Shruti Haasan Quotes

When I turned 30, I realised the value of time and with it, the other important things in life. That's when I did up my house, started spending time with my family and friends and did all that a normal girl would do. All these things I was balancing with my work.

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

Whenever I'm trying to decide how to spend my precious time, energy, or money, I ask myself a series of questions. 'Will this broaden or deepen my relationships?' 'Will this contribute to an atmosphere of growth in my life?' 'Is this a way to 'Be Gretchen?' and 'Will this help connect me to my past?'

Ha, well you see... this notion of a balanced life, I don't think I'm ever going to be able to have that... but I can have what I call an integrated life.

You have to keep time aside for life, which I haven't done enough over the past couple years.

My life and my happiness is most important to me than any job or anything in the world.

You're investing in a different part of your life that is really important. It's not as important when you're a kid and you don't require sleep, and you don't get hung over, and you can fire on all cylinders. At 32 I don't consider myself old by any means, but you just find yourself in a place where you can't do everything the way you once did, and you have to take time to reflect and I think that's really important, because you get to appreciate what you have, and to enjoy it.

I do so much work that I don't have a lot of time for my life!

A value is valuable when the value of value is valuable to oneself.

It's really important to talk to yourself and look at yourself in the mirror and love who you are.

Loving oneself isn't hard, when you understand who and what 'yourself' is. It has nothing to do with the shape of your face, the size of your eyes, the length of your hair or the quality of your clothes. It's so beyond all of those things and it's what gives life to everything about you. Your own self is such a treasure.

I want people to realize that they matter.

If my life is of no value to my friends it is of none to myself.

Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.

After I finished 'E.R.', I wanted to concentrate on re-examining what kind of actress I am and taking time for real-life things.

I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting.

The greatest gift that you can give yourself is a little bit of your own attention.

You should have more time for you during all of your life - not when you're 65 and retired.

Don't ever doubt yourselves or waste a second of your life. It's too short, and you're too special.

I try to remind myself of the things that I like about myself that make me who I am.

I think it's really important to remind, reinforce people that their lives have value, you know? That their lives have worth.

Sometimes you need to take a moment and take a step back to think about what you are fighting for and if it make sense for your long-term happiness.

I could've kept playing, but football didn't define me.

I just think girls need to value themselves much more than they do.

FOMO (fear of missing out) is the enemy of valuing your own time.