Forest Whitaker Quotes

I think that growth happens and that learning happens in anybody's life regardless of what profession you're in.

I always wanted to do good work, the best that I was able to, to really discover myself, getting better with each role, and find newer ways to do the same thing.

Every job I do, I like to think it makes me better or I learn things. It's all about how much something's going to stretch me or test me.

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

I've grown a lot, and I'm learning every week.

Everybody's a work in progress. I'm a work in progress. I mean, I've never arrived... I'm still learning all the time.

One of the main focuses of my training sessions is to help individuals find their unique voices in the learning process. We all have our strengths, our weaknesses, our styles of learning, our personalities. Developing introspective sensitivity to these issues is critical to long-term success.

I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.

I think you're always trying to figure yourself out and mistakes that you've made.

The feeling of self-discovery, for me, is perennial.

Every year you learn as a person, about yourself, what works for you and what doesn't.

All I've ever wanted is to improve myself and become the best, which is the reason I joined Real in the first place.

I believe that self-discovery is an ongoing thing.

A good role is something that will stretch your abilities and make you go beyond your levels.

To know ourselves, is agreed by all to be the most useful Learning; the first Lessons, therefore, given us ought to be on that Subject.

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.

Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.

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

You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.

I believe that any type of education can be great, but an education about ourselves can create something wonderful. I am a comedian, but people have called me a motivational speaker. I don't really consider myself that at all.

I believe that I have such a vanilla life. But maybe I come with a different perspective. I'm always trying to improve myself.

Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own self. Our consciousness being broadened and enriched, we shall judge ourselves more correctly.

I learned more about myself by being an RN than anything else I've ever done.

You discover yourself through the research of your work.