Quotes about Personal Growth

If only I could reach the level of the man I would have liked to be! But some power, increasing year by year, draws me down.

A patrimony all our own: the hours when we have nothing... It is they that form us, that individualize us, that make us dissimilar.

Educating yourself not to leave traces is a moment-by-momcnt war against yourself, solely to prove that you could, if you chose, become a sage….

A patrimony all our own: the hours when we have done nothing. . . . It is they that form us, that individualize us, that make us dissimilar.

I probably grow half my food. It's a good way to keep perspective.

The difference between a fixed and growth mindset, how your mindset impacts your personal growth and success, and why a growth mindset is the one you should adopt. Practical strategies to cultivate a growth mindset, from daily habits to overcoming obstacles.

Love and friendship. They are what make us who we are, and what can change us, if we let them.

I think of how each person in a marriage owes it to the other to find individual happiness, even in a shared life. That this is the only way to grow together, instead of apart.

True love is supposed to make you into a better person-uplift you.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

If a man cannot distinguish the difference between the pleasures of two consecutive nights, he has married too early.

Once you've recognized your own limits, you've raised yourself to a higher level of being, since you're closer to the real you...

I'd assumed that once I'd passed the age of twenty, I'd gained the power to do everything alone. But I'd been wrong about that, and this just brought it home to me, again, that I still had a long way to go.

At the time, I was still so shrunken into myself I couldn't quite believe what was happening. I'd never dreamed that Mom and I could ever do anything as fun as gorging on an entire cake until our bellies ached. We weren't being hysterical, or depressed. We'd just thought of something nice to do, and done it together. That kind of thing had felt wrong in Meguro, but the new apartment somehow made it possible.

See, the problem with you is that you aren't bothered enough by what you might call the dirt of life.

No huir de la vida cotidiana sino transformar la totalidad de mis vivencias en una energía distinta, convertirlas en una parte de mí.

Growth and the overcoming of obstacles are inscribed on a person's soul.

When was it I realized that, on this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own?

I nostri destini si erano separati, e ognuno di noi era diventata grande seguendo la sua strada. Ormai tornare indietro era impossibile. I miei erano semplici rimpianti, che valevano meno di zero, un inutile spreco si per lei che per me, perciò cercai di ricacciarli via.

When was it I realized that, on this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own? Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely.

I was also learning that every single person in the world had been hurt by their family at some point. I wasn't special at all—some people dealt with it well, and some didn't, but that was the only difference, and either way, we were all nourished and cherished by our families, and at the same time limited and defined by them—that was what it meant to be human, I understood.

On this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own? Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely.

Quanti anni avevo quando ho capito che su quel sentiero buio e solitario l'unica luce possibile era quella che io stesso avrei emanato? Anche se sono stata allevata con amore, mi sono sempre sentita sola.

Es decir, que por fin habían aflorado los colores de mi personalidad, como le suele ocurrir a cualquier que ha estado sometido durante mucho tiempo a cierta formación