Any ordeal that you can survive as a human being is an improvement in your character, and usually an improvement in your life.

Quote by Viggo Mortensen

Topics: Life Quotes

I think that people who get to a certain position, and then try to ferociously...

I think that people who get to a certain position, and then try to ferociously...

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But...

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But...

Like most people I can be lazy, so it's nice to have a goal or...

Like most people I can be lazy, so it's nice to have a goal or...

I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste...

I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste...

If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is...

If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is...

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But...

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But...

I'm just looking as always for something that's stimulating and I hope to find a...

I'm just looking as always for something that's stimulating and I hope to find a...

I have never been in a natural place and felt that was a waste of...

I have never been in a natural place and felt that was a waste of...

In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director...

In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director...

I have friends who I get along with who I know get very uncomfortable being...

I have friends who I get along with who I know get very uncomfortable being...

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But...

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But...

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they...

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they...

Dear brain, please start being able to tell the difference between hungry and bored. Sincerely,...

Dear brain, please start being able to tell the difference between hungry and bored. Sincerely,...

No man ever dared to manifest his boredom so insolently as does a Siamese tomcat...

No man ever dared to manifest his boredom so insolently as does a Siamese tomcat...

Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the...

Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the...

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

There is no love which does not become help.

There is no love which does not become help.

The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom...

The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom...

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

The more interesting life becomes, in other words, the more boredom we are doomed to...

The more interesting life becomes, in other words, the more boredom we are doomed to...

Sorrows cannot all be explained away in a life truly lived, grief and loss accumulate...

Sorrows cannot all be explained away in a life truly lived, grief and loss accumulate...