Quotes about Personal Growth

We are attracted to another person at a soul level not because that person is our unique complement, but because by being with that individual we are somehow provided with an impetus to become whole ourselves.

You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you have to see and feel.

Rahim, a boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything.

I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975.

Khaled Hosseini

You see, some things I can teach you. Some you'll learn from books. But, there are things that, well, you just have to see and feel.

Peristiwa itu telah lama berlalu, tapi pengalamanku selama ini menunjukan bahwa kita tak akan pernah bisa mengubur masa lalu. Karena bagaimanapun, masa lalu akan selalu menyeruak mencari jalan keluar.

Se întâmpla cu mult timp în urm?, dar, aÈ™a cum am aflat din proprie experien??, e greÈ™it ce se spune despre trecut, c? poÈ›i s? îl îngropi. Pentru c? trecutul îÈ™i face drum spre lumin? cu ghearele.

No longer did she look like a shy little maid who was trained to censor her thought before it reached her mouth. These past few days had turned her into a reserved yet intelligent young woman.

I don't have anything to give you, except to show you a way to better yourself.

I suppose I want him to be happy," she said at last. "Whatever in life makes him happy, I want him to have that. I don't care what it is, as long as he grows up to be good and true to himself.

God be praised, I had raised myself in my own estimation again!

Det begyndte å komme rotne flækker i mit indre, sorte svamper som bredte sig mere og mere.

I wasn't a big fan of women trying to fix men, to change them. I always figured there were guys enough out there, so I should look for a total package that was already fully Ikea-assembled—or go without.

In all these interludes with Sevastyan, I hadn't been Natalie. I'd been Natalya . And that brainless hussy didn't seem to know better.

Life peels us like an onion and every layer is softer and sweeter.

Well, fortunately I know what the best looks like now," she says as she links her arms around my neck.

You are learning something every day. A baby has brains, but it doesn't know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get.

You've always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself.

The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself.

When my son came into my life, my priorities changed, because I wanted to have the relationship with him, that I didn't have with my father.

There is a direct relationship between self-discipline and self-esteem.

There's nothing worse than walking around and talking about your failed relationship, all day, every day, for months on end.

When you are in a long relationship, sometimes you forget who you are, what you love to do.