Ellen Key Quotes

My best investment, as cliched as this sounds, is the money I've spent developing myself, via books, workshops and coaching. Leadership begins within, and to have a better career, start by building a better you.

I will always find something that I want to try and become better at. I always love to spend more time with my friends, more time with my family, my extended family. I always want to read more books.

Everyday I strive to, at least, recognise my short-comings and the things I have to do to be the best person that I can possibly be.

If you can be a good example to other people, why not try to be that person? I have a bit of a people pleaser in me, but not so much so that it's out of control.

If you look at why people become wack as they get older, it's because they stop doing the things they did that were formative to their work. You can't mentally stay still. You can't not challenge yourself.

It's good for me to do things outside my comfort zone and push myself.

Well, any effort to maximize your potential and ability is a good thing.

I've always wanted to play a role in inspiring people to be better, to live higher quality lives and to feel good about the way that they look and feel.

You need someone who is going to help you make that better version of yourself.

Surround yourself with good people. Whether they're the best or not, people are capable of learning if they've got good hearts and they're good souls.

At an early age, I started my own paper route. Once I saw how you could service people and do a good job and get paid for it, I just wanted to be the best I could be in whatever I did.

Knowledge is exploding, so you need to commit yourself to a plan for lifelong learning.

It really is individual for everyone, but for me, theater is where I learn and grow, and that is always a good thing.

I definitely feel like kids do look up to me as a potential role model. It's an honor, but it can also be a burden. I may be on TV, but I'm also a teenager. I don't get it right every time. But I always do my absolute best to stay above board in every way. My fans inspire me to be a better person.

Become addicted to constant and never-ending self-improvement.

By the age of fifty, you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.

If it weren't for the mentorship and guidance from people like my mother, James Brown and others, I wouldn't have been able to make something of my life.

Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the moment for our evolution, and gives us the best advantage for the development of ourselves.

I'm always looking for a way to give myself something new as a person.

I'm learning something all the time. That's the way I want it to go, and that's the way I'll go until I am no longer on this planet.

I don't think I've ever been moulded but I think I am always learning.

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.

Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.

No matter what your profession is, it's good to scare yourself a little from time to time! It's crucial to keep challenging yourself and to learn from people who are more accomplished than you are.

I'd like to think I haven't done my best yet.