Quotes About Self-improvement

What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own dreams. And certainly that's what I want them to take away.

If I was sharp in every area, I might be too big-headed or something.

I've got to get on myself to be sharp, funny and loose.

There are times when I'm driving home after a day's shooting, thinking to myself, That scene would've been so much better if I had written it out.

We all have shortcomings.

One does make mistakes and the best thing for any individual is to learn from those shortcomings.

I have a lot of shortcomings. I'm aware of that. I work on those things.

I sleep five hours, I get up at 4 A.M., I take three or four cold showers a day. I do things differently.

I'm aware that I can be annoying.

I was an awful singer when I was younger.

Of course every player has to accept criticism and it has happened to me. But you have got to get back up.

If you are 25, 30, 35, you need to think you can learn every day. If not, you are going to go backwards, and of course you are going to fail, and you begin to see the end of your career.

I don't think it's a bad thing to go out there and challenge yourself as an actor.

We've all done a lot of bad things in life. And I think you have to learn from what you do, and really think about, after you've done those mistakes, how to not do it again, and how to approach things differently.

To me, you get into this business to make money and to make a name for yourself. And the fact that you're on the indies for 15 years is not a badge of honor.

I get a lot of girls who say, 'I just want to be a model so badly.' And I think: 'You can do better than that.' I mean, look, I do love it, I'm not saying anything bad about it, I just think you can do a lot more.

At aged eleven, you're learning taking criticism every day and making it a positive thing - otherwise you will never make it in ballet.

Everyone's always like, 'Be your best self!' And that drives me bananas, because when you're not, it makes you feel really bad.

I think I'm absolutely perfect. Because if I'm not good at something I completely banish it from my mind. Completely. Like it never happened.

A lot of people make the mistake of setting the bar too high.

I set the bar very high. I'm very tough on myself.

You always have to keep setting the bar for yourself.

When it comes to batting, I have a lot of expectations from myself.

I can't build myself by beating somebody down.