Immanuel Kant Quotes

I think as a guy you need a little bit to be on your own from early on, to start to live your own life, and try to understand what is going on around you, you have to be able to survive.

It was psychobabbler Abraham Maslow who wrote of the phenomena of self-actualization. What Maslow failed to grasp is that reaching true self-actualization can only be ultimately achieved when you have your own brand of ammunition.

The best thing we can do is develop our own.

A degree of self-awareness is extremely valuable... I hope I have that going forward.

In school, no one teaches you to look for things that are right for you.

Every day, I feel I can do more things - not as a character but as myself.

People who know me, recognize a definite difference in my poise and in my personality, because I've grown.

When thou hast profited so much that thou respectest even thyself, thou mayst let go thy tutor.

Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man.

I like this idea of becoming fully realised.

I don't want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover.

When we're growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be.

Before, I was really passive, all I cared about was being in love with my boyfriend. I didn't have any creative power, nothing. I don't know that person any more.

I do believe in self-help.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

I'm a work in progress.

Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.

It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.

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.

Everybody eventually discovers that they are an individual with the power to affect their own lives and make it better or not.

You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.

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.

My daughter's 19. I'm not asking her to develop as an artist. I'm just asking her to develop as a full person, human being.

I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.