Embracing new challenges Quotes

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

It is worth it to leave behing my minor life for grander maybes.

Whenever I set out in a new direction, whether it's with a new band or being a frontman or writing a comic book or entering into movie scoring or anything like that, I wouldn’t say that I do it fearlessly...

One sure-fire way to stay creative: force yourself to learn something new.

We learn in the past, but we are not the result of that. We suffered in the past, loved in the past, cried and laughed in the past, but that's of no use to the present. The present has its challenges, its good and bad side. We can neither blame nor be grateful to the past for what is happening now. Each new experience of love has nothing whatsoever to do with past experiences. It's always new.

Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be.

The more opportunities we have, the more likely we are to be able to handle the unexpected.

I never fear my opponent, for me he only represents a new challenge to conquer.

changing horses doesn't mean the ride'll get any better!

All your life spent getting ready for the next thing. I climbed a lot of hills now. I crossed a lot of rivers. Crossed the sea even, left everything I knew and came to Styria. But there I was, waiting for me at the docks when I got off the boat, same man, same life. Next valley ain't no different from this one. No better anyway. Reckon I've learned ... just to stick in the place I'm at. Just to be the man I am.

You can't teach an old dog new dog new tricks. Now,you can give an old dog new toys. And we've got one here!

There's a real sense of freedom now. It's a good time to finish, I think. As much as I'm going to miss it I'm ready to move on and do different things.

I am sure that the mistakes of that time will not be repeated; we should probably make another set of mistakes.

I?m 57 years old and there are adventures out there for me.

As one passion begins to fail it is necessary to form another, for the whole art of going through life tolerably is to keep oneself eager about anything.

Change excites me. I am fifty years old. It's when the mind catches up with the body.

The challenge we now face is to build on the record of the past, to continue accepting new responsibilities and seeking new opportunities to serve.

I am just surprised to be doing anything at my age actually. When you think of where I am now and where I've come from, I am very pleased and very grateful to be standing up and delivering Julian's great lines.

I've always liked to shoot from the hip. This is the perfect fit for me ... I'm willing to earn my spurs, because once again, after 18 years I'm back to being a rookie.

You get to a certain age, where you know you can't go over the wall, but I'll never get to the age where I can't go through it.

If we have not achieved our early dreams, we must either find new ones or see what we can salvage from the old. If we have accomplished what we set out to do in our youth, we need not weep like Alexander the Great that we have no more worlds to conquer.

As an actress, you want to try new things. You don't want to repeat yourself. That becomes more important to you, as you get older.

I suppose the underlying current for me is the idea of not doing something I've done before. I call myself a character actor and I'm always trying to stay a character actor.

It's about doing things that you haven't done before, where you're still kind of a beginner, and not resting on your laurels.

I love learning. I tend to stop doing things once I get good at them, and to try something else I'm not as good at, leaving a bunch of fans going, "But he was really good at that. Why isn't he still doing it?"