Quotes about Personal Growth

If you buy your experience it's your own. So it's no matter how much you pay for it.

It does people good to have to do things they don't like...in moderation.

I ought to grow up successfully, and I'm sure it will be my own fault if I don't. I feel it's a great responsibility because I have only one chance. If I don't grow up right I can't go back and begin over again. - Anne Shirley

I believe in a girl being fitted to earn her own living whether she ever has to or not. You'll

All your life Davy, you'll find yourself doing things you don't want to do - Anne Shirley

But have you ever noticed one encouraging thing about me, Marilla? I never make the same mistake twice. I don't know as that's much benefit when you're always making new ones. Oh, don't you see, Marilla? There must be a limit to the mistakes one person can make, and when I get to the end of them, then I'll be through with them. That's a very comforting thought.

It is a start, and I mean to keep on, I find written in my old journal of that year.

I have only the one chance. If I don't grow up right I can't go back and begin over again.

Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, The Golden Road, Kilmeny of the Orchard, The Watchman, Songs of the Sea & many more

Hayat? boyunca ona doÄŸruyu öÄŸretecek biri olmad???n? hat?rla.

Oh, don't you see, Marilla? There must be a limit to the mistakes one person can make, and when I get to the end of them, then I'll be through with them. That's a very comforting thought.

I ought to grow up successfully, and I'm sure it will be my own fault if I don't. I feel it's a great responsibility because I have only one chance. If I don't grow up right I can't go back and begin over again.

Oh, don't you see, Marilla? There must be a limit to the mistakes one person can make, and when I get to the end of them, then I'll be through with them. That's a very comforting thought.

at thirty-two she had less dating experience than the average high school student.

Four months later, their mother was living with Buddhist nuns and Dagou had bulked up by thirty pounds.

Because he isn't cherished, he's allowed to aim beyond his parents' petty goals. He can leave all of them behind.

Made plenty of mistakes along the way - all of which I am truly sorry.

There will always be enemies. Time to stop being your own.

Larry McMurtry

If one stopped to think about it, it was depressing how little most men learned in their lifetimes. Pea Eye was a prime example. Though loyal and able and brave, Pea had never displayed the slightest ability to learn from his experience, though his experience was considerable. Time and again he would walk up on the wrong side of a horse that was known to kick, and then look surprised when he got kicked.

But I knew the other part wasn't about me, so I decide not to make it about me now. It's never about someone else the moment you realize it is up to you to get yourself to a better place. It's only about figuring out how to get there.

Meus problemas começavam quando eu tentava me encaixar na vida de outra pessoa, ainda mais quando isso significava desistir de uma parte de mim no processo.

most people don't want to hear the thing that will make it work better," I said. "They want to hear what will make it easier.

Be the opposite of you : those words hit me, right away, penetrating the fog. Be the opposite of me? It was day ten and this was the first thing I remember hearing that sounded like a good idea. It was the first thing that sounded something like a real plan.