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Quotes about Personal Growth

I have got a daughter, whose life is already separate from mine, whose will already follows its own directions, and who has quickly corrected my woolly preconceptions of her by being something remorselessly different. She is the child of herself and will be what she is. I am merely the keeper of her temporary helplessness.
~ Laurie Lee
Interesting, is it not?" I must be better, I thought: his gnomic utterings were irritating me again.
~ Laurie R. King
Well, you live and you learn, and generally in that order. I
~ Lawrence Block
My performance as Major Breakthrough (whose comrades in arms include Private Bath, Corporal Punishment and General Nuisance) had improved somewhat.
~ Lawrence Block
Whether you are happy or whether you are sad, it is wise to remember you are really in process.
~ Maya Angelou
When you're going through a breakup, you should just let yourself feel everything so you can get over it as opposed to pretending everything's okay and dragging it out.
~ Hannah Simone
I'm a bit of a romantic, to a fault. It's led me to some great things and also some sad things. It's made me a better person, to keep a good spirit about dating.
~ Alexander Koch
I have always been a softie, and I fight it with every fiber of my being. Sadly, my being's fibers need to hit the gym.
~ Aisha Tyler
The reason I started officially learning to cook was because when I first got pregnant, I had to face the sad fact that I didn't even know how to boil an egg.
~ Drew Barrymore
I just didn't want to be a loser anymore...-Mitsuko Souma
~ Koushun Takami, Battle Royale
No one wants to fail. So most of us don't even try. Sad. We don't even take that first step to improve our health or to deepen our working relationships or to realize a dream.
~ Robin S. Sharma
The conquering of self is truly greater than were one to conquer many worlds.
~ Edgar Cayce
Magick is the Science of understanding oneself and one's conditions. It is the Art of applying that understanding in action.
~ Aleister Crowley
What more powerful form of study of mankind could there be than to read our own instruction book?
~ Francis Collins
When I was 19 years old, I wrote my first book. I took a computer science class, and the book was garbage. I thought I could write a better one, so I did.
~ Jim McKelvey
Keep away from the kinship of the individuals who continually ask and examine the imperfections of others.
~ Genereux Philip
I focus all my energy into become a faster, stronger, and better version of myself.
~ Georgia Clark
Where do I go from here? She thought to herself.Truth was, it didn't matter.She had a new beginning.
~ Austin Cochran, Totem Lake
I'm just tryin to be somebody I can talk to in the morning with a smile.
~ Aesop Rock
The next time you encounter a difficult obstacle or problem, you should smile and say, 'Here's my chance to grow.'
~ Zig Ziglar
All I need as payment is a smile. That just really pushes me forward so that I'm always capturing the next opportunity to develop myself.
~ Debbi Fields
The next time someone says "This sounds great, but I just don't have the TIME..." Look them straight in the eye, smile warmly, and ask, "Would you like to change that?"
~ Jeff Olson
No society can prosper if it aims at making things easier-instead it should aim at making people stronger.
~ Ashoka
We have to build a better man before we can build a better society.
~ Paul Tillich