Jenna Dewan Quotes

I've grown a lot, and I'm learning every week.

I've gotten this advice at different times, and it distills down to one word: purpose. Why are you here? When you start to get distracted by thoughts such as 'Do I fit in? Does this person like me?' - remember why you're there and what you want to accomplish.

My biggest mentor is myself, I've always felt.

It took a long time, and a lot of years, for me to get comfortable with myself, like the way I am now.

I wanted to show my maturity. The criticism I got made me grow up. It motivated me.

I don't have anything to prove, but I do like to challenge myself.

I'm proud of myself, and I'm going to continue to grow.

I think with 'Claws,' it came at such a perfect time where I really started to focus and to take myself seriously.

My character, Charlotte, is very confident, and I try to be more like my character in real life. Not that I'm not confident, but I've really found my personal growth through work.

My freshman year, I was such an immature kid and I didn't know what to expect, I didn't know what I wanted or what I could do or what my abilities were off the court.

Mature striving is linked to long-range goals. Thus, the process of becoming is largely a matter of organizing transitory impulses into a pattern of striving and interest in which the element of self-awareness plays a large part.

It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done.

Improvement begins with I.

If I'd trusted myself and listened to myself all the times that I ignored myself, I would have been fine. But everyone has to learn their lesson, and now I've got it.

As I get older, I feel better about myself because I've done a lot of spiritual work on myself and balanced myself out, and so I feel more confident about myself as a person and as a woman.

I started second-guessing myself and was always questioning myself. I have really learned a lot.

I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.

I have no expectations. I just want to better myself.

I've gradually grown more comfortable with who I am and what I am.

The only one who can beat me is me.

I am my own mentor. I like to listen to myself to improve.

I was 20 years old and felt I had a lot to offer, even to myself.

I'm competitive with myself, and that goes hand in hand with how I present myself. I'm not only trying to put one foot in front of the other, I'm trying to put my best foot forward.

The biggest competition is myself. I am not looking to follow others or pull them down. I'm planning to test my own boundaries.

I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.