15 quotes
"It’s a toxic desire to try to be perfect. I realized later in life that the challenge is not to be perfect. It’s to be whole."
- Jane Fonda
Self-awareness
"The challenge is not to be perfect—it is to be whole."
- Jane Fonda
Self-awareness
"Instead of drifting along like a leaf in a river, understand who you are and how you come across to people, and what kind of an impact you have on the people around you and the world, so that when you go out, you can feel you have made a positive difference."
- Jane Fonda
Self-awareness
"We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation."
- Jane Fonda
Self-awareness
"The challenge is not to be perfect… it’s to be whole."
- Jane Fonda
Personal Growth
"Stay curious, keep learning and keep growing. And always strive to be more interested than interesting."
- Jane Fonda
Personal Growth
"The challenge is not to be perfect—it’s to be whole."
- Jane Fonda
Personal Growth
"A couple years ago I got breast cancer, and that was a good test, because I always said I'm not afraid of dying. And I wasn't. I mean, I felt, God, I've just joined a family of millions of women who have gone through this. And how interesting. What a journey this is going to be."
- Jane Fonda
Connection to Earth
"A couple years ago I got breast cancer, and that was a good test, because I always said I’m not afraid of dying. And I wasn’t. I mean, I felt, God, I’ve just joined a family of millions of women who have gone through this. And how interesting. What a journey this is going to be."
- Jane Fonda
Connection to Earth
"Women’s friendships are like a renewable source of power."
- Jane Fonda
Empowerment
"You don't learn from successes; you don't learn from awards; you don't learn from celebrity; you only learn from wounds and scars and mistakes and failures. And that's the truth."
- Jane Fonda
Learning from Mistakes
"It’s never too late—never too late to start over, never too late to be happy."
- Jane Fonda
New Beginnings
"It’s never too late – never too late to start over, never too late to be happy."
- Jane Fonda
New Beginnings
"Perfection is a toxic desire. We are not supposed to be perfect. The challenge is not to be perfect, it’s to be whole."
- Jane Fonda
Self-improvement
"We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious."
- Jane Fonda
Mindfulness