Moon Unit Zappa Quotes

I always hope to be a better person tomorrow than today.

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

Don't go through life, grow through life.

All of us want to be better. Human nature is always seeking advancement.

My hope is that people experience the music and, in that, something works in them, that they realise how exceptional they are. Maybe that it inspires them to do something great in their own lives.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

I do love the evolution of people in general. I think it's a beautiful thing when someone progresses and evolves in life.

My ambition is to do what I like and to do good things that I might not have done before.

I am not the same man I was 35 years ago. And 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.

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.

I think of myself as a catalyst of action and a messenger of hope, turning people onto themselves and turning people onto their dreams.

I try to get people thinking, to consider their pasts and presents, ultimately encouraging them and giving them the tools to embrace the work of reshaping their lives.

The true success is the person who invented himself.

It's not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It's a picture of somebody trying to figure things out. I'm not trying to create some impression about myself. That doesn't interest me.

I am turning into the person I knew I would.

On a scale of one to 10, I feel I'm at a nine because there's definitely room for improvement. I know I could go further.

I just need to believe that we're not in some form of stasis, that we can try to be whoever we want to be. We probably won't get there, but we might get a little bit closer, you know?

Just saying you are better than good won't make it so. But, when you understand what it takes to live the better than good life, and you apply yourself, your life will truly be better than good.

I want to be a better person in every aspect. I really don't feel I've in anyway fulfilled my potential in every area of my life. But I'm optimistic.

You think life is a beautiful thing, and you've got to live accordingly. You've got to magnify all your better feelings and better urges and better conscious ideas, and that's your life's evolvement.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

I'm learning all the time. I'm evolving all the time as a human being. I'm getting better, I hope, in all of the important ways.

I don't want to be overly philosophical, but I think there are things you earn for yourself as you go.

Life, is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.