Frank Lloyd Wright Quotes

It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.

If I'd trusted myself and listened to myself all the times that I ignored myself, I would have been fine. But everyone has to learn their lesson, and now I've got it.

How shall the soul of a man be larger than the life he has lived?

By the time you're 30, you know who you are inside. You learn to laugh at things you can't change; you learn to be yourself.

I've been through some very difficult stages in my life, but I wouldn't change anything.

It has been an interesting road, but I wouldn't trade any of it for the world, because I feel like all of those instances in my life I felt molded me and strengthened me and made me who I am.

I'm not that tough; I'm not that smart. I need life telling me who I am, showing me my mind constantly. I wouldn't see it in a cave.

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

The experience of the human, male or female, cannot be completely defined by one startling, surprising, or gigantic life experience.

It's all the stuff I've been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.

Nothing in my life has necessarily been easy, but eventually I see where it's gotten me to, and I say, 'Okay, it's been worth it.'

I wouldn't change anything I went through for the world, because it got me here.

When I got to jail, it was a blessing in disguise because it made me reevaluate and check who I am as a person.

My hope is that I'm getting better and wiser. With every book, I have more of myself to pour onto the page.

Ultimately, I am responsible for how I live my life now, and what I make out of it. In fact, I am actually grateful for what I've gone through and wouldn't change a thing-although I admit I wouldn't want to live it over again either. Once was enough.

Look Upon Every Experience You've Ever Had ... as Having Been Sent to You for Your Benefit

Rejection reveals your character.

I think we have to go through everything we go through in our life, and I believe my purpose in life was to teach self-reliance. So I had the experience of relying on myself very early in life in order to have that knowing, because otherwise I would've just read about it. I think of it now as a great advantage that I had. It certainly taught me to rely upon myself at a very young age. And that's what I've been teaching since I was a little boy.

Look behind you: What have you learned? Look around you: What is happening to others? Look above you: What does God expect of you? Look besides you: What resources are available to you?

I write to make sense of my life." -John Cheever, quoted in _Cheever - A Life_ (2009) by Blake Bailey

Being an adult, you've already suffered enough from your own mistakes, and the world, to come to this as a humble human being. So it's not like, "I'm going to do the right thing because it advances me," as much as it's like, "I'm going to do the right thing because this puts me closest to the dream I had as a 10-year-old kid."

There are also flat periods in life which may well be the periods during which-before new lessons come- the past lessons of life are allowed to seep, quietly and deeply, into the marrow of the soul. These outwardly flat periods, when enduring well may not seem very purposeful,, are probably the times when needed attitudinal alignments are quietly occurring.

I left acting for 15 years, and I think it's really nice to have another life. I took too much for granted when I was younger.

The first thing you learn in life is you're a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you're the same fool.

I believe everyday your life speaks to you - through every experience, through the people you meet, and even through pain, fear and self-doubt.