Growth Experience Quotes

I was 19 when I recorded my first album, and I've been exposed to many things during these last few years; all the baby fat is gone.

I feel like I have grown with the sport.

Why is every great children's story about a journey? Maybe that's because we are always on one.

'Community' was a very important part of my growth as an actor. I see it as my acting school, not having a lot of formal acting training.

I came from a different mind-set growing up, and my mind has changed.

I refuse to see losing as a negative. Obama lost in '83 when he ran against Bobby Rush. Hillary lost in '08. Even Lincoln lost the first election. It's a useful learning experience.

I want to solidify as an artist and show that as I grow as a person and make mistakes and learn from them, I'm going to grow artistically.

It [motherhood] has changed absolutely everything. I mean, it's changed my life. I think I've changed as a human being more since I've had Kai than in any other period in my life...It's such an incredible catalyst for growth. I found myself questioning absolutely everything: how I spend my time, how I speak, what kind of projects I work on, how I look at the world.

There's a lot there to enlarge you. That's part of the value of being in an extended family is that it enlarges you. It makes you bigger. It makes you more.

The adventure of life is to learn.

You are here on earth for a divine purpose. It is not to be endlessly entertained or to be constantly in full pursuit of pleasure. You are here to be tried, to prove yourself so that you can receive the additional blessings God has for you. . . some blessings will be delivered in this life; others will come beyond the veil. The Lord is intent on your personal growth and development. That progress is accelerated when you willingly allow Him to lead you through every growth experience you encounter, whether initially it be to your individual liking or not.

Each year I have grown and learned new things.

Gigs are my favourite thing - even the not so good ones, because you always learn something.

Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.

Growing Ineos has been a lot of fun.

Just because I'm a recording artist doesn't mean I'm not an artist. Because I had to grow.

Right now I have more confidence in myself. I grew up.

I think daily life is where the lessons come in - that's where the tests and the growth come in.

Everything is an experience. You learn something different from everything you do.

I have changed so much as an actor over the years.

I find that life, day by day, is composed of at least one joy, one problem and one sorrow. Then there are the smaller ingredients: you always learn something, whether useful or harmful - that is difficult to analyze until later; you always give something; you alwayou always grow a little in one direction or another.

Each day you learn something new. Professionally, personally and even emotionally, because the emotional aspect is so important.

We're only as big as our experiences.

It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.

I've learned so much as both a writer and a human.