Erica Durance Quotes

I'm far more ready to go with the flow now because I am more accepting of myself.

You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.

It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.

I just don't take myself as seriously anymore. But as a result of that, I am taking myself more seriously. My ego has gone on holiday, and it can't get a flight back home.

I've learned to have a sense of humor about myself. Lord knows everyone else does!

A character, their ability or inability to laugh at themselves should always be a very, very conscious choice. It's a very big key to the nature of a human being.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

I've always been able to laugh at myself.

Accept what you cannot control.

I have had to learn and to understand that sometimes I can't be always be at my best.

I think when you get to that point in your life where you're the first to laugh at yourself, you're at the best place of your life.

What I've had to learn is that I'm also fragile.

Healing is a coming to terms with things as they are, rather than struggling to force them to be as they once were, or as we would like them to be, to feel secure or to have what we sometimes think of as our own way.

but you can't spend your whole life hoping people will ask you the right questions. you must learn to love and answer the questions they already ask.

Maturity is the ability to live in peace with that which we cannot change.

The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.

You can't take yourself too seriously.

I'm a human being. I'm not perfect.

Life's too short not to laugh about yourself and the cards you're dealt.

One thing that I am proud of: I am really capable of laughing at myself.

It's not a gift of mine, but one given to me, to be able to criticise myself and not be crushed, by myself or by others.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.

One of the hard lessons to learn in life is that there are some things you can control and some things you can't. If you want a short recipe for being frustrated and miserable, this is it: focus on things you can't control.