David Belle Quotes

You never know yourself till you know more than your body.

I continuously go further and further learning about my own limitations, my body limitation, psychological limitations. It's a way of life for me.

I'm in control of what I'm doing physically and mentally. I feel good. I've always felt confident and comfortable going into seasons, but each year I feel like I'm getting better and better.

Really, when you take a step back and you really know yourself, you're able to make better decisions.

I try to do different things, beautiful things, to play the game the way I see it, and I think I'm doing it pretty well.

Parkour teaches you to be sure of what you are able to do.

Over the years, I discovered over and over again that once you lose control, you have a chance of getting good at it. And once you're controlling the work, it's not going to be very good, or it won't be as good as it should be.

High school students ought to seek out campus communities where they feel not only empowered to engage their talents, but also challenged to leave their comfort zones. The ability to embrace new opportunities emerges, in part, from a willingness to take risks and to fail.

I want to try doing sportier things, kite surfing and paddle surfing - I think it would give me that extra confidence.

I think very early on in life we all learn what we're good at and what we're not good at, and we stay where it's safe.

Probably I'll not be so successful if I will keep everything in myself inside of me.

I don't have any delusions. I don't think I would make it through Navy SEAL training.

I like to make my own mistakes.

We have to program the mind of the public that age is not ugly. Age is just age. Wake up, American children, and stop listening to other people's voices. Know yourself, be true to yourself and make a contribution. It took me half my life to know myself. I listened to other people's opinions and took them as gospel.

I guess I didn't feel confident enough to be searching in a big public way. I was very content at the time to toil in obscurity on things that I thought might point me in certain directions or teach me certain things - not knowing what that would be.

For me, a happy ending is not everything works out just right and there is a big bow, it's more coming to a place where a person has a clear vision of his or her own life in a way that enables them to kind of throw down their crutches and walk.

Maturity and experience are part of my liberation.

Being able to jump off a swing is actually a useful and meaningful thing for a child to do... those are the tests that help us understand the limits of our body. That's a positive learning experience that we deny children on a regular basis.

You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.

I don't know about living on an automatic pilot, but I've had times where I've decided to just test myself and my mettle, and for no good reason other than it's what life is. Even before I was acting, I had, like, one day in high school I decided to just show them my pajamas, just for no good reason.

I'm putting myself out there in a way I don't know if I ever have before.

When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually I had to acknowledge that I really didn't like fighting at all, so I quit.

I don't plan a career. That doesn't work for me. I just have to go with my gut.

For me, the times in my life when I've been single have been more formative and crucial than I could have imagined. I can cope, function and be happy on my own. I'm highly capable. That doesn't mean I don't like being with a partner, or that I don't feel more rounded when I'm with someone. But the times on my own have been so good.

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.