Sonny Sandoval Quotes

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.

Before you can do something you must first be something.

I think that you always have something left, that you take something of the character with you.

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 was surprised to find myself so much fuller of Faults than I had imagined, but I had the Satisfaction of seeing them diminish.

To change what you get you must change who you are.

Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.

My personality doesn't interest me.

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.

I'm just looking always for characters that change, because I want to get better, as an actor and as a person.

I think almost everything in life is life-experience, personality-driven.

I believe that I have such a vanilla life. But maybe I come with a different perspective. I'm always trying to improve myself.

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

I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. I'm a lot more introspective than my characters.

I would like to think that I'm more different from my character than I am.

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.

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.

My goal is always transformation. I love to watch people transform their lives, which includes their inner world and their outer world.

The distance between who you are and who you might be is closing.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

I vividly remember a conversation I had many years ago in 1974, which marked a turning point in my leadership journey. I was sitting at a Holiday Inn with my friend, Kurt Campmeyer, when he asked me if I had a personal growth plan. I didn't. In fact, I didn't even know you were supposed to have one.

Sometimes all it takes to change a life is to decide which beliefs do not serve you and to literally change your mind about those beliefs.

Revolution begins with the self, in the self.

I always look back at when I didn't have a dream, when I didn't have a spirit. I didn't know what the Olympics was all about. I was just hanging out on the street. I was not humble. I was not a nice person, doing things that were socially unacceptable.

Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural to make it a part of the lives of my characters, as well, albeit on a much different level.