Maureen Forrester Quotes

Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up.

I'm very very happy for my hardships and misfortunes: they build character and make you a better person. Even if I think it's something you have to carry with you, it's definitely something that makes you more empathic towards other people, makes you understand people and relationships so much better.

I've had to push myself and I've really matured.

I've had great success and I've had catastrophic failure. It's really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think.

I haven't always acted or reacted in a way that made me proud, but I didn't make that same mistake twice, and I think that's what I love about adversity is that it always reminds me of what's really valuable in life.

Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done to prevent the situation? If the answer is yes, do something now and become a better person for it.

I know I haven't always done things the right way. I'm just trying to reflect on how to make myself better, how to become a better man, a better father, a better person, a better artist.

Conventional wisdom tells us to avoid taking unalterable action while at a low point in life. I have never been conventional.

I've hurt people unnecessarily when it was about my own insecurities. But you have to make those mistakes to become a better person.

I'm pretty easily overwhelmed and pretty tough as well. I think I'm tougher than I used to be. There's been a lot of hardship along the way. But that's what life is. And it's how you deal with those things, and how you let them shape you that makes you a better person and defines what sort of person you're going to be.

My experiences have taught me a lot and I'm happy with my learnings, if not with what I went through to learn.

I'd spent my childhood thinking bad things, bad things every day. It had made me sick, but it had made me determined.

I should only look back at moments that were disparaging, look down upon, negative for me - moments where I could learn something. And if I have been able to use that learning in future, then I am happy about it.

It's all the stuff I've been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.

Being honest with myself is something I like. I am happy that I don't make excuses when I make a mistake. This is a good way to improve in the fastest way.

You look back and reflect and there are things you could do better - even when there's been an 'experience that was unjust.

The mystery is cool, but, at the same time, if I'm trying to empower people, I have to be an open book. You can see my flaws, the mistakes I've made. From that, make your own judgment and move on your own path.

I feel that if I absolve myself and say it was the Astros' fault I was bad in Game 7, in the World Series, I can't develop as a person.

This is my journey. If I fall, I have to pick myself up. If I'm not getting the playing time I want, it's up to me to figure out why.

I have realised it is easy to point fingers at others, but the moment you start questioning yourself, you become a better person.

Obviously you try to learn from the past and your mistakes and how you can become a better player as well as a better person.

I think without struggle, you can't grow as a person - I think you need that in your life.

I feel like I am a better person because of my struggles, because of my challenges and persevering through them and realizing the mistakes that I've made, correcting them.

At the end of the day, everything I've been through on and off the court, I'm the only common denominator.

I've made my share of mistakes, but I've learned.