Quotes about Personal Growth

Make mistakes -- just don't keep making the same goddamn ones.

The adult chops down his childhood to help his grown-up self. The unsentimentality is appealing, don't you think?

The self was both its origins and its journey.

They fuck you up, your mum and dad? No, that wasn't it at all. Well, they did do that, perhaps, but they also allowed you to become the person, and the writer, that you had it in you to be.

And all the time she held on to me; like a mother protecting her child, she shielded me from my family. (Who were learning … as I was … that they were not …)

because the trouble with trying to escape yourself is that you bring yourself along for the ride.

Merely accepting that we are lazy, distracted, petty, easily provoked to anger, and inclined to waste our time in ways that we will later regret is not a path to happiness.

Your mind is the basis of everything you experience and of every contribution you make to the lives of others. Given this fact, it makes sense to train it.

I know I've made huge gains in my confidence, and knowing more about my racing and myself as a person. That has made me a better athlete

I don't live that life anymore, it's as simple as that.

You should want to fight the biggest fights you can and so you could maximize your stature in the sport, on the front pages of the newspapers, and your pocket book.

And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.

Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.

Know your strengths, weaknesses, and needs.

Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength.

If you grow yourself to become a successful person, in strength of character and mind, you will naturally be successful in anything and everything you do.

I claim that nothing else is so effective in encouraging the growth of chess strength as such independent analysis, both of the games of the great players and your own.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

A human life gains lustre and strength only when it is polished and tempered.

Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.

I seek strength, not to be greater than other, but to fight my greatest enemy, the doubts within myself

The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make men stronger.

All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.

It took me a long time to get to where I'm at, in my career and as a man. I was going through my trials and tribulations in life, and it gave me the strength to tackle things that have come my way.