Laura Prepon Quotes

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

Some weak people are so sensible of their weakness as to be able to make a good use of it.

When people feel that they have failed, it's usually because somebody or something caused them to feel that way and taste defeat. I refuse to dwell on that. Yes, it sucks at first, and the feeling is valid, but it all happens for a reason.

I'm a big believer in growth. Life is not about achievement, it's about learning and growth, and developing qualities like compassion, patience, perseverance, love, and joy, and so forth. And so if that is the case, then I think our goals should include something which stretches us.

As a therapist, I know that when you're vulnerable, the best way to move on is to admit your vulnerability, don't beat yourself up for it, and try to find a way to analyze your vulnerability. Pull up your socks and try to do better for you and your family.

the most terribly human moments - the ones we want to pretend never happened - are the very moments that make us who we are today. ... You are defined not by life's imperfect moments, but by your reaction to them.

The battle for self-discipline may leave you a bit bruised and battered but always a better person.

By being vulnerable, either with yourself or in the presence of another person, that’s where all growth and ultimate well-being comes from.

Use your weaknesses; aspire to the strength.

If you can cultivate the right attitude, your enemies are your best spiritual teachers because their presence provides you with the opportunity to enhance and develop tolerance, patience and understanding.

A 'weakness,' I now realize, is nothing but a strength not properly developed.

In the end, it's a mental maturity to let your best come out.

I try to learn on each project, try to really feel what the characters are feeling.

My biggest fantasy as an actor is to be in situations that make me uncomfortable and force me out of my comfort zone.

Life's experiences, whether they be pleasant or unpleasant, torturous or excruciatingly wonderful and blissful, you know, season you somehow and you learn from them.

I guess I have a talent for humiliation, a place within me that experience can't reach, which is terrible in real life but something that comes in handy in writing. It seems as though humiliation has become a career for me.

I understood, through rehab, things about creating characters. I understood that creating whole people means knowing where we come from, how we can make a mistake and how we overcome things to make ourselves stronger.

I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.

The most important thing I think we need to remember is that we're a work in progress. Do not be ashamed or afraid to ask for help. That's what I did. I asked for help.

When something's wrong, even though you're the one doing it, you shouldn't feel defensive about it. It's hard because you have to protect yourself as a person in your life, but you can't protect yourself as an actor. You have to just take criticism.

The project you are most scared to do is the one that holds your greatest growth.

I am more mature today, so I deal better with the mistakes than the many times when I locked myself away and wanted to be alone.

It's OK to feel pain and experience it. I'm not trying to fix myself. My suffering has given me so much.

I know how strong I am mentally, how I work on myself.