Quotes about Personal Growth

the struggle is not with others, but within us, to do what we are called to do

The baseline level—that's where we stumble and fall, that's where we go through the motions. And that's where most of us live, most of the time. But the health of a society can be measured by how often and how meaningfully its people are able to reach that higher plane, to live lives bigger than they are.

Una cosa es enfrentarse con el pasado de uno mismo. Pero otra totalmente distinta es ver lo que ha sido, y lo que significa, y utilizarlo después para construir un futuro mejor.

I am part of all I have read.

I am a part of all I have read

spinning playback head n. the disorienting feeling of meeting back up with an old friend and realizing that you've become different people on divergent paths-that even though they're standing right in front of you, the person you once knew isn't really there anymore.

Books are where we go alone to complicate ourselves. Inside this solitude, we take on contours, textures, perspectives. Heightened language levitates the reader. Great art transfigures. And when we go back to it, it's full of even more surprises. We get older; it gets smarter.

I feel that my best work is ahead of me. I am embarrassed to look at my earlier writing now.

Ya??n?z ilerledikçe bütün ak?l hocalar? çekip gidiyor... ...Çünkü art?k onlara ihtiyac?n?z olmuyor.

That night in bed I was thinking about the way creeks and streams operate. They start off little, gurgling and bubbling and jumping over rocks and stuff, full of energy, going all over the place. Then they get older and bigger, become rivers, take a more definite course, stick to their path, know where they're going, get slower and wider. And eventually they reach the ocean and become part of this vast mysterious world of water that stretches away forever. Yep, just like people.

If we are growing we are always going to be outside our comfort zone.

A man who is not as evolved as the woman he is with will hold her back, drain her spirit, and prevent the film of her life playing out to its intended conclusion.

Atlanta's my musical home. It really was the place where I really came alive.

I know a girl She puts the color inside of my world But she's just like a maze Where all of the walls all continually change And I've done all I can To stand on her steps with my heart in my hands Now I'm starting to see Maybe it's got nothing to do with me Fathers, be good to your daughters Daughters will love like you do Girls become lovers who turn into mothers So mothers, be good to your daughters too

The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. Life is a learning process and you have to try to learn what's best for you. Let me tell you, life is not fun when you're banging your head against a brick wall all the time.

You may think that grown-ups create children. The reality is that children create grown-ups. They become their own person, and so do you. Children give so much more than they take.

what does 'functioning normally' mean?" I asked. "Being able to face the past. Having a normal sex life. Not lying awake all night in fits of anxiety." "Oh. Are most people able to face the past and have normal sex lives?" "Yes, as a matter of fact, I think they are," she said. "Anyway, if anyone is, it should be me. Deep down I have a talent for well-being. I can feel it." I nodded. I thought she had it, too, a talent for well-being.

You're human and human beings make mistakes and act in all kinds of ways we shouldn't.

The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. Lizbet is so busy that hours and even days go by when she forgets to be on the lookout for Shelly Carpenter.

an education makes you good company for yourself!)

Achieving is the most important thing to you. It's more important than love, Bess said when she was fifteen years old. And wow—Ursula had felt that comment like a slap to the face. Bess has mellowed as she's gotten

where a person comes from means far less than what she makes of herself.

I've been smart my whole life, Angus says. And I guess I was angry that I couldn't find a way to heal myself.

I understood early that I'd find what I needed in books, if not in her. She gave me that. But