Octavia Spencer Quotes

I feel like I am a better person because of my struggles, because of my challenges and persevering through them and realizing the mistakes that I've made, correcting them.

You cannot build up a character in a solitude; you need a formed character to stand a solitude.

I've been through many years of psychotherapy, psycho-drama, I've taken risks in my life. I've had trials and tribulations just like every body else. You have to really think about who you are. You can't just go through life and sail threw.

I think that all of the scars and all of the layers that I've built over the years made me the person that I am today, and I'm pretty happy about that person.

It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

Adversity has a way of introducing a man to himself.

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.

I understood, through rehab, things about creating characters. I understood that creating whole people means knowing where we come from, how we can make a mistake and how we overcome things to make ourselves stronger.

I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.

It's good to have a bad season because you learn a lot about yourself; you become stronger, and you see where you have to improve.

When you lose, you learn a lot about yourself. That experience is important.

I want to become better, I don't want to let my mistakes define me.

I had to do so much self-searching and self-work and learning how to navigate in a world that seemed very mean.

When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.

This world and life of ours are filled with inequalities. The worst possible use to make of this fact, however, is to allow resentments to possess us. All of us have imagined limitations, but we have also the privilege of pushing them aside, and spreading our lives out! We never know any of our limitations until we put ourselves to the test. There are always "growing pains" working within us.

It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when you're being knocked down, 'Why am I being knocked down?' If a person can reflect in this way, then there is hope for this person.

You build inner strength through embracing the totality of your experience, both the delightful parts and the difficult parts.

I've learned that every single trial offers us a chance to either turn away from what we know to be true, or to stand strong in who we are...

Find the meaning behind whatever it is you're going through because everybody's got something.

How would I behave in a situation that caused me to summon the essence of my character? The tragedy inspired me to test myself. I wanted to reveal to myself who I was: the kind of person who died, or the kind of person who overcame circumstances to help himself and others

A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.

The process of life is ever unfolding, guiding you, pushing you, preparing you for the next part of the process. Difficult challenges, bad days, upset feelings, moments of confusion are part of life's process. Perhaps these things are there to keep us alert, to make us stronger, or to test our resolve to keep moving forward.