Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

Don't go through life, grow through life.

My life is better with every year of living it.

I've done thousands of interviews in my life, and it's a format that I quite enjoy, because I think of questions in interviews as an opportunity to sort of gauge my growth in a way. It gives me an idea of how I'm navigating this world that I'm in.

I played with Eddy Curry twice and in New York, the second time, he asked, 'Who are you?' My first to fourth year I was a different person. I started thinking big picture, that maybe I don't have all the answers.

All my mistakes, all my accomplishments, the good things I've done, the bad I've done, and the mistakes I've learned from, the mistakes I've never done before - all of that made me into what I am now.

If we do not like what we see in the world, we must face what we don't like in ourselves. As we change, the world will change with us.

We can’t change the world. The only thing we can change is ourselves, by trying to get a better understanding of our own messed-up wiring.

The most difficult matter is not so much to change the world as yourself.

I've tested life and I've learned what works for me.

It's more important to know your weaknesses than your strengths.

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.

I think almost everything in life is life-experience, personality-driven.

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

Educate yourself as much as you can with life. Just go out there.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

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

Life is definitely always about expanding. That's how we grow.

Before you can do something you must first be something.

I've always wanted people to know who they are from the inside. Then they can create the life they desire and deserve. I've always believed that my job was to facilitate the evolution of the human consciousness.

Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment.

I prefer stories about people who are, in a sense, trying to find better versions of themselves.

Whoever comes to me finds me a mirror to whatever is in his heart. Thus, I try to help him to see qualities in himself that he needs to overcome.

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

Know yourself to improve yourself.

Forty is better than 30. I have a better understanding of who I am, what makes me tick, what's okay and not okay.