Jodi Picoult Quotes

The good and bad things are what form us as people... change makes us grow.

I encourage all humans to do something out of your comfort zone that forces you to adapt. You'll be pleasantly surprised of your capabilities.

Change is not always growth, but growth is often rooted in change. Drizzt Do'Urden

Charitably... I think... sometimes, perhaps, one must change or die. And, in the end, there were, perhaps, limits to how much he could let himself change.

You cannot build up a character in a solitude; you need a formed character to stand a solitude.

As a character, it's very interesting to play someone who wants to change their life and have him change it.

It is not a person’s depth you must discover, but their ascent. Find their path from depth to ascent.

Instincts under pressure crush the carbon of conformity and create diamonds. Each new season of life offers to train us for the next season if we pay attention and adapt.

If the point of life is the same as the point of a story, the point of life is character transformation.

The process of growth is, it seems, the art of falling down. Growth is measured by the gentleness and awareness with which we once again pick ourselves up, the lightness with which we dust ourselves off, the openness with which we continue and take the next unknown step, beyond our edge, beyond our holding, into the remarkable mystery of being.

He didn't think he belonged here, so she was making him face some uncomfortable facts. People adapt. People change. You can grow where you're planted.

No, you can’t force other people to change. You can, however, change just about everything else. And usually, that’s enough.

If it’s change you need, relish the journey.

Each movie was a challenge for me, as a man, as an actor. After each movie, something changed in my life, in my character.

If you live through defeat, you are not defeated. If you are beaten but acquire wisdom, you have won. Lose yourself to improve yourself. Only when we shed all self-definition do we find who we really are.

I've changed a lot, too! I'm different, too. I have far more in some ways to offer and far less in other ways to offer. That's life. And, you know, life goes on!

I realised nothing was permanently broken, I needed to take control and make changes.

Every experience makes you grow.

I prefer stories about people who are, in a sense, trying to find better versions of themselves.

When characters change on screen, it makes you feel better about yourself. You think, 'Oh I change too, I'm constantly becoming a better person.'

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.

Why am I the way I am? Well, I used to be different.

I had to find the courage to turn my life around.

I've noticed a growth in Spike and definitely in myself. I feel like the seeds that he planted in me five years ago have ripened up to a place where I could even tackle this role in the way that I did.