Stacey Dooley Quotes

If I can understand criticism, I take it very seriously. But it's a process; it doesn't happen overnight.

I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music.

Every time I'd get a critique or some redirection, I'd always just take it very personally. Now I have no problem with it.

The only person who needs to know about failure is yourself.

I've grown so much, not just as an actor, but as a human being.

You learn from things that you experience in life. I'd never want to say that I regret anything or that anything was a mistake. Honestly, that isn't how I have chosen to live my life.

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

If you can't admit your faults how can you ever grow?

Those who profit from adversity possess a spirit of humility and are therefore inclined to make the necessary changes needed to learn from their mistakes, failures, and losses. ... When we are focused too much on ourselves, we lose perspective. Humility allows us to regain perspective and see the big picture. ... Humility allows us to let go of perfection and keep trying.

I was a self-centered bore. I was masochistic, and only thought I was happy. When I woke up and said, "there must be something wrong with me", I grew up. Because I never understood myself, how could I hope to understand anyone else? That's why I can truly say that now I can give a woman love for the first time in my life, because I can understand her.

As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.

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

I've always been someone who is pretty hard on herself. But I've lightened up a lot.

When I was younger, I behaved a bit strangely sometimes - lost my temper, did silly things - but little by little, I've gotten better. As a chef, I think you need to do a lot of work on yourself and your temperament.

I just have to be myself. I'm not perfect, and I'm going to make mistakes; I might say the wrong thing. I have to be responsible to my community, and I feel like I am, but then I have to not be so hard on myself.

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.

Authenticity is the ability to listen to what nature tells us. Listening isn't the same thing as never making a mistake, but the important thing is to learn.

The two records are very different. I guess, on the second record, that's more where I was at. Its not that I'm more well-adjusted or anything, it's just that what I wanted to sing about maybe was more the way I wanted to feel.

Apart from writing books, my 40s have been about pursuing personal growth. Whatever were the mistakes of my earlier life, I've been committed to a pause, a regroup. I don't want to make the same mistakes in the future.

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

I can always see what I've done wrong. I'm always learning. I'm the perennial student.

I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.

Life experience brings out different emotions and different perspectives on things. I just want to be constantly evolving.

I've hurt people unnecessarily when it was about my own insecurities. But you have to make those mistakes to become a better person.

Everything that happens to you, I feel like it helps you develop as a person, as a player.