Quotes about Personal Growth

Transcend the timeline to no time when you are able. We are proud of your progress but wish complete fulfillment for you. Keep creating….. it's the only way.

Today is a good day to tackle a fear and make yourself proud.

Living the material Don't try to be perfect. Do try to be better. Don't use the vocabulary—"the box," and so on—with people who don't already know it. Do use the principles in your own life. Don't look for others' boxes. Do look for your own. Don't accuse others of being in the box. Do try to stay out of the box yourself. Don't give up on yourself when you

Freedom is not in doing what you want to do, but in becoming what you want to be.

I can change nearly everything about myself. I can run from my children and trade in my spouse, move to another country and raise green rabbits for a living, but unless I care for my soul, I will not have changed who I am.

But, most important of all, he knew that he had won a great victory over himself. He had forced himself to do something that he dreaded, something that took every ounce of his will.

Self-confidence is something caught and not taught. And, risk-running and chance-taking are the only ways to catch it.

The years with Barbara taught me a great lesson: how having a good relationship can enrich your life.

We are always stronger than we know.

Once you make the decision to keep fighting for change, the range of possibilities for discovering who you are can be are endless. By experimenting with new ways of doing things, you will eventually discover your full potential. By enduring your anxiety and consistently risking your best effort, you will achieve more than you ever believed possible. No, you won't be able to change everything. But you will have realized that you have spent far too long holding back your own potential.

As difficult as these are, the transitions in our private lives are harder.

What activities will you keep? What activities will you evolve and do differently? What activities will you let go of? What new activities will you learn? And to start . . . What will you commit to doing in the next week to evolve into the new you? What will you commit to doing in the next month? What will you commit to doing within six months? In a year, what will be the first fruits to appear as a result of your commitments?

Not everyone would, but you would—I know this because no one reading this far into this book is a slacker about self-development. Well, your spiritual development is that important. You must make the time by scheduling your meditation, prayer, reading, and practice. Every day.

Allowing that change to happen and developing our inner life helps us get onto the second curve.

The only solution to this problem is to shed my attachments and redefine my desires. To do so is my path to enlightenment—and my second curve.

On reflection, I realized that I am the angry one, the ill-tempered one, the miser, and the liar. My job is to conquer me. My tool for doing so is to show warm-heartedness to others, especially when they are not showing it to me. Your opportunity when treated with contempt is to change at least one heart—yours.

Readjusting is a painful process, but most of us need it at one time or another.

The swashbuckling independence of my childhood was not all good, and as a father, I'm puzzling out how to be part of my children's lives rather than shoehorning them into mine. But there's a risk that I'll overcompensate, of course.

Going to university is, and should be, so much more than a mechanical process of grinding out a degree qualification for a pre-determined career path.

I joined the Marines the week I turned 17, and that led to a few experiences that might qualify as adventure - eye of the beholder.

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

I feel like it's weird to list all my crap qualities.

I think what I can do is to focus more on what I'm good at and see if I can improve on these positive qualities so that I can continue on the path I'm on now.

It's always interesting when people are sort of broken. I think it's one of the most interesting qualities that human beings have is that broken people can fix themselves sometimes.