Quotes about Personal Growth

The fact that my circumstances had changed drastically but my behavior hadn't was beginning to wear on me.

People do grow up. At least some do.' 'I am afraid Charles was not one of them,' she said gravely. 'He became a man, but he did not grow up. He is not grown up now.

In any case the friendships of later life, in contrast wih those negotiated before thirty, are apt to be burdened with reservations, constraints, inhibitions.

It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute ... that gives meaning to our lives.

The quality of your life is a direct reflection of the quality of the questions you are asking yourself

All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs.

1. What do I really want? (Vision.) 2. What is important about it? (Values.) 3. How will I get it? (Methods.) 4. What is preventing me from having it? (Obstacles.) 5. How will I know I am successful? (Measurements.)

Changing an organization, a company, a country—or a world—begins with the simple step of changing yourself.

I don't worry about maintaining the quality of my life, because every day I work on improving it.

changing our belief systems is central to making any real and lasting change in our lives. We must develop a sense of certainty that we can and will meet the new standards before we actually do.

What is the one asset, the one benefit you have today over yesterday? The answer, of course, is experience.

Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

One of the most important global beliefs that you and I can adopt is a belief that in order to succeed and be happy, we've got to be constantly improving the quality of our lives, constantly growing and expanding.

the Oracle of Omaha is famous for saying that the most powerful investment he ever made in his life, and that anyone can make, is an investment in himself.

But here's the truth: the ultimate thing that stops most of us from making significant progress in our lives is not somebody else's limitations, but rather our own limiting perceptions or beliefs.

Thus it's critical that—on a daily basis—we stand guard at the door of our mind, that we know how we are consistently representing things to ourselves. We must daily weed our garden.

People don't know their true tolerance for risk until they've had a real-life experience taking a significant loss.

Impress yourself with the idea. Fill

we all have different dreams and ideas of what we want to create for our lives. In addition, I'm very clear that who you know, where you go and what you own are not the true measure of personal success.

The only true security in life comes from knowing that every single day you are improving yourself in some way, that you

All that matters is your personal journey.

I constantly strive to learn and to make new and more powerful distinctions about ways to add value to other people's lives.

What you get will never make you happy; who you become will make you very happy or very sad." If each day you make just a little progress, you will feel the joy that comes with personal growth. And that leads to perhaps one of the most important lessons I have learned about big goals and achievement.

Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.