Dan Millman Quotes

A few years' experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings.

I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance.

Certain things give you another perspective in life.

When I look back at my life now, I'm not amazed by what I did at 16 to 21.

As a kid, you don't know what's going on at the time. But once you get older, you start to realize it.

Five years from now I'm probably going to look back on the things I'm doing and cringe.

Sometimes you don't understand what you're going through until you're on the other side of it.

Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.

I suspect I was not the first 21-year-old who thought he knew more than he did. And one of the virtues of age, one of the virtues of getting married and becoming a father, is it often leads one to take a more measured approach to life.

I've had quite a life, when you stop and think about it.

The older you get the more you understand what you're doing.

Sometimes things in life happen that allow us to understand our priorities very clearly. Ultimately you can see those as gifts.

As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity.

When I see myself at 14 years old I can put my hands on my head and think: 'How could I have done that?' but at that time it had sense for me. You do the same when you're 20. And now, when you look at people who are 20 years old you ask yourself: 'Was I like that? Was I really like that?'

It's only in hindsight that you realize what indeed your childhood was really like.

Little Zac had it easy - but he didn't realize he had it easy, so he took it for granted. I think going through 'Hairspray' and other projects helped me learn about the business and life in general.

I think sometimes you need distance to reflect.

Put your choices in perspective.

There's something to be said about being able to be retrospective about a certain age as opposed to just in it.

You know what I didn't realize at the time is a really good blessing, is that I was a really crappy player.

My life experience has made me realise what's important and what is not.

I can't help but be thankful, and really appreciate everything I have been through, good and bad, because it got me here!

You tend to take your journey for granted after a while, but when I pause and look back, I feel blessed that I had so many opportunities.

The more time passes in your life, I think the greater you understand perspective. So I'm happy that I've had experiences that have reminded me that most exciting things might not feel so exciting later, and the most disappointing things might not be so disappointing later, either.

As I've grown older, I appreciate what I had at Lilly even more than I did back then.