to repeat my mistakes.

The only person who needs to know about failure is yourself.

I've failed way more than I've succeeded.

If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever.

There will be some things I do well and things I do wrong. But I keep coming. Playing with heart. That's going to help me continue to grow.

I'd be lying if I didn't say there were days when I went back and said, 'I wish I'd done this. I should have done that. I handled this the wrong way.' But it's always in the motivation of getting better. I've never once looked in the mirror and said, 'Oh boy, can't do this one.'

My failures have made me look at myself in a way I've never wanted to before.

The roles I think about and can't stop thinking about - on the subway, when I'm riding my bike, when I'm running - are the things I connect to.

I did a little soul searching to explore where I had gone wrong, why I made the decisions I did, how my definitions of success and ambition were off. I love a great new pair of shoes - I love to look at my bank account and see zeroes - but what is it attached to?

There are many things people don't know about me, and maybe when they read about those things, they will have an understanding of the journey I have been on, why I've made the mistakes I have, and hopefully help other people overcome their adversities.

I think I've grown over the years and learned about who I am and what I can do and what I can't do.

I wouldn't say I regret anything. I would say I just wish I did things better.

To be honest, I've made a lot mistakes and I quite like making them because you learn from them.

You always learn from a defeat, even more than when you win games, because when you win, you don't see everything you did wrong.

When I came here in 2008, nobody knew who I was. I didn't know who I was. I was just enjoying the moment and I won. So, now, coming back being the person I am with all the accomplishments, it kind of puts things in perspective.