Lynn Johnston Quotes

I do believe in the old saying, 'What does not kill you makes you stronger.' Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.

Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them.

Like a plant that starts up in showers and sunshine and does not know which has best helped it to grow, it is difficult to say whether the hard things or the pleasant things did me the most good.

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

In my long innings, I have seen many sunrises and many sunsets; many good and bad times.

Everything that happens to me in my life, be it good or bad, it's all education, and it's important for that to become part of what you do. It all feeds the beast.

Life isn't about algebra and geometry. Learning by making mistakes and not duplicating them is what life is about.

Many things have been said about what happened, but I don't know either. Maybe someday. One thing I'm sure of is that all the things that have happened to me, good and bad, happy and sad, have made me what I am today.

The good and bad things are what form us as people... change makes us grow.

I'm open. All of my situations have made me who I am.

No one ever said learning was to be easy, but it's part of the process of evolving as a human being, and we all have to go through it. When I look back, I see that each difficult time brought an important lesson. And I prefer to look at it with gratitude because I wouldn't be who I am today if I haven't gone through it all.

It was a great experience for me - the ups and downs - because I became a man in Philadelphia.

The ups and downs are part of what has made you.

I'm really grateful for all of the things I've had to learn along the way, you know? I don't know if I would want to say anything to my younger self. That way, you know, it really means something. If you have to go through it all, it really means something.

The one thing that I learned in college, actually, was that you may reach tremendous highs and tremendous lows.

My entire twenties were filled with decisions that make me think, 'You had to go there, huh?' But that's part of exploration and I think a lot of the most beautiful moments of my life and a lot of the most amazing things have come out of some of the most tumultuous times.

Struggle teaches you a lot of things, and I am happy that I witnessed a roller coaster ride. The journey has improved me as a person and made me more mature.

With the way my career has gone, I've had ups and downs, and I'm thankful for going through what I've gone through because now I'm a stronger person.

I've been through a lot in life, and had some ups and downs. It's what's led me to this day.

It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.

You gotta live life before you can talk about it. Sometimes when things don't work out in life, they work out on stage.

Each experience I go through - marriage, my public life, my personal life - I'm learning as I go.

This past year has been something else... it's opened my eyes to many things and many people. It's had its ups and downs and ins and outs. And I believe we've all been able to take something from that and grow in our own imparticular ways. We've over come obstacles, and set in motion opportunities that can change our own individual lives.

I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. Lived it and I'm still here to talk about it and help someone else if I can.

I'm trying to make myself better. But I don't regret anything that I've gone through, because it makes me who I am.