George Soros Quotes

I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.

Maturity, the way I understand it, is knowing what your limitations are.

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.

The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of maturity.

Success is a wonderful thing, but it tends not to be the sort of experience that we learn from. We enjoy it; perhaps we even deserve it. But we don't acquire wisdom from it.

I think I have more patience now than I did in the past.

When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.

I had to let my ego go a long time ago.

Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.

In my long and difficult and mature life, I have come to learn that the less I know about acting and the more I know about everything else, the better I'll be at both acting and living.

To know your limitations is the hallmark of a wise person.

I learned so much, and I feel I have grown as an actor and as a person.

I think I've certainly learned a lot of lessons in humility and continue to work on that part of myself.

I was always proud of being tough-minded, and I think I still am, but in my old age I've got a little softer in the head, and that's all right.

I feel proud to be a skater: it's taught me how to be emotional, more connected with myself, more mature, more understanding of my thoughts and the conversations I've had with myself.

I've grown as an actor. I am more confident within my art form. I have also grown as a person. I am more compassionate, generous, and less judgmental.

I just want to show people I've matured, not just physically but mentally.

I think I've grown over the years and learned about who I am and what I can do and what I can't do.

When an actor thinks he has arrived and become the best one, that's when your downfall starts. I will always strive to do better than in my last film.

People hold me accountable. Before I would push people away, but that's not a way to be successful.

I was never carried away by success and have learnt from the failures. Satisfaction is what I crave for; fame and wealth are just by-products.

Maturity requires a final accommodation between our aspirations and our limitations.

A bad day for your ego is a great day for your soul.