Quotes about Growth

I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices.

If you went to your closet today, would you pull out the same outfit you wore 10 or 15 years ago? You wear feelings and faith differently as well.

There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature without having lived.

More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams.

If it all just happened overnight, you would never learn to believe in what you cannot see.

All human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes.

Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

'Beauty Queen' is the weirdest, strangest, and most perfect play to do before 'Hedda Gabler', because there are so many similar issues for Maureen and Hedda. I had played leading ladies before but couldn't really hook into them. After 'An American Daughter' and 'Beauty Queen', I had all the ballast.

I was made welcome in New Jersey. They were excited to have me. They told me they expected me to have bad games, and they expected me to have good games. That allowed me to gain confidence and continue to get better.

If we have an honest discussion on whether the war on poverty should be fought with welfare or with economic growth in the private sector, Democrats will lose black votes.

The furnace of affliction produces refinement, in states as well as individuals.

The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.