Quotes about Personal Growth

In the beginning I thought that metal was something scary, but I learned how thoughtful and amazing metal is. I'm so honored to be a part of it.

When I go back and read my journals or fiction, I am always surprised. I may not remember having those thoughts, but they still exist and I know they are mine, and it's all part of making sense of who I am.

Brethren, it is easier to declaim against a thousand sins of others, than to mortify one sin in ourselves.

In college - while figuring the things out that most people do in college - I had no game. No confidence. I had Birkenstocks. And overalls. A budding romance novel addiction. But no cool. No poise. I was trying on a thousand different personalities, but a lot of them were formed by the perceptions of others.

Because I was starting out in my 20's. I wanted to do it on my own. I didn't want to use my dad or have people say I was using him.

If only we all knew! By understanding the personalities, we are able to give words of encouragement to others that are sincere and authentic. We can get to know others, love them in the way they need to be loved, and help bring out their very best, at home, or at work.

I was completely nuts for most of my life.

The more I experience, the more I see that so many things in our future are planned for us, I think that what isn't planned for us is our attitude, and it's our attitude that can change our lives.

Svetlana had reached one of those transformative moments that seemed to recur in her life. After the exhaustion and sorrows of the last three years, the intrusions and constraints on her private life, she had reached a limit. This would be a turning point, though where she would turn was not yet clear.

1. Big Bad Ben by Rosemary Wells 2/2/22 read on my own

Learning is important. It is a way to make a life better for yourself and your family.

Approach a trip as a chance to collect unique experiences, not passport stamps, postcards and snapshots in front of famous monuments.

Roy Peter Clark

the act of writing will make you a better student, a better worker, a better friend, a better citizen, a better parent, a better teacher, a better person. I

Somerset Maugham advised, "It's never too late to be what you might have been.

Before everyone stands a image of what he ought to be. So long as he is not that his peace is not complete.

Some day, when I have grown sufficiently, I shall attain that which I am destined to attain

We suffer because with every inner and outer suffering we eliminate one of our faults and become transformed into something better.

Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst,Where there aren't no Ten Commandments, an' a man can raise a thirst.

In each moment the fire rages, it will burn away a hundred veils. And carry you a thousand steps toward your goal.

If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?

And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?

What I most want is to spring out of this personality, then to sit apart from that leaping. I've lived too long where I can be reached.

If you have goals and the stick-with-it-ness to make things happen, people will feel threatened by you, especially if your goals don't include them. They believe that if you take a piece of pie, then that leaves less pie for them. Seeing you follow your dreams leaves them realizing that they're not following theirs. In truth, there is unlimited pie for everyone!