Darlene Love Quotes

I am that 'everyman' in that I have made every mistake you can make in your career and in your personal life. But I am a survivor.

I have been hugely successful at times in my life, and I have also been in ruins. But the lessons I learned on the way up were just as valuable on the way down.

Humility in this business [acting] isn't just a matter of being polite, it's kind of a matter of survival. You can't ever afford to think that you're the bee's knees, because you could always afford to be better. You have to always be searching for something better.

I feel it's important to point out that I've earned my humility by being a jackass - like, I trip and fall on my face and say, "Oh, right. Don't think you're a big shot, because you've got a bloody nose now." So it's hard to say.

Those who profit from adversity possess a spirit of humility and are therefore inclined to make the necessary changes needed to learn from their mistakes, failures, and losses. ... When we are focused too much on ourselves, we lose perspective. Humility allows us to regain perspective and see the big picture. ... Humility allows us to let go of perfection and keep trying.

The hard things in life, the things you really learn from, happen with a clear mind.

I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.

As athletes, we're defined by what we've accomplished. Those are what most people remember and what you get paid for. But I learned more from my failures than from all of my successes put together - failures as an athlete and as a person.

I have to be careful not to be too proud in life, because there is always room for improvement.

No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.

I think everybody has ups and downs in their lives. We learn from the biggest disappointments, right? You learn how to be humble to yourself and to be humble to others.

I think the failure in the NFL has humbled me in the fact that I don't think I'm the best.

There is nothing wrong with making mistakes and not having all the answers, so long as we are willing to admit this and strive for personal betterment. Those who think they know it all have no way of finding out that they don't.

It's a good thing I learned some humility and perspective as I got older.

I have to say I've made many mistakes, and been humbled many, many times. But you know what? It's never too late to learn.

It’s only useful to ask, what wisdom have you learned from your misjudgments that will help you going forward?

All life's battles teach us something, even those we lose. When you grow up, you'll discover that you have defended lies, deceived yourself, or suffered foolishness. If you're a good warrior you will not blame yourself for this, but neither will you allow your mistakes to repeat themselves.

I've made a lot of career mistakes. A lot. Actually, a lot of personal ones, too.

I've had great success and I've had catastrophic failure. It's really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think.

I always say the minute I stop making mistakes is the minute I stop learning and I've definitely learned a lot.

I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful - but I know that I have tried.

Failure and things of this sort - you can take it one of two ways. You can either let that hurt you and really affect the way that you live your life in the future, or you can use that as an opportunity for growth.

Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.

I know I'm not perfect.

I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens.