Zoe Kazan Quotes

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.

Any fool can try to defend his or her mistakes- and most fools do- but it raises one above the herd and gives one a feeling of nobility and exultation to admit one's mistakes.

I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

I'm less Pollyanna now. That's probably healthy.

You learn something when you don't play well, and I figure that helping people, it makes me very, very happy.

It's always healthy to be taken down a notch, even though it's humbling.

My dad's probably one of the kindest people in the world. When I was younger that's not how I was- I was a little spoiled brat.

There is a lot of learning I have to do and a lot of growing up I have to do.

I've learned to never take anything for granted and that people are all works in progress. Some people are just actively working on progressing, and some aren't.

I was always proud of being tough-minded, and I think I still am, but in my old age I've got a little softer in the head, and that's all right.

I learned years ago that the more honest you are about anything you're doing in life, you can grow and learn from your mistakes.

I do always look back and feel faintly embarrassed by anything I've done in the past. I think that's not a terrible thing, because if you don't do that, how are you growing and moving forward?

In your 20s, you're checking your bank account to make sure you're not broke. In your 30s, you're looking at yourself and realizing you're broken.

I had a little gut check, and ultimately, I grew up as far as my MMA mentality and am more mature now.

The humility keeps me going forward.

I realize I have made a lot of mistakes and done things wrong. I've done things I wish I could have done in another way. I didn't come in with the same kind of desperation that I may have had on the first or second record. I didn't come in thinking, 'Oh God, please. I hope this does well because I have nothing else and I worked so hard at this.'

To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.

Check up each week on the progress you are making. Ask yourself what mistakes you have made, what improvement, what lessons you have learned for the future.

The only thing that could hurt me is if my success encouraged me to return to my childhood fantasies of omnipotence - but that is not likely to happen as long as I remain engaged in the financial markets, because they constantly remind me of my limitations.

You are human, you will make mistakes, and it's one of the most beautiful things about being human, but you must learn from your mistakes, otherwise your life will have a lot of unnecessary pain.

You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.

The longer I live, the larger allowances I make for human infirmities. I exact more from myself and less from others.

I made my share of mistakes. People can look at that as what not to do, and if they choose to make fun of it, that's fine. I can't control that. All I know is that I can control myself. And at that point in my life, I wasn't even able to do that.

I take responsibility for my successes as well as my failures. But when I look at my professional mistakes, I'm always left with the feeling that maybe I should have done more.

The humble man makes room for progress; the proud man believes he is already there.