Becoming Quotes

Not a having and a resting, but a growing and a becoming, is the character of perfection as culture conceives it.

I was good at football and cricket at school. My dad said, 'Son, be an architect,' and I came to Melbourne passionate about becoming an architect.

Action and becoming are one.

If only he can get over becoming a NERD.

The odds against an adoptee ending up as the child of the President of the United States are staggering. But then, so are the odds against a movie star becoming president

It was my sister Maureen who was responsible for my becoming a Reagan.

Obstinacy and contention are common qualities, most appearing in, and best becoming, a mean and illiterate soul.

Once you can understand where the conversation is, who leads, the type of voices and the best place for you to add your voice, you can then start becoming a more active participant.

Part of your process of becoming an adult is admitting to yourself that The Doors were a shitty band.

The internal conditions in Iran are worsening in all aspects. Poverty and unemployment are becoming more severe, despite the fact that Iran has turned into a developed and industrialized country.

Religion is another name for the realization of Truth. It consists in becoming and being one with the Supreme Being. Doctrines and dogmas are only details of a secondary nature.

Success is becoming in middle adulthood what you dreamed to be in late childhood.

Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever.

I'll admit that it's not easy to get an agent, but becoming successful in anything requires perseverance.

We don't defeat evil by becoming evil.

Becoming wealthy is not a matter of how much you earn, who your parents are, or what you do.. it is a matter of managing your money properly.

[The poll tax] was a classic case of a good idea being entrusted to Chris Patten and becoming a terrible failure.

I embraced, I think, the process of becoming No. 1 of the world, which was long and difficult, but it's sweeter in the end.

I am personally against abortion on demand, but I believe it is very clear that there must be legislation brought in that will deal with what is becoming simply a mish-mash of approaches

The biggest danger of Hollywood becoming a purely corporate town resides in the creative process.

I studied with the idea of becoming a Catholic priest.

The idea of becoming an entrepreneur is something that is not taught very well in school and is something that people should try to do earlier on.

The fairy tale is in a perpetual state of becoming and alteration. To keep to one version or one translation alone is to put robin redbreast in a cage.

Becoming a comedienne was my way of adjusting to puberty.

I wasn't losing my focus but I was getting tired of focusing. What I was focusing on was becoming too routine, too ritual, not something that was interesting, new and exciting.

Without mercy, we have little chance nowadays of becoming part of a world of 'wounded' persons in need of understanding, forgiveness, love.

Right now you are one choice away from a new beginning - one that leads you toward becoming the fullest human being you can be.

My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer.

Fame, that public destruction of one in process of becoming, into whose building-ground the mob breaks, displacing his stones.

Meditation has only one meaning, and that is going beyond the mind and becoming a witness. In your witnessing is the miracle - the whole mystery of life

You know, it was a small, independent movie and with Paramount becoming involved, it was obviously a good thing, but you can't put a round peg in a square hole.

Fibre optic is becoming like electricity. If you look at how electricity spread around the globe 100 years ago, that's what's happening now.

What is Zen? Zen is looking at things with the eye of God, that is, becoming the thing's eyes so that it looks at itself with our eyes.

Being steeped in the process of learning and exploring keeps me from becoming too nervous. Partly it's about not getting bored.

Whether you have been aware of your thoughts in the past or not, now you are becoming aware. Right now, with the knowledge of The Secret, you are waking up from a deep sleep and becoming aware!

Chose the niche that you enjoy, where you can excel and stand a chance of becoming and acknowledged leader.

I think the major problem in growing up is to become sophisticated without becoming cynical.

People are becoming more and more aware of how the dominance of development and business is altering their lives and, in particular, their own heritage.

Am I Getting Lazy? Am I Too Busy? Am I Becoming Arrogant? Am I Getting Timid? If you answer 'yes' to any one of these questions, that's your warning to Kick that attitude!

I think more and more scientists are becoming convinced that it's very likely that life forms of some kind exist all around the universe not so far from us.

Today I am discovering who I am. Today I am becoming my person, worthy of developing all of me. Today I am beginning to know that I am okay the way I am.

Madaming is the sort of thing that happens to you - like getting a battlefield commission or becoming the dean of women at Stanford University.

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so.

One of the blessings of becoming an adult is finally seeing my mom and dad as people, not just parents.

Becoming an artist cannot be taught. A degree and diligence is not a guarantee that one can become an 'artist.

I'm not interested in becoming a bigger star, I'm not interested in being the wealthiest guy in the world. I'm doing fine, I love acting, and I want to do it for the rest of my life.

Of course for a Colombian girl it was always impossible to even imagine becoming an international popstar, but my dream became reality.

Worldwide, our oceans are warming, rising, and becoming dangerously acidic as a result of carbon pollution and climate change - endangering much that we hold dear.

Having been an actress before becoming a producer has helped, because I realize the needs

The magic of fiction seems to be the more specific you are, the more universal you end up becoming.