Craig T. Nelson Quotes

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

For me, my life is a journey.

I had to examine myself very thoroughly to find the right path personally.

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

Personally, for me in my life, I think every journey should be an ongoing journey, for anyone.

I want to continue to grow and evolve, and I want to help other people grow and evolve.

Ultimately, I want people to be inspired to go on their own journey of self-discovery.

Me finding my confidence took me a while, but now I love that I went through everything I did before to get to where I am now.

Life is a constant challenge to know oneself.

I've had great people come in my life, meaning not just men, but women, support me and empower me. So that has lifted me to be the woman I am.

You are who you are. All you can do in this world is help others to be who they are and better themselves.

It wasn't until I began to work on my inner life and know myself that my life changed. Success really does begin within. The size and quality of your outer life is only limited by the size and quality of your inner life.

I have a great family by the way, but you need to find people who can pull something out from you that might be otherwise unseen.

Sometimes you have to take the focus off of you and put it on someone else and it's funny what you can accomplish and how much strength you really have.

It's taken me a long time to realize that my own life is far more interesting than any part I'll ever play.

Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.

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.

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.

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

Don't go through life, grow through life.

Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own self. Our consciousness being broadened and enriched, we shall judge ourselves more correctly.

I try to get people thinking, to consider their pasts and presents, ultimately encouraging them and giving them the tools to embrace the work of reshaping their lives.

Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.

Everybody has their story - at some point you have to say, 'This is who I am: Now it's up to me to become what I want to be.'

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly.