Quotes about Personal Growth

Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one's range as a writer, one's technical command, so I consider the time well-spent

Every time you take a risk or move out of your comfort zone, you have a great opportunity to learn more about yourself and your capacity.

Progress is the sum of small victories won by individual human beings.

Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think one customer at a time and take care of each one the best way you can.

If you're being ignored, that's a good time to concentrate on finding yourself and creating your own mystery.

When I think back kind of on starting my career, the last place I thought I would be would be spending a lot of time in Brooklyn.

Training is one of the most neglected phases of athletics. Too much time is given to the development of skill and too little to the development of the individual for participation.

I have learned to like myself for the first time and to have some serenity.

There comes a time when you roll up your sleeves and put yourself at the top of your commitment list.

I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.

Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.

I want to make a better record than I made the last time. I want to grow. I want to discover new things about myself creatively.

Sometimes you have to take a break from being a crazy kid. You can't be doing that all the time. Sometimes you just have to pay respect to your own simple-ness.

You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There's still lots of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don't think he knows.

Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach.

Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.

Each day, we wake slightly altered, and the person we were yesterday is dead. So why, one could say, be afraid of death, when death comes all the time?

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending; a negligent youth is usually attended by an ignorant middle age, and both by an empty old age.

Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going; how are you doing?

Alone time is when I distance myself from the voices of the world so I can hear my own.

Whether via social media or in person, building your relationships is a long-term process, and the ultimate goal is to strengthen your network one person at a time.

It's not easy to know who you are and it's very painful and takes a lot of time and that is why a lot of people don't want to put in the effort.

I feel I want to grow as an actress and be better. I want to progress as a singer and songwriter, and produce movies and everything. So there'll be no time when I feel I've done it all.

The average American watches more than four hours of television per day. What would happen if we spent more time developing our talents than watching others develop theirs?