Val Kilmer Quotes

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.

Life has changed. People have changed. They are more forgiving, less inclined to rush to judgment. And I have changed.

Motherhood has completely changed me. It's just about like the most completely humbling experience that I've ever had. I think that it puts you in your place because it really forces you to address the issues that you claim to believe in and if you can't stand up to those principles when you're raising a child, forget it.

A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.

Parenthood is so wild in its ability to put a mirror directly in your face and force you to look at yourself long and hard. What a challenge this is, but also what an exhilarating gift.

I've had this conversation with friends who have had challenging relationships with one or another parent. The only thing I can say is what I feel: The other person isn't going to change. That is who they are.

Parenthood offers many lessons in patience and sacrifice. But ultimately, it is a lesson in humility. The very best thing about your life is a short stage in someone else’s story.

Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.

I raised five children. They all have different personalities. All of them have different issues, different levels of success. That was a learning experience for me.

Maybe it's just parenthood that puts you in a situation where you just have to develop a new attitude, I guess, about things.

I mellowed out; my daughter mellowed me out, and I don't get mad at anyone.

I think over the years, being a mother, I've matured in so many ways.

Live a life of grace. You'll be a better person for it, and so will your children.

I've been the type of father who tries desperately to be perfect but doesn't succeed all the time.

I was embarrassed by my parents. I thought they had nothing of interest to say or contribute to anything. My real crime was not understanding that they were interesting, and I have been trying to make it up to them for being so indescribably blase, so genuinely uninterested and dismissive.

I have become that mother I used to dread.

All we will ever know and share about love, humility, compassion, and sacrifice - the secrets that will reveal and then resolve old sorrows - awaits us within ourselves.

And I think in your 40s, you land a little bit, physically and mentally, you arrive at a place where you feel you've learned some stuff. Having children at that point meant I had something very useful to do for the next 20 years.

Something like a divorce does change you, but children change you more, and now I've had three.

I'll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I've been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it's - it's - and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven't been successful at it every day.

Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.

I have three sons, a husband, parents, and I'll fight and get angry, but what is very important that I have found as I've matured, is that I have to move on.

Life is a long lesson in humility.

As parents, we're human beings, too, but sometimes we're not as understanding as we'd like to be.

I went from resenting my mother-in-law to accepting her, finally to appreciating her. What appeared to be her diffidence when I was first married, I now value as serenity.