Bob McDonnell Quotes

One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life.

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

Many years ago, I used to say, 'I haven't lived long enough to be great.' Now I don't say that.

I'm sure I've changed my mind about something. Inevitably, when we grow up - as we get more experience and wiser. Well, I've changed my mind about some food that I didn't like when I was young.

When I was younger, I took life much more seriously.

I'm 21 years old and I think that I've got a lot of perspective in life.

It's funny how you get a bit older and become more accepting of things. When you're in your twenties, you're skeptical of everything. I definitely felt like that.

People mature with age and experience. I hope I more resemble a fine wine than bad vinegar.

I'm far more comfortable in my 40s than I ever was.

At the age of 60, I am less experimental and more mature. I want most of all to convey my understanding of life.

Life is not quantifiable in terms of age, but I suppose in my fifties I am more grounded and more at ease in my own skin than when I was younger. I have a confidence that I didn't have before from the experiences I've had.

Each day, as you get older, there is a new perspective on life. It's a progression of some sort.

It is glorious to become a learner again at my time of life.

When I was at drama school, I wanted to change the world, and thought I had some great wisdom to impart to people about humanity. Now that I'm older, I know enough to realise that I know nothing at all.

No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience.

You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.

At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.

Every experience makes you a man.

As I get older, I get smaller. I see other parts of the world I didn't see before. Other points of view. I see outside myself more.

I think you get better as you get older.

I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it.

I've always thrown myself into different kinds of experiences, sometimes into really bad things. But, you grow up. You become more of a woman and you know yourself. I think knowing yourself is a wonderful thing especially when you're in your 40s and you're kind of in your skin. Life is not so confusing anymore.

As far as my mindset changing, I see myself having more empathy in my older age.

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

Something that's interesting is how my perspective on different events can change over time even though the events themselves haven't changed. As I get older, I interpret something differently, or I can even interpret a person differently.