Quotes about Personal Growth

The purpose of life is not to maintain personal comfort; it's to grow the soul.

It's become another dimension to who I am. I don't think Sports Illustrated is going to be wanting me. But who cares? I'm at a different place in my life.

If only we could live two lives: the first in which to make one's mistakes, and the second in which to profit by them.

I know in my life there's stuff that will come back because I haven't dealt with it, and it's the same with everybody.

There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.

Face up to those areas that are weak in your life and seek to make them strong.

The biggest battle in life is with yourself

The integrity and self-esteem gained from winning the battle against extremity are the richest treasures in my life

My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches' but in fact, the Ross's were never raggedy.

Chess is a forcing house where the fruits of character can ripen more fully than in life

If you never allow your children to exceed what they can do, how are they ever going to manage adult life - where a lot of it is managing more than you thought you could manage?

The entertainment industry is pretty nuts, and having had that experience outside of it and going to university has really made a big difference. It's important to me to feel like I have my own life.

Ultimately it doesn't matter whether you go forwards or backwards: you need to live your life as well as you can.

It's all experience; not anything original

She was learning, quite late, what many people around her appeared to have known since childhood that life can be perfectly satisfying without major achievements.

I'll no doubt just continue stumbling and bumbling through life, putting myself in precarious places, rising sadder if not wiser, as always.

It was what we Japanese called the onion life, peeling away a layer at a time and crying all the while.

Creating a meaningful life has less to do with how we feel about our past than what we do about our future.

You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Having knowledge of the Bible is essential to a rich and meaningful life.

When people ask me why are you singing a drinking song if you don't drink anymore, because when I did drink I drank enough to sing drinking songs for the rest of my life!

Selecting your next challenge in life, choose one that is meaningful and will demand your complete concentration.

Your life only gets better when you get better, and you can improve yourself without limit. Learn something new every day.

All improvement in your life begins with an improvement in your mental pictures.