Quotes about Personal Growth

Your journey has molded you for the greater good. It was exactly what it needed to be. Don't think you've lost time. It took each and every situation you have encountered to bring you to the now. And now is right on time.

I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent

He shook his head. "Not a bit of it. When I arrived, I was small and dark and ugly. The perfect quarry for every bully. And then, one day, I grew tired of it. I had discovered that sarcasm and wit could be far more effective than fists. The duller-brained the boy, the more others laughed at my bons mots. And so I became a nasty bit of goods in my own way, fighting with words where I could not fight with fists.

Is that what it feels like, coming here? Like a crazy decision that took you away and made you some lesser version of yourself?

Producing is just a big learning experience.

If a person finds that he doesn't know himself very well, often he can rely on the help of another person who has known him and has been able to observe him over several years.

To make two ears grow where one grew before is a profound solace to my spirit. To watch a hired man do it would be an even profounder solace.

You have to look at yourself objectively. Analyze yourself like an instrument. You have to be absolutely frank with yourself. Face your handicaps, don't try to hide them. Instead, develop something else.

I think people tend to see the bigger point, which is maybe not fitting in and feeling like you didn't have the childhood that you expected you would have, or that you felt lonely or struggled with drugs and alcohol or just that you were able to achieve your dreams.

Muitos malham nas academias, o que é bom, mas a grande maioria esquece de "treinar" seu Eu, de praticar suas habilidades intelectuais emocionais para ser livre e feliz. Suportam grandes pesos físicos, mas não suportam as menores lágrimas, crises e dificuldades.

Às vezes me sinto um louco falando para pessoas falsamente saudáveis – confessou Marco Polo. – Uma voz solitária gritando que, se treinamos dirigir carros, empresas, operar computadores, deveríamos treinar dirigir a emoção e gerenciar nossos pensamentos para sermos minimamente autores de nossa história. Mas simplesmente nenhuma escola ensina isso. Deixe sua mente irresponsavelmente solta que o risco de se acidentar e adoecer será grave.

Marriage is going to be that happy state in which we get all of the nurturance and care and love and empathy and even good advice that we didn't receive from our families.

for I realized how narrow my world had been and that self-education could be and should be an exciting life-long adventure.

Build your confidence and you will experience personal growth and stability.

Everyone has the possibility to blossom, so don't let any bad experience leave the lasting impact on you.

The past is immutable. Don't let it distract you from your current goals and ambitions.

Your future is bright. You must go forward making use of all your strengths to overcome your weaknesses.

I may not be smarter than I was last year, but I know more. And I'm certainly no stupider.

A college education never hurt anybody who was willing to learn after he got it.

Create the kind of climate in your organization where personal growth is expected, recognized and rewarded.

Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time wasted in disapproving of others.

Our stumbling blocks are transformed into building blocks.

Once we got over the origin story, we could really delve deeper into their lives and characters and angst. So this movie actually has more heart, more humor.

I continuously go further and further learning about my own limitations, my body limitation, psychological limitations. It's a way of life for me.