Deborah Cox Quotes

I've learned that the perfect picture that I hold in my mind of what my life looks like is constantly changing, growing, evolving. I remind myself that I am exactly where I need to be in my life; otherwise, I would surely be somewhere else.

I don't have any preconceived ideas of myself. I just take things as they come.

I'm surprised as anyone about where I've ended up. Maybe it's because I say yes to things.

Establishing goals is all right if you don't let them deprive you of interesting detours.

As time goes by people will see who I am for who I am.

I kinda live where I find myself.

People are looking for certainty. The more complex the world becomes, the more people look for people to give them certainty and tell them what to do. During the past few years of actively thinking about this, there is one thing that I have accepted: certainty is not out there. There is not one strategy to follow, and that's OK.

I do not see myself, I never make plans, I never set goals, and I never do that kind of stuff; I don't like to futurize, I barely know what I will do tomorrow, and because there is a working plan here, I've never futurized because life always surprises me with things even better.

You never know where life is going to take you. So everything I do, I just take it one day at a time, and it always leads you to the right place.

I thought I never wanted to be on TV. I was dead wrong. I'm almost always dead wrong about the things I think I want, vs. when I just go with the flow, I'm always happy where I end up.

I've learned over and over that life happens on its own terms, not mine.

When you're out in the field and spending time in these different places around the world, humility is one of the most important assets that will serve you well.

At different times in my life, I've made grand statements like, 'I want these many kids, and I want them by this age.' I think, with every year that goes by, I accept that I don't know when it's going to happen or how it's going to happen. I'll just take it one day at a time, and when I'm ready, I'll be ready. It'll reveal itself, I guess.

I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me.

I live every day, day to day. I will go wherever life takes me. I'm not questioning it.

The things you cannot change you can't waste your time on.

If I'm characterized as a character actor, that's fine with me. Whatever they want to call me is fine.

You can't ever force anything, and you have to deal with what comes to you as it comes.

I've learned over the years that there's a lot of things that work out pretty well that I don't love.

If you're not vulnerable, and you're too headstrong and clear about the path you want to take, it won't help you grow. Vulnerability doesn't have to be a negative thing. If you take the right spin on it, it can be extremely positive.

Whatever comes my way, I appreciate and do my best at, and if it were to fade someday, I guess I would find something else. But I just don't plan the future, I guess.

For me, I try not to set any goals or try and see what's gonna happen, because I don't wanna be let down or disappointed that something didn't happen the way I thought it was gonna happen.

I like to take things as they come.

For me, I don't have a grand vision planned or an end goal. I'm just exploring what's given to me at any given moment.

One of the best things about life—a reason not to go blindly after one goal and one goal only—is that sometimes it will take you to something that is way cooler than anything you would have consciously set out to do in the first place.