Esperanza Spalding Quotes

I think that life is about growth. You continue to grow and progress, hopefully.

Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.

The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.

You kind of grow up and evolve in everything you do.

To know ourselves, is agreed by all to be the most useful Learning; the first Lessons, therefore, given us ought to be on that Subject.

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.

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.

For me, my life is a journey.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

I believe that any type of education can be great, but an education about ourselves can create something wonderful. I am a comedian, but people have called me a motivational speaker. I don't really consider myself that at all.

Don't go through life, grow through life.

It's really important to me to keep growing and keep finding new things.

You do need to maintain some of yourself and know who you are, but that doesn't mean you can't evolve.

Life is definitely always about expanding. That's how we grow.

Before you can do something you must first be something.

As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can't be taught.

I used to think that divorce meant failure, but now I see it more as a step along the path of self-realization and growth.

I think you sometimes have to go hit rock bottom before you can grow and rebuild as a person.

I don't think I've ever been moulded but I think I am always learning.

Everybody's a work in progress. I'm a work in progress. I mean, I've never arrived... I'm still learning all the time.

Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.

Evolution happens in nature and in individuals. I want to participate actively in its happening within me.

It's a big theme in my life, learning about myself and being a better person. I'm a work in progress; I have revelations every day.

I don't want to be overly philosophical, but I think there are things you earn for yourself as you go.

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.