Jake Roberts Quotes

I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them.

I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.

I've made a lot of career mistakes. A lot. Actually, a lot of personal ones, too.

Redeem thy misspent time that's past, And live this day as if thy last.

I'm not trying to sound like I turned into some kind of wise man, but it's nice to realize that your little pocket of the world isn't the whole world.

I think I've been an incredible example to my kids of what not to do.

I'm fascinated by the people I grew up with and the mistakes I made - and God, I have screwed up. I like writing about where it all went off course.

I'm an incredibly lucky girl. For someone who has made some very foolish mistakes and had some tough lessons to learn very quickly, I am still incredibly lucky.

I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had.

If I had one regret in life... it's that I was not more humble at an earlier age.

Death row saved my life. It taught me everything is a luxury to be treasured.

Unfortunately for me, I was one of these people who took a long time to learn that the material at his feet was fine.

I'm grateful for every opportunity. I learned the hard way.

I've made some bad mistakes in life.

Sometimes you need a humbling experience to think about a few things.

I know I've done bad things. But I've done just as much good as I have done bad. And it's not even necessarily bad. I would say they're growing pains.

I would love to tell you that it's been absolutely perfect, that I've been a man that's been super Christian. But I've had mistakes, dumb things I've regretted, so it's not a perfect life. But it's one that has helped me make better decisions.

I left acting for 15 years, and I think it's really nice to have another life. I took too much for granted when I was younger. I didn't really want to be an actor. I didn't really love it. And so I made a lot of mistakes. Oddly, I care much more about it now. I feel like a complete novice.

There is certainly a satisfaction and dignity to be gained in coming to terms with the mistakes one has made in the course of one’s life

Nobody will use other people's experience, nor have any of his own till it is too late to use it.

Looking at my life was very difficult. I think I learned that I haven't been as good a person as I'm inclined to think of myself as. I haven't been as good friend, haven't been as good a person, made a lot of mistakes.

Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.

I'm definitely doing better. I never realized that I would get the support that I've gotten from everybody - from my fans, to people that I've idolized my whole life. So it's overwhelming, it's amazing and I believe that everything happens for a reason so I'm in a really good place right now.

Everything was my fault. I was so dumb. But if I hadn't made the mistakes I made, I wouldn't have met the wonderful woman I've been married to for over 30 years, so I guess that makes the mistakes OK.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.