Quotes about Personal Growth

You must become like yourself.

I believe in the importance of seeking self-knowledge. The more I know myself, the more I feel empowered.

Do not place the words of ANYONE above the feelings of your own being. You can learn much from others, but the deepest knowledge must come from within yourself.

A man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge.

You have to learn to recognize your own depths.

We can be knowledgeable with another man's knowledge, but we can't be wise with another man's wisdom.

A man who's discontents were barely known to himself, awakening in middle age to the horror of self-reflection.

...I felt it would push me out of my comfort zone and develop my skills. And that's what it's all about - do something new and learn something from it.

As simple as it sounds we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices by making the most of the talents we've been given.

Do something that feels good in the mornings! It will help you to setup your day to take in more knowledge and understanding, which ultimately leads to wisdom.

From the first I made my learning what little it was useful every way I could.

Now here is the good news: while it's true that none of us can know everything, we can all know more tomorrow than we do today

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

The greatest success is successful self-acceptance.

Self-reverence self-knowledge self-control - these three alone lead to sovereign power.

God knows I'm no the thing I should be Nor am I even the thing I could be.

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that's your own self.

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.

Leaders grow; they are not made.

I often say that leadership is deeply personal and inherently collective. That's a paradox that effective leaders have to embrace.

A man who has committed a mistake and does not correct it is committing another mistake.

In order to be happy, human beings must feel they are continuing to grow. Clearly, we must adopt the concept of continuous improvement as a daily principle.

Leadership is a journey. Each one of us has to take our own path, and get there our own way.

We can lead others only as far along the road as we ourselves have traveled. merely pointing the way is not enough. If we are not walking, then no one can be following, and ware not leading anyone.