Rainbow Rowell Quotes

Everyone hits bottom their own way.

There was a time when my whole life was in chaos, really, and I didn't help myself sort it out. But one day I came to my senses, and I think I was lucky because a lot of people don't.

I think you sometimes have to go hit rock bottom before you can grow and rebuild as a person.

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

You hear women talk about it all the time, like when you turn thirty, 'That's when it all came together for me, girl.' Honestly, that's what I feel.

The upside of a downward spiral into despair and defeat in young adulthood is that pretty early on, I was forced to face not only the foolish things I had done but also the stark realization that there was likely no end to what I was capable of doing.

Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom to think: 'Blimey, Ricky, get a grip.'

The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is.

I write everything as a wake-up call to myself and others, to anyone who may have gotten tired of hitting the snooze button.

I can't say I can foresee the future and tell the stars, you know. But I do have an understanding for my own reality, just elements and things that I've learned from.

I've tested life and I've learned what works for me.

Most of what I've learnt is too personal or controversial to share, but nevertheless, experiences have helped me understand things better and have been necessary for what my journey in future will be.

Life changed at 40 for me, as predicted by my acting teacher when I was leaving college. I became more hirable and more interesting... I'm not sure why.

After a long run of almost thirty years, you get to the point where you say, 'These are my concerns.' It's not so much this is what I set out to claim - it is a kind of refrain.

Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.

The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character.

The kids say golf taught them this and that. I get it with the military: A guy joins the military because he needs discipline and has to find himself. But don't tell me, 'Golf helps you find yourself.' I've been playing my whole life, and I'm still looking for myself.

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 think almost everything in life is life-experience, personality-driven.

Don't go through life, grow through life.

A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

Some lessons take years to learn, with repeated exposure to the same path sometimes shadowed by the inner conscience of own souls. But eventually we learn, and our journey continues in another direction.

What happens when you get to the age of 60 is that you have no more doubts. I know why I'm here on this planet. I know what I need to do. I know what is a distraction and what isn't.

Deliverance is about what I went through the first time. And I chalk it up as a learning experience.