Jillian Michaels Quotes

I try not to be overly analytical.

Begin challenging your assumptions. Your assumptions are the windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile or the light won't come in.

O, would some Power give us, To see ourselves as others see us!

Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.

Wisdom may best arise from a humbling reality.

Writing is how I find out what I believe and what I care most deeply about. It's how I sort through the mess of daily experience and try to make sense of it - by stepping out of it for a while. Writing is how I train a searchlight into the darker corners of my self and the world, as I'm sure I'd never do otherwise.

Certain things give you another perspective in life.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

You have to know how to keep things in perspective.

I think it's important to have perspective and to look at what you don't necessarily want to see.

I think sometimes you need distance to reflect.

I think we all get a bit bogged down in our lives and our own careers and we have to take a step back and get a sense of proportion and perspective on things.

Personally, I like to put things in perspective.

At some point you have to take responsibility for who you are and where you are and being able to listen to other points of view, whichever side of the tracks you're on.

Traveling through the world produces a marvelous clarity in the judgment of men. We are all of us confined and enclosed within ourselves, and see no farther than the end of our nose. This great world is a mirror where we must see ourselves in order to know ourselves. There are so many different tempers, so many different points of view, judgments, opinions, laws and customs to teach us to judge wisely on our own, and to teach our judgment to recognize its imperfection and natural weakness.

Aristotle once said that wisdom (the ability to make good decisions) is a combination of experience plus reflection. The more time that you take to think about your experiences, the more vital lessons you will gain from them.

Regrets about the journey, maybe, but not the destination.

I don’t regret any of the decisions I’ve made in my life. Because with every choice I’ve made, I’ve learned something new.

What shapes our lives are the questions we ask, refuse to ask, or never think to ask.

Try to realize, and truly realize, that what stands between you and a different life are matters of responsible choice.

When I do things I shouldn't do, my mother says I need a new pair of glasses -- that I should be be looking differently at the choices I make.

I don't know how you can understand other people or yourself if you haven't read a lot of books. I just don't think you're equipped to deal with the demands and decisions of life, particularly in your dealings with other people.

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.

Clarity and consistency are not enough: the quest for truth requires humility and effort.